Engineering Professor Interview Questions

16 Share an experience in which you used new training skills, ideas, or a method to adapt to a new situation or improve an ongoing one. (Look for the candidate's ability to learn.)
17 Please share an experience in which you presented to a group. What was the situation and how did it go?
18 How would you rate your writing skills? (Ask for an example that demonstrates great writing skills.)
19 Name a time when you identified strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems. What was the impact?
20 Name a time when your advice to management led to an improvement in your company or otherwise helped your employer.
21 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
22 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
23 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
24 What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action.
25 Share an experience in which your ability to consider the costs or benefits of a potential action helped you choose the most appropriate action.
26 What factors do you consider when preparing course materials?
27 Share an experience in which your understanding of a current or upcoming problem helped your company to respond to the problem.
28 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)
29 Tell me about an effective lecture which you prepared and/or delivered to students. How about one which was not as effective?
30 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.