Dial Lathe Operator Interview Questions

1 Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment?
2 Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands.
3 Tell me about an experience in which you analyzed information and evaluated results to choose the best solution to a problem.
4 Describe methods you have found effective to inspect sample workpieces to verify conformance with specifications, using instruments such as gauges, micrometers, and dial indicators.
5 Walk me through how you would study blueprints, layouts or charts, and job orders for information on specifications and tooling instructions, and to determine material requirements and operational sequences.
6 How do you stay fit in order to perform physical activities that are required in the workplace?
7 Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?
8 What have you found to be the best system to start lath or turning machines and observe operations to ensure that specifications are met?
9 What is the most challenging part of adjusting machine controls and changing tool settings in order to keep dimensions within specified tolerances?
10 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
11 What kind of experience do you have selecting cutting tools and tooling instructions, according to written specifications or knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics?
12 Name a time when you cranked machines through cycles, stopping to adjust tool positions and machine controls to ensure specified timing, clearances, and tolerances.
13 Share an effective approach to position, secure, and align cutting tools in toolholders on machines, using hand tools, and verify their positions with measuring instruments.
14 How would you move toolholders manually or by turning handwheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to feed tools to and along workpieces?
15 What is the most challenging part of computing unspecified dimensions and machine settings, using knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics?