Do THIS to Ace ANY Technical Interview | Top 4 Tips for Mechanical Engineers

The mechanical engineering technical interview is the hardest part of any job interview process for mechanical engineering roles. I had a lot of trouble landing a job as a fresh college graduate because the technical questions always stumped me. They were either very specific or related to issues that the company was currently facing. Unlike software coding technical interview questions, which are transparent and available on Youtube, Google, Leetcode, etc., mechanical engineering technical questions are very limited across these platforms. To help you out, I decided to make this video to help you maximize your chances of landing your next dream mechanical engineering job and provide my top tips and tricks for nailing the technical interview!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Rejections
01:57 How Would I Prepare if I Could Start Over?
02:03 Tip 1 Interview Prep
03:28 What is the Hardest Part of Technical Interviews?
04:34 List of Mechanical Engineering Technical Interview Questions
05:04 Analyzing Job Description
08:46 Machinery's Handbook
09:10 Tip 2 Know Your Resume
10:45 Tip 3 Answer Questions More Strategically
12:24 Tip 4 Practice More
13:05 Conclusion

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[WritersDigest-bf]

Could u launch a series on YouTube to help Mechanical engineers sharpen their mechanical comprehension around all concepts of mechanical engineering?

This will also generate general interest in mechanical engineering.

It is fun to ponder over why things happen in a certain way?

Mechanical Engineering is the best route to understand physical concepts in real life and professional experience why things in a certain way?

U can actually use different physical laws, principles to understand why something is being used in a process or system to achieve a certain goal.

U can also intuitively determine something in your mind without detailed calculations because of the concepts u have learned in your studies.

U learn to compare, look for similarities or no similarities and reach certain conclusion, and on the fly.

I believe mechanical comprehension should be the prime driver when solving problems in Heat Transfer, HVAC, Hydraulics, Fluid mechanics, Heat Engines &, mechanics of solids, kinematics, dynamics, machine design, machine tools, metallurgy, heat treatment, welding.

[umar]

had a technical interview with SpaceX for a recovery engineer position. Should've reviewed mechanics of materials & beam deflection beforehand. These tips are pretty solid, knowing your resumé is pretty key but also try to remember specific details about the projects you've worked on in the past will add value to your answers especially with SpaceX. Will update on the outcome of the interview soon.

[Rudmin]

The most common failure I see on technical interviews is not talking enough. Candidates that don’t explain their thought process, don’t question the premise of the question, don’t ask for help. Someone who just goes silent is not going to be a good hire.

[tejaskalyan]

I love your content it has helped me in cracking interviews and getting a dream company . I wish you the same on your future endeavours

[downardesigns]

Out of the 6 places Interviewed at I only had 1 place that gave a purely technical interview. If I made it past the HR screening interviews then I would always be asked some technical questions but other types of questions were more prevelant. The one purely technical interview was brutal. It was in person and it lasted over two hours. If I did not get the right answer then the interviewer would make me redo it until I got it correct. Most of the questions were on fluid mechanics but there was dynamics, statics, and dimensional analysis. Due to some sort of miss comunication, probably due to me not reading an email carefully enough, I did not know that I was walking into a technical interview so I was mostly unprepared. I think I preformed okay given the circumstances but I was really mentally unprepared for that ordeal and I did not get the job.

[daeshavvn]

Subscribed, can’t wait to see you 40 years into engineering

[wyattb]

A couple weeks ago, I interviewed with relativity space and got hit with medium difficulty technical questions but I had a feeling that I didn’t provide enough reasoning and I just gave a short answer. Like the 0.02% offset rule, bending formula, heat transfer q’’, specific heat. I also didn’t take time to reflect on the question and give a deeper explanation, because I was nervous. The interview ended up ending a few minutes short. I have another interview tomorrow with a smaller aerospace company, so hopefully I improve.

[LT]

As i 2as going to school for aerospace, i taught high school for 5 years and worked in treatment centers for youth with drug and alcohol addiction. I ran AA, group sessions, individual sessions etc. This has helped immensely for engineering as i have learned how to teach very young individuals math and science as well as do therapy work with them.

[tienluong]

Hello,

I recently found out about your channel and amazed by all the useful info you have.

Do you recommend to learn mechanical engineering online at all ? I work full time and overtime a lot and going to actual school would be impossible.
On a side note. Do you know any online school for mechanical engineering that you would recommend? I'm currently looking for an online school to do mechanical engineering school that are not super expensive. One of schools I found online would cost a total of more than $90k in 4 years. That's alot of money for me. Thanks

[rosemcdermott]

Do you have any tips for roles which are mostly Thermal/Fluid based roles? Are there any good resources focusing on these that you would recommend?

[kevingarfield]

What all roles will you eventually get after getting your first job as a junior mechanical engineer?
I mean what are all the possible promotions that you get until you become 60...
Like a senior mech engineer or staff engineer... Etc.. please tell us

[OrkChieftan]

Technical interviews are simply a way to showcase your experience. If the interviewer asks you only theoretical questions, you’re either a fresh graduate or it’s a strictly office based role for research or staff training and development. Always stick to what you know and divert your answers to that ;)

[bilalabdi]

Just finishing first year in third world country university this look very hard to me

[yosrayounsi]

Hello, i want to ask about how if the condidate had all his internships and his career in a different language, like in my country we have all of our studies and education in french, how can i have an interview in English, especially it's all different like vocabulary and equations. Thank you for answering.

[emanmukherjee]

Hei, I have seen your videos for a while and it's really awesome. Can I talk with you personally?

[tejsangani]

Mechanical engineering at these top MNC's is really difficult, yet IT people are getting paid more. 😂😂

[miteshgupta]

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[JamesVestal-dzqm]

I feel angry after a rejection. Then, I assume somebody less qualified got the job as a personal favor.

[stevendoe]

So basically you’re being interviewed like you’re taking the FE?

[ayodejidara]

Anyone knows any channel with similar content for electrical engineers?