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Interview kit · iv-711

Hiring manager interview: Kwame Asante

Mechanical Design Engineer · Mechanical

Date
Tue, Oct 20
Time (ET)
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Length
45 min
Where
Video
Status
Scheduled

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM · 45 min

Timing

  1. 3:30 PM5 minIntroSofia Lindgren
  2. 3:35 PM25 minExperience deep diveSofia Lindgren
  3. 4:00 PM10 minThe team and the first 90 daysSofia Lindgren
  4. 4:10 PM5 minCandidate questionsSofia Lindgren

Interview kit

Questions by competency

Rated 1–4 on the scorecard

Hiring manager interview: exercises

  • Walk through the first 90 days of the role.
  • Ask for one example per competency, then dig in.
  1. 01

    Hardware fundamentals

    Solid grasp of the physics, parts and tools of the job.

    • Size a motor driver for this load profile and talk through margins.
    • How do you choose between two suppliers for the same part?
  2. 02

    Design for manufacturing

    Designs parts and boards that can be built and serviced.

    • Mark up this bracket for cost and serviceability.
    • What changed between your prototype and production design?
  3. 03

    Debugging

    Finds root causes on the bench and on the floor.

    • A board resets under load only on the warehouse floor. Where do you start?
  4. 04

    Collaboration

    Works across mechanical, electrical and software teams.

    • Tell us about a design disagreement and how it was resolved.
    • How do you explain a trade-off to a customer or an operator?
  5. 05

    Ownership

    Sees a design through prototypes and first articles.

    • Describe a problem you followed from a bug report all the way into the field.
    • What did you do after the last incident you were part of?

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Scorecard

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Hardware fundamentals
Design for manufacturing
Debugging
Collaboration
Ownership
1 Strong concerns2 Some concerns3 Meets the bar4 Exceeds the bar
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