Interview Questions

A. General

1. Tell us about your experience and why you think you are qualified for
this position.

2. Why do you want to work at ASI?

3. Why are you leaving your current place of work? OR Why did you
leave your last place of work?

4. How much notice for your resignation does your current employer
need?

5. The position is based in Khogyani and will require frequent travel in the
district, also to neighboring districts: SZD and PWA. How do you feel
about this?

6. ASI would not be responsible to accommodate you in the district or pay

for your transportation to/from work (you get an allowance for this
each month). Would you accept this if given the job?

A. Project & Development experience

1. What experiences have you had in construction and project

management? What did your daily duties involve?

2. What community engagement experience did you have in those roles?

3. Tell us about some of the challenges you faced.

4. Tell us about a specific problem/challenge when implementing a

project in the community and how you overcame it or solved it.

A. Civil Engineering

1. What is the comprehensive strength for concrete?

2. How can one know proportions of cement, sand, aggregate in different

types of grades like M5, M10, M20, and M30?

3. What does M200 concrete stand for? And what will be the proportions
of the materials e.g. cement and sand for such a concrete?
 4. What would be the percentage of the mortar in stone masonry work?
How much will be the maximum size of the sand while doing stone
masonry work?

5. What is the minimum & maximum compressive strength n/mm2 of M-

30 mix design cube?

6. What is Shuttering? How it is done on site?

7. What are the basic safety measures you apply on the construction
site?

8. Why we need to do PCC?

9. What is the meaning of bearing capacity of soil?

10.What are the basic technical documents required for a construction

project?

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Test Questions

A. Construction

1. Calculate the number of the bricks (22x12x6) Cm for One cubic meter
of bricks masonry work if the percentage of the mortar is 30%.

2. Attached in Figure 1.1 is the cross section for a retaining wall. The
length of the wall is equal to 200 meter, please calculate the following:

a. Total volume (Quantity) of the stones to complete construction of the

wall.

b. Total volume of the sand to complete the wall. Please do not consider
calculation of PCC under the wall and PCC over the wall.

c. Calculate the cement bags to complete the construction of the wall.

 d. Only for stone masonry work, please calculate the number of the
skilled and unskilled labors to complete the job.

e. Please write the formula for checking the stability of the wall against
overturning.

A. Design

1. Draw the table in Figure 1.1 and do the necessary calculations for the
blanks.

2. Using AutoCAD draw the following cross section in Figure 1.2

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