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Tell me about your qualifications for and your experience handling vehicles and/or mechanized equpiment. |
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How familiar are you with digging plans, machine capabilities and limitations, and with efficient and safe digging procedures in a given application? |
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What is the most challenging part of observing hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines so that work can be performed to specifications? |
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What kind of experience do you have operating machinery to perform activities such as backfilling excavations, vibrating or breaking rock or concrete, or making winter roads? |
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Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment? |
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Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands. |
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Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond? |
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Describe an experience in which you successfully controlled the operation of a difficult system. What made you successful? |
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Share an experience in which your diligence of inspecting equipment, structures, or materials helped you identify a problem or the cause of a problem. |
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Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work. |
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Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.) |
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Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation. |
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Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company? |
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Walk me through how you would measure and verify levels of rock or gravel, bases, or other excavated material. |
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Describe a time when you successfully serviced, repaired, or tested a machine or device that operates mainly by mechanical principles. |
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