Telecommunications Line Installer Interview Questions

16 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
17 Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?
18 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
19 What is the most challenging part of computing impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels?
20 Describe methods you have found effective to string cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension.
21 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?
22 Tell me about the last time you installed equipment such as amplifiers or repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.
23 Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check?
24 What kind of experience do you have laying underground cable directly in trenches or stringing it through conduits running through trenches?
25 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
26 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.)
27 What are some long-range objectives that you developed in your last job? What did you do to achieve them?
28 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
29 Share an example when you effectively used a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.
30 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.