Civil Engineer Trainee Interview Questions

5,452 civil engineer trainee interview questions shared by candidates

1. General competency based questions as detailed in graduate brochure and interview tips. 2. A review of my CV with further explanations requested. 3. Open ended questions about my goals, aspirations, experiences and opinions. 4. Basic technical questions that just review your understanding of relevant topics. Open ended. E.g. What steps would you take when designing any given structure?
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Graduate Civil Engineer

Interviewed at Mott MacDonald

3.9
Feb 27, 2018

1. General competency based questions as detailed in graduate brochure and interview tips. 2. A review of my CV with further explanations requested. 3. Open ended questions about my goals, aspirations, experiences and opinions. 4. Basic technical questions that just review your understanding of relevant topics. Open ended. E.g. What steps would you take when designing any given structure?

Why do you want to be a civil engineer? Tell us about a time that you had to solve a problem. Tell us about a time you had to work as a team. Tell us about a time that you had to meet difficult deadlines. What does safety in construction mean to you? As a designer how can you increase the sustainability of a project? What are some key considerations and checks that you would make when designing a steel beam? Bending moment diagram in a frame.
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Graduate Civil Engineer

Interviewed at Mott MacDonald

3.9
Jan 23, 2016

Why do you want to be a civil engineer? Tell us about a time that you had to solve a problem. Tell us about a time you had to work as a team. Tell us about a time that you had to meet difficult deadlines. What does safety in construction mean to you? As a designer how can you increase the sustainability of a project? What are some key considerations and checks that you would make when designing a steel beam? Bending moment diagram in a frame.

Youve been working hard on a report for you boss, a couple of days before the deadline your boss meets with you to discuss some new information which has come to light. It is now required that you start your report again, how do you react?
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Graduate Civil Engineer

Interviewed at Severn Trent

4.5
Feb 9, 2019

Youve been working hard on a report for you boss, a couple of days before the deadline your boss meets with you to discuss some new information which has come to light. It is now required that you start your report again, how do you react?

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