Trainee Engineer Interview Question:

Please explain how do you ensure you don't make mistakes on the job?

Submitted by: Muhammad

I think communication is essential to avoid mistakes, and can even help to spot them. During a recent project, I was having trouble understanding the feasibility of a technical drawing I'd been sent to work on. And because email chains can often get messy and confusing, I set up a face-to-face meeting with the team to talk it through. Not only did we manage to get on the same page, we also ended up catching a mistake, potentially saving hundreds of hours of the team's time.
Submitted by: Muhammad