Are you in search of Building Construction jobs? Do you know Who is the No 1 real estate company in India? DLF Limited is the largest real estate company in India in terms of Total sales which has a turnover of Rs 7,766 Cr.

So if are a civil engineer, dreaming to work in one of the best Real Estate company in India, this article might help you. cracking the job interview in these company might be a little tough as they seek experienced, seasons engineers who has at least 3 to 5 year of experience.

Construction is the procedure of constructing a building or organization. Construction varies from engineering in that manufacturing classically includes mass production of like items without a designated purchaser, while construction classically takes place on location for a known client. If you are familiar with the Building Construction then there are various leading companies that offer job roles like Construction Manager (Overseas), Site Engineer, Production Superiors, Sr. Customer Relationship Manager, Facilities Manager, Sr Manager / AGM / DGM Construction and many other roles too. For any other details on Building Construction jobs roles and interview questions visit our site www.eace.in

How do I prepare for a real estate interview?Here is a check-list for acing your real estate interview:

  1. Be clear about what you want. Real estate is wide field.
  2. Do your homework on the company.
  3. Prepare for common interview questions.
  4. Prepare 5-10 questions for your interviewer.
  5. Be prepared for unusual interviews.
  6. Dress the part.
  7. Be on time.
  8. Be honest.

What questions are asked in a real estate interview? General questions for a real estate interview

  • Where do you see yourself in five years?
  • Why do you want to work for this company?
  • Why should we hire you?
  • What did you like most about your last position?
  • What are your top three skills?
  • What skills would you like to learn and why?

Possible interview question: ‘What is your favourite building/structure?’

This is another question that you’ll likely be asked near the start of an interview. This is intended to partly put you at ease – as it is something that you should definitely know the answer to – but also to help gauge your interest in construction. 

  • Be honest: don’t feel you have to choose a project worked on by the employer you are interested in.
  • Be able to substantiate your choice. Stuart Hill, a principal engineer at Mott MacDonald and experienced interviewer, comments: ‘The interviewee could talk about any building – from The Shard to a water treatment company to their local school – as long as they can explain their reasoning.’

Possible interview question: ‘What do you know about the company?’

You may also be asked what you’d expect from the company as a graduate employee, about the opportunities and threats facing the company and about your understanding of the industry. This is where research pays dividends. Before your interview, find out:

  • What does the firm do? is it a contractor or a consultant? In which markets or service areas does it operate? Is it a local, national or international company?
  • What are the organisation’s core values and aims?
  • Who are its main competitors? Is it generally perceived as doing better or worse than them?
  • What is it currently shouting about on Twitter, in the news and on its website?

Some useful resources include:

  • The TARGETjobs employer hubs (all we know about graduate employers in one place).
  • The employer’s website – its graduate careers section and its corporate site.
  • National newspapers and trade press, online or in print. Key trade press include Building and Construction News.
  • Your careers service, which has details about companies and contact details for alumnis who may work for the employer.

As part of your answer, you could ask them their opinion on the company’s direction.

‘Whenever I attended interviews and assessment days, I researched unusual information about the company to differentiate myself from other candidates, such as the share price that day (whether it had moved and why) and any new projects or construction processes,’ recalls Ashley Dunsmore, quantity surveyor at Kier Group. ‘I saw that the assessors “tuned in” when I did this and I think it made a good impression.’

Possible interview question: ‘What do you know about the job role and career path?’

Questions assessing your knowledge of what the job role in that company entails and how your career path would pan out are designed to find out how committed you are to the career you’ve chosen and whether you have a realistic understanding of what the day job is like. Follow-up questions might include ‘What do you think you will be doing day to day?’, ‘What are your career goals?’, the classic ‘Where do you think you’ll be in five years?’ and ‘What do you think you will find most challenging in the role?’. This is another instance when you need to have done your research:

  • Your answer should partly be based on what you know about the company – whether it a contractor or consultant and the type of projects they work on, for example.
  • You should also bear in mind the typical career path of people in your role, such as a professional qualification, and relate it back to the training and development in that company. In five years’ time, for example, would you usually be chartered?
  • Take into consideration which areas are growing within the company and why – or why not.

Possible interview question: ‘Why have you applied to us?’

You have probably already answered this question in your application form or covering letter, but you shouldn’t assume that an interviewer has seen the whole of your previous application. The interviewers are looking to see whether you really want to work for them (or whether any construction company would do) and whether you would stay with the company at least until you have gained your professional qualification.

  • Again, research on the company is essential here. In your answer, you need to explain how what you have discovered about the company makes you want to work for them. If possible, pinpoint what makes the employer special.
  • Show how working at the company would help you achieve your personal career ambitions and that your values chime with those of the company – this would signal that you are a good fit.

Asking your own questions in construction interviews

All interviewers will give you the opportunity to ask questions and this is a great opportunity to find out more about the organisation. Avoid asking about salary, anything that’s covered in detail on the company website or for help on your final year project, though. Good topics to ask about include:

  • How the employer tackles issues such as sustainability
  • The challenges facing the construction industry as a whole
  • Landmark projects
  • What the interviewer enjoys most about their job.

It’s impressive to ask a question that has come out of some of the research you’ve done yourself and that takes into account commercial considerations , for example, ‘I read that you were focusing on X sector. How is this affecting Y?’.

Tackling technical interviews

If you have a built environment degree or are going for an engineering job, expect to face some questions on your technical knowledge – how you apply basic principles to a work-based situation. This might involve a formal technical interview, a technical exercise, a presentation or some technical questions within a more general interview.

‘In a technical interview, we want to know whether you can apply the theory from your degree course in the real world,’ says Aman Gill, graduate recruitment adviser at Arup. ‘We may ask you to come up with a solution to a problem and then ask you what would happen if we changed the design in a particular way.’