Rough Carpenter Interview Questions

16 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
17 Describe a time when you successfully serviced, repaired, or tested a machine or device that operates mainly by mechanical principles.
18 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
19 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.)
20 Name a time when you successfully erected forms, framework, scaffolds, hoists, roof supports, or chutes, using hand tools, plumb rule, and level.
21 Walk me through how you would anchor and brace forms and other structures in place, using nails, bolts, anchor rods, steel cables, planks, wedges, and timbers.
22 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
23 Share an experience in which you successfully coordinated with others. How about a coordination effort that was not as successful?
24 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
25 Provide an example of when you were persistent in the face of obstacles.
26 What have you found to be the best way to bore boltholes in timber, masonry or concrete walls, using power drill?
27 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
28 Describe methods you have found useful to install rough door and window frames, subflooring, fixtures, or temporary supports in structures undergoing construction or repair.
29 Share an example when you effectively built sleds from logs and timbers for use in hauling camp buildings and machinery through wooded areas.
30 Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?