Transmission Engineer (Microwave) practice interview
Microwave link design, line-of-sight checks, link availability, commissioning tests and fault isolation. 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.
- Junior
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A microwave transmission interview checks whether you can turn a path profile and link budget into a stable backhaul link. The panel wants careful reasoning about clearance and fade margin, disciplined commissioning at both ends, and a safe method for diagnosing poor receive level or weather-related degradation.
How to prepare
- Revise free-space loss, antenna gain, receive level and fade margin in a microwave link budget.
- Review line of sight, Fresnel-zone clearance and the effect of terrain or new obstructions.
- Practise describing dish alignment and the checks made before accepting a new link.
- Study how rain, interference, loose connectors and poor grounding can affect link performance.
- Review safe coordination between ground staff and climbers working at both link ends.
Common mistakes
- Assuming visible line of sight proves that Fresnel clearance is adequate.
- Treating dish alignment as the only cause of a low receive level.
- Ignoring weather margin, interference and connector losses in the design.
- Discussing tower activity without stating the required safety controls.
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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