russrmartin
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I have always felt, and in my short time, I have interviewed a lot, that the actual question is unimportant. The response is what is important, and not whether the person knows the material or not. Pay can probably be commensurate with experience, and you'll know how experienced they are without beating serious questions out of them. My approach as an applicant has always been #1, never let them see you sweat, and #2, look and act professional, #3, act as though you can survive in any environment, (working in a group, alone etc.) When I first graduated from Tech school, I was offered all 7 of the jobs I interviewed for, even though I had little experience. Since then, I've only applied for 2 out of dozens of positions in which I was not made an offer. As I said, regardless of the question, read the person's body language, listen to their speech for uh, ahh ummms and the like. Finally, the big no no to listen for is phrases such as (stuff like that. Example, "I used to use PLC's to troubleshoot lines being down and stuff like that." If someone can't be specific, they are trying to buffalo someone else. That's my humble opinion, and it's served me well in my time in this industry.