1. Tell me some duties that you perform as a machine operator on a daily basis?
After the pre checks are done with, I adjust equipment controls to meet the needs of the procedure that is about to be performed. Then come to changing machine parts, tooling activities and setting temperatures.
2. Tell me if hired, what type of training do you think would most need to be successful? Why?
Reveals possible weaknesses.
3. Tell me have you ever done quality checks? What was involved?
Shows ability to run tests on machines.
4. Explain me a typical working day for a Filling Machine Operator?
Interviewers like to understand if the candidate applying for the job fully knows what the job will include. The more you connect your previous job with the job you have applied for, then the more successful you will be. Keep your answers focused and detail as much as you can about the job.
5. Tell us a time when you had to work with a difficult supervisor?
Right after my hiring at TMG Corporation as a machine operator, the manager changed. I was fairly new and still on training therefore was not yet familiar with the techniques they used. I faced too much criticism and explanation calls on minor errors. With time I realized that this check and balance was a big contributing factor in enhancing my skills and am till date thankful for the chance of learning under supervision of that person.
6. Tell us why did you choose this profession as Filling Machine Operator?
Mechanical physics has always intrigued me and I used to open up house hold appliances as a hobby to see how the system works. When I am around machines, I remain in awe. I enjoy working them, conducting preventive maintenance and basic troubleshooting incase of any malfunction.
Everything that a machine operator does is to make sure that the quality of the end product is up to the mark. So quality is as important as meeting deadlines is. There are three measures that I take here:
☛ Make sure that the machine room is in compliance with all sanitary requirements
☛ Create reports so that the management is aware of daily machine operations
☛ Perform checks and audits to make sure that machinery is running in compliance with set procedures
A typical interview question to determine what you are looking for in your next job, would be to ask what challenges you are looking for.
The best way to answer questions about the challenges you are seeking is to discuss how you would like to effectively utilise your skills and experience if you were hired for the position. You can also mention that you are motivated by challenges and have the ability to effectively meet deadlines to handle a challenging job.
9. Tell us about a time when you found and solved a problem with a machine. How did you do it?
Shows mechanical and problem-solving skills.
10. Tell us what can you do for us that other candidates can't as Filling Machine Operator?
1. Well as a machine operator job, I have all ready got an experience about handling machine, how to run through out the product.
2. I am dedicated to may work, honest, I give may commitment to my job, passion and most specially open minded and friendly to other co worker.
3. Responsibility of a photo copy machine operator.
4. A willingness to learn, I pay attention to detail and want to grow with the company.
11. Tell me about the machines you've worked with in the past and what you did with them?
Details experience with machinery.
12. Tell me what are your aspirations behind this production job as Filling Machine Operator?
Don't fall into the trap of specifying job titles. Stick to natural progression. If you don't seem too interested in what lies beyond this job, the interviewer will fear that you wont stick around for long.
A sample answer could be that you are aware that there are several skills required for the job that you need to develop on, but you believe that your own motivation for self improvements, will be developed by the time an opportunity arises. That is why you are determined to learn.
13. Tell us what relevant experience do you have in this production job as Filling Machine Operator?
Honestly if you are applying for this position because you have loads of experience, then mention it all.
But if you are switching careers or trying something a little different, then your experience may not look like its matching up. People skills are people skills, and in this type of job then you will be working as part of a team.
I do so by initiating and engaging in work related conversations with colleagues in break periods and other free time. I frankly share any problems I am facing related to technique and inquire if others are facing similar issues. Through healthy group discussions all of us find answers to many small problems which otherwise remain un-addressed.
15. Tell us if you come across two simultaneous machine problems, which one would you look at first?
I would determine which machinery is performing top priority work and look at it first.
16. Suppose you and a team member disagree about a safety measure. How would you resolve this?
Displays ability to work with others and adhere to rules.
17. Basic Filling Machine Operator Job Interview Questions:
☛ Provide an effective method you have used to ensure the quality and conformity to standards of filled and packaged products.
☛ Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment?
☛ Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands.
