Outdoor Power Equipment Mechanic (OPE Mechanic) Interview Questions

16 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
17 Share an example when you effectively showed customers how to maintain equipment.
18 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.)
19 Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.)
20 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.)
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 patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
23 Tell me about your qualifications for and your experience handling vehicles and/or mechanized equpiment.
24 Share an example of when you established and accomplished a goal that was personally challenging. What helped you succeed?
25 Walk me through how you would grind, ream, rebore, and retap parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometers.
26 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
27 Share an experience in which you conducted a test of a product, service, or process and successfully improved the quality or performance.
28 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
29 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
30 Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?