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      Entry Level Structural Engineer Interview

      5 Nov 2017
      Anonymous employee
      East Hartford, CT
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Pratt & Whitney (East Hartford, CT) in Oct 2017

      Interview

      I had been in contact with a manager / recruiter from a college career fair for about a year, and was invited to come on site in East Hartford after speaking with him again at a recent career fair. I was not interviewing for a specific position. I stayed in a hotel the night before, and arrived at about 9am the next morning. I was escorted to my first interview from a security desk in the Engineering building. I interviewed with four different departments within Structures Engineering in the Hot Section-- a total of 5 interviews, a Practitioner time, and lunch with an associate. One of these interviews was a tour of the Customer Training Center coupled with occasional technical questions about mechanical systems in different parts of an engine on display. (Some of the questions I couldn't answer, but he gave me some pointers and I was able to figure them out) The practitioner time was an opportunity to speak with new employees about their experiences so far and the projects they were currently working on. I heard back a week later with an offer.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      What is your engineering story? How did you come to be a mechanical engineer?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Questions during CTC tour: It seemed like he was interested in my ability to hold technical conversations. 1) What mechanical system does this fan blade look like? 2) Why are there connecting pieces 3/4 way along the fan blades? 3) How do you think this fan blade (with no connecting pieces) was designed to overcome vibration issues when it spins at the blade's natural frequency? How did the engineers increase the stiffness?
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