Print Binding and Finishing Worker Interview Questions

16 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
17 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
18 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
19 Share an example of when you established and accomplished a goal that was personally challenging. What helped you succeed?
20 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
21 Describe an experience in which you successfully controlled the operation of a difficult system. What made you successful?
22 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
23 Share an experience in which personal connections to coworkers or others helped you to be successful in your work. (Make sure candidate works well with others.)
24 Describe a time when you successfully serviced, repaired, or tested a machine or device that operates mainly by mechanical principles.
25 Name a time when you trained workers to set up, operate, and use automatic bindery machines.
26 Share an example when you set up or operated machines that perform binding operations, such as pressing, folding, or trimming.
27 What factors do you consider when reading work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up?
28 What kind of experience do you have performing highly skilled hand finishing binding operations, such as grooving or lettering? Share an example.
29 What is the most challenging part of monitoring machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed?
30 Describe an experience when you met with clients, printers, or designers to discuss job requirements or binding plans.