Structural Ironworker Interview Questions

16 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
17 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.)
18 Share an experience in which you successfully coordinated with others. How about a coordination effort that was not as successful?
19 What is the most challenging part of pulling, pushing, or prying structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place?
20 Describe an experience when you fabricated metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
21 What kind of experience do you have riding on girders or other structural steel members to position them or use rope to guide them into position?
22 Walk me through how you assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.
23 Describe an experience in which you successfully controlled the operation of a difficult system. What made you successful?
24 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.)
25 Tell me about the last time when you forced structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.
26 Describe methods you have found helpful to erect metal or precast concrete components for structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, or highway guard rails.
27 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
28 Describe a time when you successfully serviced, repaired, or tested a machine or device that operates mainly by mechanical principles.
29 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
30 Share an example when you inserted sealing strips, wiring, insulating material, ladders, flanges, gauges, or valves, depending on types of structures being assembled.

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