Engine Cadet practice interview
Engine-room safety, machinery checks, planned maintenance, fault reporting and practical learning under supervision. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Entry
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
An engine cadet supports machinery rounds, maintenance and engine-room housekeeping while learning under qualified engineers. The panel wants safe judgement, a working grasp of mechanical systems, careful observation and an honest approach when a task is unfamiliar.
How to prepare
- Revise the basic purpose of propulsion, cooling, lubrication, fuel, bilge and compressed-air systems.
- Practise explaining how you would isolate, depressurise and verify equipment before maintenance under supervision.
- Review the readings commonly checked during machinery rounds and what a changing trend could mean.
- Prepare an example of diagnosing a practical mechanical problem using observations rather than assumptions.
- Check the official maritime authority or training body for current certification and sea-time rules that apply to you.
Common mistakes
- Jumping to a repair before isolating the equipment and confirming the hazard controls.
- Listing machinery parts without explaining what the system does.
- Hiding uncertainty instead of asking the supervising engineer for guidance.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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