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by xtracto 1911 days ago
That's why programming has declined from Software Engineering to 'coding'. I'm sure there are similar scoring tables in Civil Engineering, and Engineers there dont whine because they don't know or y principle.
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Thats why I invite them to a live bridge building session over zoom!
You kid about it but I was curious enough to search for Civil Engineering interview questions:

https://targetjobs.co.uk/career-sectors/civil-and-structural...

Some examples: Being asked the following questions in an interview: ‘You are going to build the bridge that you were given as a case study earlier this morning. What are the ground investigation steps that you need to undertake? What sort of tests will you do?’

At the end of an interview being given some beam sketches and being asked to draw the shear force diagram and bending moment diagram.

Being asked to draw a strip foundation and build up to how you'd construct a suspended slab.

Being asked what factors you would need to take into account if asking to site a railway station.

How do you compress months of product development in a zoom session? Answer: you don't.

That's why they don't build a bridge over zoom, just like nobody ask you to build a complete app over zoom. They only ask the engineer basic engineering questions to ensure the guy is not a dud.