Tell me about yourself: answer for civil engineer
Civil panels look for site experience: the scale of the project, your role and how you handled safety and schedule. Give floors, workers or square feet, not just the word 'projects'.
Write your ownA sample answer for a civil engineer
The name, place and numbers in this sample are made up. Use it to see the shape of a good answer, then tell your own story.
Sample from Tarun, a site engineer with 4 years on residential projects in Dehradun, in a job switch interview
About 1 min 5 sec 149 words
Presentwho I am now
Good morning, sir, I'm Tarun Saini, a civil engineer with four years as a site engineer on residential projects in Dehradun. I handle RCC work, quantity checks and the weekly progress report.
Pastwhat I have done
My last project was two towers of fourteen floors each. I supervised a crew of about one hundred and twenty workers and kept shuttering and slab cycles on schedule. When our slab cycle began slipping, I reorganised the shuttering crew into two shifts and recovered nearly two weeks. We handed over the towers on time, with no major accident on site.
Futurewhy this role
I'd like to move into project planning, where I can use Primavera and work on schedules and costs. Your company runs larger projects, and I want to take that step. I'm ready to relocate for the right project, and my notice period is thirty days. I can also share photographs and weekly reports from the towers.
Short version
Three sentences, for when you're nervous.
I'm Tarun, a civil engineer with four years as a site engineer in Dehradun. I supervised about 120 workers on two fourteen-storey towers and handed them over on time. I'd like to move into project planning with Primavera.
3 things to include
The size of the project
Two towers of fourteen floors and a crew of 120 say more than 'residential projects'.
A schedule you saved
Recovering two weeks on a slab cycle shows planning, which is what you are applying for.
Your safety record
A line on no major accident tells them you take safety seriously.
2 things to avoid
Blaming contractors
Site stories about other people's failures sound like excuses. Describe your fix.
Drawings without site work
Don't hide behind AutoCAD. Site jobs want to know what you did on the ground.
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