☛ Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
☛ Share an experience in which your diligence of inspecting equipment, structures, or materials helped you identify a problem or the cause of a problem.
☛ Share an experience in which you sorted, graded, weighed, and inspected products, ensuring that weights and measurements met specifications.
☛ Share an experience in which you effectively monitored a production line.
☛ How do you stay fit in order to perform physical activities that are required in the workplace?
☛ Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
☛ Provide your experience engaging controls and starting machines.
☛ Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.)
☛ Describe your experience regulating machine flow, speed, and temperature.
☛ Share an experience in which you effectively adjusted machine components and machine tension and pressure.
☛ Provide an experience in which you operated machines that packaged products.
☛ Share an effective approach to working with a large amount of information/data. How has your approach affected your company?
18. Technical Filling Machine Operator Job Interview Questions:
☛ Have you ever noticed a hazard in the workplace and what did you do about it?
☛ Describe a time when you disagreed with a co-worker. How did you resolve it?
☛ Have you ever made a mistake in measuring parts or final products? What happened?
☛ Tell me one thing you did to improve quality in your last job
19. Professional Filling Machine Operator Job Interview Questions:
☛ What are three things you must do before you start a production cycle?
☛ What kind of information should you keep in logs?
☛ You discover that a machine has an issue. Your supervisor asks you to let it run until the daily production quota has been met and then fix it. What do you do?
☛ As a machine operator, how would you work towards quality assurance?
☛ If you noticed that your colleagues are not complying with safety rules what would you do?
☛ Imagine two machines break down at the same time. Which one will you fix first?
20. Fresh Filling Machine Operator Job Interview Questions:
☛ Do you have experience with [type of machine]?
☛ How do you go through a quality check?
☛ What are the steps you follow to perform maintenance to a machine?
☛ What's your experience in programming machines?
☛ What tools do you use to perform measurements on the job?
☛ Do you prefer working individually or as part of a team and why?
21. Why do you want to work with us as Filling Machine Operator?
A company will want to see how much you know about company culture and whether you have an understanding about the company culture. For example, if the company emphasises on integrity with customers then you should mention you would like to be in such a team because you believe in integrity.
If however, you are aware that the company values do not fit your thoughts then be honest. The best policy is to be honest with yourself.
My name was nominated for transfer in backstitch machine section as supervisor in absence of the section in-charge. Since I had never supervised a team of machine operators and wasn't very good in backstitch operation either, I resisted the responsibility as much as I could. I was afraid I'll fail badly at supervision. Despite my reluctance I was assigned the duty and once I got hold of it, I performed it commendably for a period of one month. I learnt that accepting more responsibility and daring to explore unperfected horizons, staring in the face of one's fears is the key to professional growth. I now stand ready to accept any professional responsibility when it comes my way.
To ensure clear and accurate exchange of information with management and colleagues I usually repeat my messages and question directly for clarification without hesitation in case the message received is ambiguous. Effective communication is the key for machine operators because one misunderstood message can result in hundreds of mis-fed or wrongly fed machine commands which are sometimes irreversible or take too much time to cancel.
24. Tell us what have you learned from mistakes on the production job as Filling Machine Operator?
If you have never made a mistake on a job, then you do not seem credible. However, the example that you give to the interviewer should be fairly inconsequential and a learned lesson should arise from it.
Mistakes can be anything from wrong packaging on a product or simply not completing jobs within the time frame. This could be from lack of communication, so not always your fault.
25. Please explain how do you handle stressful situations in a warehouse?
You may be someone who can handle pressure and that's great. If you cant handle pressure that well, don't panic. You can say something like:
“I'm sufficiently experienced to appreciate that there is only so much you can reasonably be expected to be capable of and the solution is not to panic but to remain focused on delivering your very best.”
Working in a warehouse environment especially on the run up to christmas can be stressful.
The key to formulating your answer to this question is to seize this as an opportunity to talk about a situation or an occasion where you were under pressure – and you how rose to the challenge. Try to avoid talking about an occasion when you were totally stressed out – but do acknowledge that you understand stress and are able to deal with it appropriately.
