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Tell me about a time when your ability to analyze needs and product requirements helped you create an effective design or make an informed decision to benefit your company. |
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Share an experience in which your understanding of a current or upcoming problem helped your company to respond to the problem. |
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Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation. |
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What are some long-range objectives that you developed in your last job? What did you do to achieve them? |
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Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace. |
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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.) |
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Describe an experience when you conferred with customers to determine how to tailor materials to their needs. |
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Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.) |
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Share an example when you researched methods of processing, forming, and firing materials to develop such products as ceramic dental fillings, unbreakable dinner plates, and telescope lenses. |
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Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company. |
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Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.) |
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Walk me through how you would devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials. |
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Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task. |
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Provide an example when your ethics were tested. |
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Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation. |
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