CV questions: a) Tell me about yourself b) Tell me about your dissertation c) Explain the process you designed in your final yea design project Technical questions a) Draw the chemical structure for the compound in the technical problem b) Process safety related questions c) Separation process questions for water treatment Other questions d) Why are you interested in the water industry?
What was your motivation for applying to EDF?
They drew out a process flow diagram for a spray dryer and asked me to talk about how the temperature, pressure and flowrate of all of the streams would effect the outlet temperature. Then they asked me to write out an energy balance on the system. This was a really long and involved question. I also had to answer questions about the drying process and Fick's law.
There was a question about fluid flow and an accelerating plate. I had to draw the velocity profile for different situations. They asked about shear stress.
What are you biggest accomplishment in life?
They asked for examples about experiences, challenges, leadership, work ethics and lessons learned from mistakes.
Tell us about yourself.
How would you complete 4 tasks of equal importance that are due the same time? How do you handle constructive criticism? Why do you want to work with USPTO? When was the last time you had to convince your supervisor that he/she did not necessarily believe in and what did you do to try to persuade them?
What are the controls, hazards associated with using tert-butyl lithium?
This was a traditional interview. The interviewers were friendly and easy to talk to. They mostly asked questions about previous work experience and classes.
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