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🙋♂️ Interview Practice Question of the Week
Given a cube of indeterminate material, how many ways can you come up with to identify what it’s made out of? (You have 3 minutes)
✅ The Answer
It’s typical to receive one of this type of question during a technical interview at most tech companies. These can be fun because what it really tests is your creativity! Don’t be afraid to stray off the beaten path, in fact most interviewers tend to appreciate unusual responses.
This question, in addition to testing your creativity, is about material properties, and whether you can name a simple test to differentiate/calculate that material property. Given the time limit, 10-15 are expected. It’s good to practice a few of this type of question in advance, because it is SIGNIFICANTLY more difficult to come up with a large variety of them on the spot when the pressure is on and the time is ticking ⏱.
Young’s modulus (force displacement test)
Poisson’s ratio
CTE
Density
Magnetism
Sheet resistivity (4 point probe)
Chemical reactivity (acids, bases, precipitation, etc.)
Charpy (impact) resistance
Dielectric constant
Yield strength
Ultimate strength
Fatigue life / SN plot
Glass transition temperature
Boiling point
Melting point
Latent heat of vaporization
Latent heat of fusion
Thermal conductivity
Heat capacity
Oxidation rate
Electromagnetic shielding
Permeability
Saturation
Optical properties
Transmissivity
Reflectivity
Absorptivity
Index of refraction
Haze/Outgassing under heat
Adhesion strength to various adhesives/epoxies
Water absorption rate
Color
Molecular mass
Band gap
Crack propagation
Grain structure sizing across time and temperature (TTT graph)
Polarity of the surface
Note that these are just a small fraction of the potential solutions out there, and this list is not intended to be comprehensive. I would also not recommend memorizing it in any way shape or form. Get creative!