Caltrans Interview Questions

The interview process was standard with self introduction, general project and what-if role questions. The interview was consisted of a panel with an HR personnel, the hiring manager and an assistant/associate engineer.

Quick. Straight forward with few simple questions and a few picture questions. 3 persons are interviewing you, I also did mines through video call. So it was more comfortable. Lasted about 15 mins. All 3 will ask questions.

Interviewed by three people using Cisco Webex. It went fine. They asked about 7 questions and it took about 45 to 60 minutes. They said they will take two to three months to answer.

Applied online through Calcareers.ca.gov. The time to get a response was about 3 months. I applied to several locations for the same job, i.e. Transportation Engineer (Civil). An email was sent to me saying that Caltrans would be hosting a Mass Hiring Event in Marysville, CA. I attended the event and was interviewed by 4 people, who asked general/basic questions as the job was entry level. I received a conditional offer the following week and started working a month after that.

Interview was very short and duty statement didn’t match the job description I was asked about via interview questions. I felt like the duty statement did not actually describe the job per the way it was explained in the interview. The man who ran the interview speed read the instructions in a bizarre manner.

The interview was average and asked your usual questions like why you want to join the company and such. Dress nicely and answer every question with some thought and your experience

7-8 questions related to experience and qualifications and then an Excel exercise. It's an online interview. Questions are not very hard, pretty reasonable, and straightforward questions related to the position.

Webex interview with a panel of three senior environmental planners at Caltrans. They all seemed to be very serious prior to the interview, so I felt a bit intimidated. After the interview was complete they opened up a bit.

Division of Local Assistance - Easy going panel interview consisting of 1 Transportation Engineer and 1 Transporation Planner. Asked about prior experience with databases and general engineering experience. Overall moderate difficult questions as this was a student position.

Had my first interview 4 months after my application, my second interview a month after that, and then a job offer a month later. I started the job 6 months after the application. A combination of a written calculation based question, written response question, and formal interview questions with a panel of two senior engineers.