CAD Interview Questions

[christopherdsuggs]

Greetings!

I'm looking for input from anyone who has experience with interviewing candidates for CAD Drafting positions, and/or anyone who has an opinion on the matter.

I'm conducting my first over-the-phone interview soon and I'm in the process of coming up with questions that will get the candidate talking so I can see if he/she knows their stuff. I have some good ones so far and am always interested in the insight of others.

Any good question ideas?

Thanks.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

A very quick "only" CAD Mgmt. General forum search returned the following...

Interviewing

AutoCAD questions for interviewing

Interviewing?? Help

Have a good one, Mike

[moreland.pljbd]

How do you feel about being to work on time?

If apply for a drafting postion at a Architects Office I would want to know why? If they are not degreed, in most places Draftsman can make more elsewhere. This answer will tell you alot.

How do you align text?

[gabecottam]

I like asking why they think I should hire them and then - just for fun - why they think I
should NOT hire them. You will find some very honest answers. "Thank you for your candor. Good luck at your next job interview."

Also:
- What were you hoping I would ask you about today?
- What were you hoping I would NOT ask you about today?
- How did you prepare for this interview?
- What do you know about our company? (some don't even bother to Google you)

[jaberwok]

I like asking why they think I should hire them and then - just for fun - why they think I
should NOT hire them. You will find some very honest answers. "Thank you for your candor. Good luck at your next job interview."

Also:
- What were you hoping I would ask you about today?
- What were you hoping I would NOT ask you about today?
- How did you prepare for this interview?
- What do you know about our company? (some don't even bother to Google you)

When people ask questions like that, I assume they've been to too many HR seminars.
People generally just want a job.

[gabecottam]

People generally just want a job.

So True! But the people hiring want SO much more.

[Statler]

When people ask questions like that, I assume they've been to too many HR seminars.

I think that some questions to find out about the personality are inportant. Its alright knowing the question, its interpolating the results to get the right person that fits in with your team which is the difficult bit.

I was once asked "What arn't you good at" when I replied, interviews the people didn't see the truth or the humour.

[jaberwok]

I've had "why do you particularly want to work for this company?"

The answer is, of course, "because you have a job on offer" with the unspoken thought "heck, two days ago I hadn't even heard of your company."

Luckily, contractors get a lot less of this.

[Richard.Kent]

When people ask questions like that, I assume they've been to too many HR seminars.
People generally just want a job.

Very true. I had an interviewer ask me where I wanted to be in 5 years. I asked him why he cared and what he would do with the information. He didn't have a clue he just knew that people ask that question. I told him I wanted a job as a designer and I wanted to be a designer in 5 years, with 5 years of solid experience so I could be getting better as a designer each year. (yes I did get the job)

Not everyone wants to climb the corporate ladder and it shouldn't be held against people.

At the level of most jobs we are talking about who cares if someone has ever heard of your company, we want a job you need a worker. Don't take it personally that we haven't heard of your company until two days ago when the ad came out in the paper, on the web, etc. I do bother searching about a company because I know it will be asked, but really, what does it matter?

[gabecottam]

At the level of most jobs we are talking about who cares if someone has ever heard of your company?

If they didn't even bother to look us up - they're not coming back for a second interview.

Not everyone wants to climb the corporate ladder and it shouldn't be held against people.

Every employer I have ever worked for wanted to promote from within. If applicants have no desire to learn and grow, they have no place at a forward thinking company. The employees that aren't interested in climbing tend to see their pay scale take a similar curve.