Precision Agriculture Technician Interview Questions

16 Walk me through how you would divide agricultural fields into georeferenced zones, based on soil characteristics and production potentials.
17 What are some long-range objectives that you developed in your last job? What did you do to achieve them?
18 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.)
19 What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action.
20 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
21 Provide an example of when you were persistent in the face of obstacles.
22 What is the key to success when communicating with the public.
23 Share an example of when you established and accomplished a goal that was personally challenging. What helped you succeed?
24 Share your approach to process and analyze data from harvester monitors to develop yield maps.
25 Describe an experience when you recommended best crop varieties or seeding rates for specific field areas, based on analysis of geospatial data.
26 Tell me how you would apply knowledge of government regulations when making agricultural recommendations.
27 Name a time when you demonstrated the uses and applications of geospatial technology, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), automatic tractor guidance systems, variable rate chemical input applicators, surveying equipment, and computer
28 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
29 Share an experience in which your diligence of inspecting equipment, structures, or materials helped you identify a problem or the cause of a problem.
30 Describe methods you have found effective to analyze remote sensing imagery to identify relationships between soil quality, crop canopy densities, light reflectance, and weather history.