How Mechanical Engineers SHOULD Answer

     I want to teach you how to answer tell me about yourself if you are a mechanical engineer now the best way to answer tell me about yourself is to talk about your journey

 

what brought you to this point in your 

life why and so in this case why are you 

a mechanical engineer is more like a 

better question so they when they ask 

you you know tell me about yourself I 

think what they're really asking is why 

are you mechanical engineer what got you 

excited about that why are you 

passionate about because being a 

mechanical engineer that's really the 

question you should answer so when they 

ask you tell me about yourself and your 

mechanic mechanical engineer start off 

early on in your life about you know 

what got you excited about being a 

mechanical engineer what was it when did 

it happen I mean were you were you six 

years old and you were playing with 

tinker toys and you're playing with 

erector sets and you like building 

things and then you went into drafting 

classes um what is it talk about your 

journey to what brought you to this 

point so let's say for example you know 

that was the case you know when you were 

six years old you love building things 

with your hands you love making tinker 

toys and then you liked drawing you 

liked drawing you know structures 

buildings you know whatever it was you 

had your own ideas you were truly 

inspired by drawing and building things 

with your hands and then as you got 

older maybe you know in high school you 

started taking you know drawing classes 

computer-aided design classes mechanical 

classes because you know it just felt 

right for you just felt right for who you were it fit you and you're like 

thinking you know what when I grow up I 

want to build bridges or I want to build 

buildings or I want to build ships yeah 

I want to build cars I want to design I 

want to design skyscrapers or maybe

I 

want to design rocket ships well 

whatever it

is tell them what the dreams 

you had when you were a child and how 

those dreams manifested themselves into 

you know where you are today what was it 

how did you do it and and then in high 

school you know what did you do what 

else did you do in high school did you 

start any clubs were you in any kind of 

clubs were you in robotics clubs were 

you in mechanical engineering clubs what 

was it what did you do what did you do 

to stay excited did you volunteer your 

time anywhere did you volunteer your 

time at the yeah maybe you went down 

there's an architect a business and 

you're where you live and you went down 

there and you talked to them and you 

know you were just truly inspired by all 

of these great people who were building 

things tell them your story tell them 

your journey and then talk about you 

know what you went to college for why 

did you go to college why did you go to 

college for this and you know what maybe 

maybe you didn't get it inspired to be a 

mechanical engineer until you went to 

college maybe he went to college for you 

know for business and said you know what 

this doesn't fit and then you switch you 

always had a knack for drawing and so 

you went into mechanical engineering and 

then BAM it just hit you it's like you 

know what was the point where did it 

happen in your life that you know the 

light went off that says you know what 

this is what I want to do this is what I 

want to be no matter what that's how you 

answer that question if you're a 

mechanical engineer and they ask you you 

know tell me about yourself so then you 

know you're in college you're taking 

classes you're just you're just soaking 

the stuff up you're getting straight A's 

it's it's everything you want and then 

maybe you do some internships and you do 

some internships with some local 

architects you you you get to do some 

you get to ride along on some designs 

for some buildings or ships or you know 

whatever it is some bridges whatever it 

is talk about your journey through 

college what happened what did you do 

and how did you and how much you liked 

it and how much it just felt like you 

and then talk about after college then 

and if you're and if you just graduated 

college and there is no after college 

then just then then you then you talk 

about your journey up to that point if 

you've been up get mechanical engineer 

for you know the past 10 or 20 years 

then after college start to 

think about some of the first jobs that 

you had and what you liked the bottom 

what you did maybe even some things that 

you didn't like and talked about your 

journey all the way up to the present 

time all right does that make sense so start off young 

what inspired you or where at wherever 

maybe you were inspired at six maybe ten 

maybe maybe you were twenty wherever the 

light went off that you wanted to be a 

mechanical engineer start there and then 

move forward and tell them a story tell 

them a story about your journey about 

what you liked what inspired you and you 

know and what what propels you to move 

forward what pushed you you know what 

why you liked it why it meant something 

to you put some passion and feeling in 

it and that that's how you're gonna 

stand out from everybody else everybody 

else you know when they ask him you know 

tell me about yourself they're gonna say 

well you know I had this job I had this 

job and I had this job and yeah these 

are some of the things I did and they're 

giving the wrong answer to that question 

it's the wrong answer I want you to give 

the right answer and that's how you do 

it all right my friend that's all I have 

for you today good luck in your next interview we'll see in the next time