Mapping Technician Interview Questions

16 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
17 Share an example of when you established and accomplished a goal that was personally challenging. What helped you succeed?
18 Name a time when you entered Global Positioning System (GPS) data, legal deeds, field notes, or land survey reports into geographic information system (GIS) workstations so that information can be transformed into graphic land descriptions, such as maps or drawings.
19 Share an example when you traced contours or topographic details to generate maps that denote specific land or property locations or geographic attributes.
20 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
21 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.)
22 What is the most challenging part of analyzing aerial photographs to detect and interpret significant military, industrial, resource, or topographical data.
23 What have you found to be the best way to compare topographical features or contour lines with images from aerial photographs, old maps, or other reference materials to verify the accuracy of their identification?
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 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
26 Describe an experience when redrew or corrected maps, such as revising parcel maps, to reflect tax code area changes, using information from official records or surveys.
27 Share your approach to research resources such as survey maps or legal descriptions to verify property lines or to obtain information needed for mapping.
28 What have you found to be the best way to compute and measure scaled distances between reference points to establish relative positions of adjoining prints and enable the creation of photographic mosaics?
29 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
30 Describe to me how you would create survey description pages or historical records related to the mapping activities or specifications of section plats.