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I've been pretty versatile and take projects as they come, and I have the desire to create a diverse portfolio as one type of design can often help you with the next. Further discussion in the interview made it seem like they wanted to know you have a passion for one particular type of design or type of project that you'd like to do in the future. Less
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I described my background and experience. It was pretty clear they wanted a lot of details and technical discussion on those experiences, so my initial answer fell short. Be prepared to discuss a lot of aspects (in example: Not just that you did pre-stressed concrete beam design, but as in getting into the stress limits and computer software quirks you used for it.) Less
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Learnt how to work with different types of people
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I began to answer based on my engineering and part time experience dealing with clients, students I have taught and the public. I was interrupted and one of the participating interviewers repeated the question. Even when another interviewer took a call during the interview, I noticed another continued to stare at me during the entire process or checked text messages. Less