Tips for building inspector interviews.

Do you have any tips to help prepare for an upcoming building inspector interview?

Are there common interview questions that come up again and again?

I have an interview coming up and I realy want this job. Any help on the interview process would be of great help.

Sarah did you get the job? I've got an interview coming up next month and was doing a search on the same issue, common interview questions for BI jobs?

To get a job as an inspector is not as easy as it seams youroral interview is sometimes very complicated for you because thy will ask you something like this. How would i separate a garage from a dwelling unit??? first of all whats a dwelling its a home and the way you lay it out is the way you will get judged they will know if you know what they are talking about. EXAMPLE ANSWER a IS: A dwelling unit is separated from a garage by a firewall covered on garage side by 1/2 inch thickness minimum gypsum board. Whats gypsum board its drywall, another is what is the clearance in front of a watercloset.? whats a watercloset its a toilet and the distance infront varies from code book per irc 21 inches per upc 24 inches i been a modular home/building inspector over 12 years also inspector icc certified and master board certified and have not yet hold a job for a municipality/ city or agency,

Host said: Do you have any tips to help prepare for an upcoming building inspector interview?

Are there common interview questions that come up again and again?

ive had about 5 city interviews and got none , 1 question they always ask , what do you do with an irrate customer , contractor i f work is not done per code ? my answer was ,not shir ,but i sad i would let the contractor vent for awhile , show him in the approved plans and code book that he is wrong and needs to correct or non compliance will be written , other questions are about the job meeting its schedule ,what do you do if something is not per plan

JOSE A GUILLEN in Riverside, California said: To get a job as an inspector is not as easy as it seams youroral interview is sometimes very complicated for you because thy will ask you something like this. How would i separate a garage from a dwelling unit??? first of all whats a dwelling its a home and the way you lay it out is the way you will get judged they will know if you know what they are talking about. EXAMPLE ANSWER a IS: A dwelling unit is separated from a garage by a firewall covered on garage side by 1/2 inch thickness minimum gypsum board. Whats gypsum board its drywall, another is what is the clearance in front of a watercloset.? whats a watercloset its a toilet and the distance infront varies from code book per irc 21 inches per upc 24 inches i been a modular home/building inspector over 12 years also inspector icc certified and master board certified and have not yet hold a job for a municipality/ city or agency,

--i cann relate, me have gramur and speling good, still cannot get me a betur job, i du not umberstand...help me uot...

mike barr in Las Vegas, Nevada said: ive had about 5 city interviews and got none , 1 question they always ask , what do you do with an irrate customer , contractor i f work is not done per code ? my answer was ,not shir ,but i sad i would let the contractor vent for awhile , show him in the approved plans and code book that he is wrong and needs to correct or non compliance will be written , other questions are about the job meeting its schedule ,what do you do if something is not per plan

If something is not per plan be straight and forward stand your grounds and be diplomatic donot argue tell them it is wrong period specially if you know he is wrong remember you are the Authority not the contractor.

KMLTUP in Dayton, Ohio said: --i cann relate, me have gramur and speling good, still cannot get me a betur job, i du not umberstand...help me uot...

Now that's funny!