Difficult Interview – Overall Negative Experience – No – Mon, 14 Mar 2016
Interviewed Feb 2016 in Berkeley, CA(took 1 days)
It was a 30 minute phone interview with two engineers. First I was asked a few questions on my past intern experience and background and was told to elaborate on any technical things that I did. Then I was asked three technical questions and then allowed to ask the interviewer any questions. Each part took about 10 minutes.
Interview Questions
Between the following materials, steel, magnesium, titanium, copper, aluminum, which is the most stiff and why? What does the stress strain plot look like for steel versus aluminum? What should you do if you want to increase the force until fracture? What would the stress strain plot look like if you took a material went until ultimate strength and then went back to zero stress and then went back to ultimate strength?
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If you have a diving board that is three body lengths long, 1 inch thick and shoulder width wide what dimension should you reduce if you want to decrease deflection the most for the least change?
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What are the multiple different ways of combining two rectangular bars of a metal into a T-shape
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test