Third Engineer (Marine) practice interview
Engine-room watchkeeping, auxiliary machinery, planned maintenance, fault diagnosis and safe handovers at sea. Practise the 6 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.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview covers the day-to-day engineering responsibility expected of a Third Engineer, including auxiliary machinery, watchkeeping and maintenance. The panel wants evidence that you diagnose faults methodically, control hazards before work and leave accurate records for the next watch and senior engineers.
How to prepare
- Revise the operating principles and common failures of generators, purifiers, pumps, compressors and cooling systems.
- Prepare examples of faults you diagnosed from trends, alarms and equipment checks.
- Review safe isolation, permit to work and return-to-service steps for machinery maintenance.
- Practise describing your engine-room watch handover in a clear sequence.
- Check the official issuing body for current licence and certificate rules relevant to the role.
Common mistakes
- Jumping to component replacement before explaining how you would confirm the fault.
- Leaving isolation, permits or communication out of a maintenance answer.
- Listing machinery theory without connecting it to readings, alarms and practical checks.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
6 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 5 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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