Estimator Interview Questions
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Estimator interview questions shared by candidates
What office would you want to work out of?
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Office of the maintenance manager
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Shertup
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Shertup
tell me about yourself
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I can bearing if I am wrong and I was hard worker
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I basically restated my resume
1. How would you prepare a feasibility estimate? 2. Why do you want to leave your current company?
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These people are afraid to hire senior people skilled in the industry. Another job scared company. Less
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1. Benchmark against previous, similar projects, exclude peculiarities [cost of land, remediation of land, special foundations, etc], state assumptions and most importantly state it as a range, say $150-250/SF rather than give a single figure the client will latch onto throughout the design process. 2. Need to get back into prime contracting and get involved in actual construction, as I used to, instead of consulting, where engagement is limited and also so I can have bragging rights when driving my dad, who was a Town Planner and builder, and a merciless tease, around town and pointing out projects I'd project managed (interviewers mockingly laughed at this). Of course I was being facetious but who wouldn't be after how they approached the whole interview process, not to mention that it's always been one of the dumbest interview questions? Why should anyone have a "noble reason" for leaving one company or the other in a free country, especially an "at-will" employment State anyway? The interviewers also laughed at the notion of establishing an independent estimate to compare returned subcontractor bids against and claimed they found RS Means was inaccurate. I wondered whether they receive detailed estimates to back up the fixed lump sum bids from subcontractors and how they handled change orders, price adjustment, etc, post contract. Less
Are you able to read all technical drawings ?
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Very strong technical capabilities with lots of years of experience in Projects
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Yes I can read all technical drawings
What types of piping materials do you have experience with?
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I talked about the piping materials used on various jobs I had worked on.
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In 50+ of my experience, I had many job interviews. I also conducted many interviews, and I learned one thing: you have to be absolutely different from the rest of the crowd applying for the same position. You have one chance to make present yourself, in such a way, that the employer will understand, that this might be also last chance to give you an offer, before some one else does :) After interview never analyze, how interview went, what you said, and so on.... Just forget it, and move on, don’t waist your valuable time. Less