CH2M Graduate Civil Engineer Interview Questions
Updated 23 Feb 2017
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at CH2M (London, England) in Nov 2016
30 minute phone interview arranged after meeting the representatives of CH2M at a career fair in Imperial College in November. The phone interview is the first step before inviting you to an assessment day. The arrangement of the phone interview is open for a period before Christmas. You have to arrange the exact date and time in advance but it is relatively easy to rearrange if something unexpected occurs.
- 1) What could you tell me about your academic background? 2) Why did you decide to study civil engineering and structural steel design? 3) Could you provide me with two examples of projects you have done during your studies. Ideally projects which where team projects, describe what was the project about, what was your role in the team, how large was the team, tell me more about it. How long did this project last. 4) Tell me engineering software you are familiar with? 5) Why do you think our graduate program will be right for you? 6) Tell me about your work experience. Tell me about your 4 month internship.? 7) What did you learn from your experience as an intern? 8) Could you tell me about your personal and technical skills that you have gained in the university that you think will be helpful in our graduate program? 9) What would you say is a big development area. Are there any particular skills which you would like to concentrate on, something that you would like to learn or develop mostly during the graduate program? Advance my technical skills, presentations 10) From the reasearch you have done on our company. What can you tell me about CH2M? 11) In which sector would you be more interested to work on? (buildings, bridges, environmental, aviation, transportation, nuclear, highway..) 12) Have you applied to any other companies? 13) To what roles did you apply to? 14) If you are hired on our graduate program, what will make this job interesting to you?Are there any factors that are most important to you? 15)Besides our base in London we have offices all over the uk. Will you be flexible about the location? 16)When can you start? 17) Do you have any specific salary expectations from this job?
Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at CH2M (London, England) in Apr 2016
Applied online on February 2016 and got an email to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview was 30 minutes with a friendly recruiter. He was encouraging and easy going. Still in the 4 week time gap to know if I get to the personal interview in the UK
- Favourite modules in college? Why do you want to work in CH2m? Talk about 2 projects you have done.
Anonymous Interview Candidate in Warrington, North West England, England
I applied online. I interviewed at CH2M (Warrington, North West England, England) in Mar 2016
I did the application online for the graduate program, after about 1 month they answer me by email, and we scheduled a phone interview. The interview was very easygoing, with a recruiter, we talk about my CV, my interest and the company. After another one month they called me for schedule another interview, via skype, and I had to prepare a presentation of about 20 minutes of a project that I did at university. The second interview took about 1 hour and a half, the assessor was very nice, we talk about my presentation and some engineering subject.
- Why do you want to work for CH2M? What kind of project you did? What software did you used? Engineer question in general
Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at CH2M (London, England) in Mar 2016
The 1st stage consisted of the CV + Cover letter application, followed afterwards by a phone interview which lasted around 30 minutes. As stated on the phone by the HR, there were around 9000 applications for not so many graduate positions and the requirements due to this high number of applicants increased.
- Describe two projects that I have worked at during my studies, one in which I worked alongside other members and one that I worked alone.
Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at CH2M in Feb 2016
Several Online Tests followed by a Phone Interview. Tests included simple maths and data analysis, answering questions using data from charts and tables, calculating simple changes etc. English test required to answer questions using passages of text. Time per question was fairly short so had to work quickly.
- What was your favourite course(s) at University and why
Anonymous Interview Candidate in Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at CH2M (Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England)
Initial online application form to be completed. Followed by a brief telephone interview with HR member that covers competency questions and asks about your cv. Final round, face to face interview with director and chief engineer. Competency questions, general why do you want to work here, followed by 10 min informal presentation of a subject related to the field that you are applying to.
- Explain a time where you had to work under pressure
Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at CH2M (London, England) in Apr 2015
Applied online around January. A phone interview in March. This was just a review of the application. I was asked where did a wanted to work and in which department. The final interview was in April. They asked me to give a technical presentation about a topic of my choice. Followed by a 1 hour interview plus 20 min or so of technical questions. The interview was conducted only by the head of the Highways Department.
- Describe a situation where you missed a deadline.
- Describe a situation where you had to deal with failure.
- Describe a situation where you had to ask for help.
- Describe a situation where yo had to solve a difficult problem you though you were not able to.
Anonymous Interview Candidate in Birmingham, England
I applied online. I interviewed at CH2M (Birmingham, England)
I was invited to a telephone interview. A quite friendly recruiter called me and we discussed about my CV more extensively. He asked more information on what was written in my CV. He was very encouraging and helpful.
- What projects have you worked on?
- What were your favourite modules?
Anonymous Employee in Cardiff, Wales
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at CH2M (Cardiff, Wales) in Mar 2014
Very straightforward application process, it was a CV and covering letter writte application followed by a telephone and then face to face interview with my would-be team leader. The interviews were primarily competency based questions as well as a presentation on a previous piece of work or project. The more interesting the better and not necessarily related to job role.
- Could you give a brief presentation on a past project?
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