Innovative and Common Sense Strategies for a Successful Interview
So you've been shortlisted for your dream engineering project or position? Congrats! But…with the herds of applicants, how can you successfully deliver your ideas AND stand out from the crowd?
Join Dr. David T. Williams as he outlines the secrets to a successful interview–from preparation to answering the tough questions–based on his 40 years of interviewing for and sitting on local and national selection panels, AND how you can employ these real-world tested tips to win your next interview. David is known for his lively presentations and will walk you through his common sense strategies for successfully interviewing and winning engineering projects and positions. We'll start the presentation with a look at how to thoroughly research and prepare for the interview, the interview panelists, the interview location environment, and how to use this knowledge to enhance your presentation and position. David will then outline how to best manage the flow of your interview and the delivery of your presentation to optimize your time and message. We'll take a look at some of the common pitfalls and tough questions, and discuss the tips on how to best field and answer these questions confidently AND thoroughly. David will offer some advice on how to elegantly end the interview and follow up with persistence (but without being a pest). And finally, we'll take a look at some of the real-world self-destructing blunders by major companies and candidates culminating in a list of what NOT to do, and how you can avoid these mistakes and successfully win your dream engineering project or position.
Dr. David T. Williams, a registered Professional Civil Engineer in eight states, and President of David T. Williams and Associates, obtained his BSCE and MSCE from the University of California at Davis and his PhD from Colorado State University – all in civil engineering. His private sector experience includes: National Technical Director for Water Resources for PBS&J (now Atkins) and HDR, co-founder and President of WEST Consultants (a nationally recognized water resources engineering firm), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and adjunct professor at San Diego State University. Dr. Williams’ public sector experience includes being a research hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Waterways Experiment Station (WES, now ERDC) in Vicksburg, MS; both the Nashville and Baltimore Districts; and the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) in Davis, CA. While at ERDC, Dr. Williams worked on research applications of sediment transport in rivers and reservoirs and the solution of unusual hydraulic and sediment related problems using computer models and other state-of-the-art techniques. During the mid-1970's, Dr. Williams worked at HEC, helping in the development of spatial data management techniques, evaluation of the economic benefits of flood control projects, and sedimentation in rivers and reservoirs. Dr. Williams has been a frequent short course instructor for ASCE and other professional and public organizations on computer training using HEC-2, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS and HEC-6. In addition, Dr. Williams has taught short courses on channel bed scour for toe protection design, sediment transport, stream restoration, fluvial geomorphology and streambank protection, as well preparing for becoming an expert witness. Dr. Williams’ professional society activities have included past chair of the ASCE/EWRI Committees on Sedimentation; Computational Hydraulics; Risk, Uncertainty and Probabilistic Approaches; and Stream Restoration as well as 2 time past President of the International Erosion Control Association.
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