Airplane Mechanic Interview Questions

31 In your opinion, how do you determine repair limits for engine hot section parts.
32 Share an experience where you reassembled engines following repair or inspection and reinstall engines in aircraft.
33 Share an experience in which you oversaw the assembly, fabrication, construction, maintenance, or modification of equipment. How did you communicate to the staff what you wanted?
34 What methods have you found helpful in locating and mark dimensions and reference lines on defective or replacement parts, using templates, scribes, compasses, and steel rules?
35 Expound on how to Install and align repaired or replacement parts for subsequent riveting or welding, using clamps and wrenches.
36 What are your skills when it comes to modifying aircraft structures, space vehicles, systems, or components, following drawings, schematics, charts, engineering orders, and technical publications?
37 Share an experience where you had difficulties reading and interpret pilots' descriptions of problems to diagnose causes. How did you resolve the issue?
38 Tell me about listening to operating engines to detect and diagnose malfunctions such as sticking or burned valves.
39 Describe some techniques used to remove or install aircraft engines, using hoists or forklift trucks.
40 Describe an experience where you examined engines through specially designed openings while working from ladders or scaffolds, or use hoists or lifts to remove the entire engine from an aircraft.
41 Walk me through how to service and maintain aircraft and related apparatus by performing activities such as flushing crankcases, cleaning screens, and lubricating moving parts.
42 Name some effective ways to clean, strip, prime, and sand structural surfaces and materials to prepare them for bonding?
43 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.)
44 Explain how to fabricate defective sections or parts, using metal fabricating machines, saws, brakes, shears, and grinders.
45 Share your experience when doing Inventory and requisition or ordering supplies, parts, materials, and equipment.