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									Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.  | 
									
										
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									Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment? | 
									
										
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									Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace. | 
									
										
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									Share an experience in which you were able to generate a new design or modify a current design to better serve the needs of your customers. | 
									
										
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									Share a time when you successfully used scientific rules or methods to solve a problem at work. | 
									
										
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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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									Share an experience in which you conducted a test of a product, service, or process and successfully improved the quality or performance.  | 
									
										
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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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									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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									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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									What have you found to be the best way to develop or test photonic prototypes or models? | 
									
										
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									Name a time when you assisted in the transition of photonic prototypes to production. | 
									
										
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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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									Describe methods you have found effective to conduct testing to determine functionality or optimization or to establish limits of photonics systems or components. | 
									
										
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									Describe a time when you were able to select the best tool to do a job. How did you use reasoning skills to make the best choice? | 
									
										
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