Interview question tips for quantity surveyors

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Need some hints and tips on how an interview for a career in Quantity Surveying? Then the following typical
interview questions should be a great aid to you:
General tips

Quantity Surveyors are likely to spend time on construction sites and offices, but the interviewee should always don
smart office wear, which includes clean shoes, nails and hair. Always leave plenty of time to get to the interview,
double checking addresses and contact details, and ideally ringing the agency the day before to make sure
everything is still set for the appointment.

Do a bit of homework and read up about the company and the surveying role they are interviewing for and formulate
a few questions to ask the interviewer for example, what is the typical career progression of a surveyor in their
business?

Take a copy of any CVs or application forms, and reread them on the way. It's also a good idea to go over the job
advert to pick out the key attributes required for the role and practise how to demonstrate these skills.


Further information for quantity surveyor job candidates

Interviewers for Quantity Surveyor roles may differ in the type of work they do, but all will be looking for similar
skillsets amongst their interviewees. They will be looking for candidates who can demonstrate the academic prowess
required. This is ideally degree level education as well as a willingness to take on the further study required to
qualify if not achieved already, but also the interpersonal skills and commitment that's an essential part of delivering
successful outcomes in what can be a pressurised business.

Quantity Surveyors often manage large projects and interviewers will be looking for candidates that can clearly
demonstrate reliability, conscientiousness, and the ability to cope in a crisis. Successful candidates will be proactive
team players, and capable of clearly communicating to all members of a team from the construction workers on site
to the CEO back in the office.


Quantity surveyor questions
What do you see as the key challenges faced by Quantity Surveyors on a day to day basis?
Do you prefer being office or site based? Why?
Can you describe what you see as a typical site-based day for a Quantity Surveyor?
What parts of the Quantity Surveyor role do you most enjoy? Which do you find most challenging?
How would you go about combining studying for professional qualifications with working?
What are your ultimate career goals within Quantity Surveying?
An important element of the surveying timeline has started to slip. How do you ensure all the requisite
milestones are hit and the project gets back on track?
Costs are starting to spiral on the project you are working on. How do you resolve the problem and still
meet the project deliverables?
What do you know about property tax?
General interview questions
Why have you applied for this specific role with us? What appeals most about the role?
What excites you most about our company?
Why are you looking to move on from your current role?
What are the most important attributes you would bring to this job?
Scenario interview questions
Describe a recent project you led a team on and tell me what was most and least successful about the
project.
Tell me about a problem you have faced that required logical thinking to solve. Would you approach the
problem differently next time?
Talk me through how you would go about determining an initial timescale for a construction project.
Trapezoidal footing volume formula?

Answered Most RecentlyNamuri.bulliraju
Right formula is = V = [L X B X d] + h / 3 [ A1 + A2 + ROUTE UNDER A1 A2
] where , l = length , b = breadth , d = bottom depth , h = D - d , A1 = bottom area , A2=
top area (ii) is = V = [L X B X d] + h/6(A1 + A2 + 4 Am) where , h = D - d , A1 = bottom
area , A2= top area, Am = Mean of Top and Bottom Area


Route Under means Square route





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Volume of Trapezoidal footing= h/2(a+b)*l
where,
h= depth of footing
a= top width of footing
b= bottom with of footing
l= length of footing
In Case of Frustrum of Pyramid
V= h/3(A1+A2+Square root of A1*A2)
Where,
A1= Area of top section (a*b)
A2= Area of Bottom Section (A*B)