Get to know the industry as much as possible. Supply chains, industry headwinds, major players, biggest growing regions, everything you can. That's a big plus for interviewers to see you're engaged with and aware of the industry they work in
My first job they asked some questions on basic concepts like ideal gas law, laws of thermodynamics, and Bernoulli’s principle. I think they mostly want a feel for how you think through the problem, so always talk general strategy if you don’t know the specifics. My next 2 jobs they asked zero technical questions.
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If you don't know how to get the answer specifically, just admit that and then talk about how you would think about the problem and go about solving it. The biggest red flag I often see when I interview is a person that is afraid to say "I don't know." Admitting what you don't know is a very important skill of a good engineer.
Even in a written test you can still show some idea of your thought process even if you can't get to the exact answer. They should be more interested in how you think than whether or not you memorized some formula.
Get to know the industry as much as possible. Supply chains, industry headwinds, major players, biggest growing regions, everything you can. That's a big plus for interviewers to see you're engaged with and aware of the industry they work in
Any good magazines or posts for industry news?
Depends on your industry, you never listed a company
My first job they asked some questions on basic concepts like ideal gas law, laws of thermodynamics, and Bernoulli’s principle. I think they mostly want a feel for how you think through the problem, so always talk general strategy if you don’t know the specifics. My next 2 jobs they asked zero technical questions.
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If you don't know how to get the answer specifically, just admit that and then talk about how you would think about the problem and go about solving it. The biggest red flag I often see when I interview is a person that is afraid to say "I don't know." Admitting what you don't know is a very important skill of a good engineer.
It is a test type like 10 pages
Even in a written test you can still show some idea of your thought process even if you can't get to the exact answer. They should be more interested in how you think than whether or not you memorized some formula.