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Mechanical Engineering Technical Interview Questions Mechanical Engineering featured Top Mechanical Engineering Interview Questions There’s a wide range of topics that are covered during interviews, but you’ll most often find these fundamental questions covered the most: Mechanics of Materials (Beam Th…	1	18298	February 3, 2024
About the Mechanical Engineering category Mechanical Engineering	0	1271	July 27, 2020
A beam is made from two cylinders, where the inner cylinder is steel and the outer cylinder is aluminum. Which cylinder will yield first if beam is a simply supported cantilever beam? Cantilever Beams general	1	805	April 2, 2024
You have a concentrated load at the center of a beam with two point supports on either end. Describe the shear force and bending moment diagram Cantilever Beams general , zoox	2	1431	March 3, 2024
On which side of a wall-mounted cantilever beam induced with a point load will it fail? Cantilever Beams cisco , spacex	5	12261	February 27, 2024
You have a cantilever beam, to minimize deflection, you add a support elbow. Would you add this to the top or bottom? Why? Cantilever Beams general	1	4219	April 24, 2022
You have two identical bolts and nuts torqued to the same spec clamping two faces together. One bolt is lubricated while the other is not. What is the clamp load of each bolt? Mechanical Design general , tesla	2	1326	February 14, 2024
Two concentric tubes, where the inner tube is made of aluminum and outer tube is steel, are assembled vertically with a mass on top. Which tube will see more deflection? Cantilever Beams	4	1402	February 4, 2024
You have 5kg of Aluminum and 5kg of Steel. You can make whatever cross section beam you want with these materials. If you have to make a cantilever beam 1m long with a load at the end and you want to minimize the deflection. What material would you use? Cantilever Beams general , apple	8	5353	February 2, 2024
You are designing a steel beam to minimize deflection for a given force and avoid permanent deformation. Which material property should be maximized? Cantilever Beams tesla	1	866	February 2, 2024
Walk me through the different materials used on the visible exterior of your phone, why those specific materials might be used, and how they are manufactured Mechanical Design apple , manufacturing , general , htc	1	1404	January 25, 2024
If you had to pressurize a pressure vessel in testing, would you rather pressurize with liquid or gas and why? Mechanical Design spacex , firefly	1	1461	January 21, 2024
What are the different ways you can identify if a part is steel or aluminum? Materials Science apple , materials	1	3818	August 5, 2020
What are common DFM guidelines for Sheet Metal Design, and how would you stiffen a part made from sheet metal? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design square	1	635	January 5, 2024
Can you describe the injection molding manufacturing process? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design manufacturing	1	844	January 5, 2024
On the material datasheet of most polymers, the glass transition temperature, Tg, is provided. What does the glass transition temperature refer to? Materials Science tesla	1	566	January 5, 2024
When parts are designed, how do you ensure the manufacturer is building what you intended to design? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design facebook	1	944	January 5, 2024
If two vehicles are identical, except for one weighing twice as much as the other vehicle, and they roll down a hill, which car reaches the bottom first? Free Body Diagrams physics , tesla Neglect air resistance. Assume the extra mass is in the body of the vehicle Hint: What governing physics law is used to characterize this system?	8	10863	December 11, 2023
Motor Sizing - Torque & Power Calculations + Safety Considerations Free Body Diagrams zipline	0	217	December 11, 2023
Truss Loading: Force Calculation & Displacement Mechanical Design zipline	0	226	December 11, 2023
What are the three laws of thermodynamics? Heat Transfer general	1	17582	August 2, 2020
Two cylindrical tanks are full of water, where one is oriented horizontally and another vertically. If a hole is drilled in the bottom of the tank, which one empties first? General ME Questions general	1	1081	September 24, 2023
If you had designed this rear cover, what are 5 tests that you would conduct on the completed iPod Touch assembly to ensure that your rear cover design met all applicable requirements? Why? Reliability & Mechanical Test apple	2	2203	February 15, 2022
What are the major design considerations for optimizing airflow? Mechanical Design	1	1055	September 18, 2023
If there is a diving board, how would you half the deflection? Cantilever Beams	1	1517	July 31, 2021
When should you counterbore vs. countersink a hole? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design	1	1689	July 31, 2021
What are the different types of stress & force a material can endure? Mechanical Design	1	2170	August 3, 2021
Is a pressure vessel more likely to fail from repeated cycles of low pressure or a one off high pressure spike? Mechanical Design	1	1239	August 12, 2021
Why does a computer/office chair have fives legs? Why does a chair have four? Mechanical Design	1	1145	September 15, 2023
Imagine a dashed line down a mile length of a straight road. Explain how you would calculate the volume of paint required for this mile stretch of road General ME Questions general , synapse	1	903	September 15, 2023

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Top Mechanical Engineering Interview Questions There’s a wide range of topics that are covered during interviews, but you’ll most often find these fundamental questions covered the most: Mechanics of Materials (Beam Th…