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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	33632	February 3, 2024
About the Mechanical Engineering category Mechanical Engineering	0	1512	July 27, 2020
Barrel Connector Concentricity Mechanical Design apple	0	6	April 24, 2025
You have a stool with four legs, two are Aluminum, two are steel. All legs are identical in geometry (area/length). If you continiously heat up this stool, how will the load share change over as time goes on? Cantilever Beams spacex	4	3287	April 11, 2025
You have a stool with four legs identical in size. Two legs are made from aluminum, while the other legs are made from steel. If a load is placed on the stool's seat, will the legs take equal load or not? Mechanical Design spacex	8	7863	April 9, 2025
How would you tolerance a touch screen assembly to the mounting chassis of a smart phone? Mechanical Design apple	2	2187	April 2, 2025
If two vehicles are identical, why does the one with higher power have wider tires? Mechanical Engineering apple	1	290	February 14, 2025
Startup Interview Question: Ensuring Part Flatness Mechanical Engineering general	2	270	February 14, 2025
Your product is within spec at one location, but out of spec in another. Why? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design	2	1918	January 21, 2025
You are machining two plates with identical hole patterns that will bolted together. How do you ensure that they perfectly line up? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design	2	1912	January 21, 2025
How would you characterize the pressure drop across the length of a heatsink Heat Transfer apple , thermal-engineer	0	490	January 8, 2025
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	2	2010	January 6, 2025
If I have a solid rod and hollow rod with the same mass and I let them roll down a ramp, which one reaches the bottom first and why? Free Body Diagrams general , apple	7	17740	December 9, 2024
Given a wall-mounted cantilever beam and a point load at the free end, describe the shear force diagram and bending moment diagram Cantilever Beams htc , zoox , apple	3	14182	December 9, 2024
Interview prep for nuclear companies Mechanical Engineering nuclear , energy	0	203	November 13, 2024
Your friend is coming over soon and you made them coffee. You want this coffee to be as hot as possible by the time they get to you. You can use creamer to affect the coffee, what should you do to make the coffee as hot as possible when they arrive? Heat Transfer synapse , heat-transfer	4	3069	October 30, 2024
You have two objects that mate together, you want to decrease the total linear tolerance stack up. What can you do to decrease the total tolerance stackup? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design	2	1861	October 30, 2024
Name all the ways to to lighten a cantilevered I beam with a point load on the end, while minimizing weight and deflection Cantilever Beams	2	1651	October 30, 2024
What are some important characteristics for material selection? Materials Science materials , apple	2	2363	October 27, 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	3	2623	October 26, 2024
GD&T: Home Button Placement Problem (Apple) Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design apple	3	7375	October 16, 2024
How would you design an experiment to measure the thermal conductivity of corrugated cardboard? Heat Transfer heat-transfer , gradient	1	1436	September 12, 2024
How would you design a satellite that orbits the earth and passively maintains a temperature of 300K +/- 10K? Heat Transfer heat-transfer , gradient	2	1363	September 12, 2024
Glued/Non-glued cantilever beam Cantilever Beams	1	890	September 9, 2024
A steel cantilevered I-beam is welded to a wall has some load applied at the end. Where would it fail? Cantilever Beams stoke	0	975	August 30, 2024
CNC vs other techniques Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design manufacturing	3	606	July 31, 2024
What are critical dimensions necessary in the tolerance stack-up/loop to minimize the part gap? Mechanical Design square	1	1774	July 10, 2024
A machine includes a bronze cart sliding horizontally on steel rails. The design is changed to add a 15° angle to the rails and cart without changing any other features. How does the sliding friction of the two designs compare? Free Body Diagrams carbon	1	917	July 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?	9	16199	June 24, 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	2	2853	June 19, 2024

Mechanical Engineering Technical Interview Questions

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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…