Tips for welding engineer interviews.

Do you have any tips to help prepare for an upcoming welding engineer interview?

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

Be willing to relocate as there are a limited number of Welding Engineer positions available in each area. The grass is greener over the fence.

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

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

Code & Standards Competency:
-What codes and standards are you knowledgeable of?
-How are they applied in your review of contract documents?
Mockup Review:
What is the typical process when you review the mockup with the client?
Temperature Control / Monitoring
When/How you are using the heat measuring instrument? [ laser gauge , thermometer ,thermo sticks ]
Calibration Control / Monitoring
Welding Machines [ Ampere-meter ]
Electrodes ovens & portable heaters [ thermometer ]
Calibration Sticker should have?
Equip. S/N , Intervals(calib. & expire dates) , stamp
NDE Personnel Qualifications
-Which society? ASNT Level 2 / SNT-TC-1A
-ASNT Level 1,2&3 responsibilities
Inspection tools for welding inspectors
welding gauge , mirror gauge , taper steel ruler , measuring tape
NDE equipments
RT film viewers [ step wedge film & densitometer ]
RT techniques (exposure geometry) [SWSI,DWDI, DWSI ]
MPI AC –Yoke & Lifting Weight 4.5 Kg
MPI / DPT light intensity 1000 lux
UT equipments linearity check [ each 3 months ]
- Screen height linearity
- Amplitude control linearity
UT basic test blocks [V1&V2]
UT basic calibration blocks
UT calibration for piping & non-piping
UT [DAC curve] distance amplitude correction
Onsite welding electrodes handling ,storage, packaging and preservation systems
The main requirements for this process
Welding Inspections Records

Fit up inspection
- root gap
In process inspection
Visual inspection
NDE inspections
Material

asme standerdeds and code ndt inspection details