What Is The Professional Interview? How Is It Administered?
The professional interview / examination is primarily intended to be a means by which the graduate engineer can show that he has achieved the desired level of experience, maturity of judgement and professional competence as an engineer, whereby he can safely assume full responsibility for the engineering works in his charge.
The graduate engineer prepares a professional report which is in two parts;
- A report on experience to date (This aids the examiners form an opinion of the benefit that the graduate has derived from experience).
- An engineering design report (calculations and drawings which are submitted in advance of the interview and are examined in detail by the interviewers. The design report should be relevant and must have been undertaken by the graduate engineer in the course of the training period.
Finally the graduate engineer is required to write an essay on an engineering subject which is related to his/her experience or to a special interest which he/she may have indicated. This is intended to test their knowledge and ability to express their thoughts in writing lucidly, precisely and concisely
