Technical Test for a Job Interview.

Today I had my 1st Technical Test ever .... 1stly I didn't even remember that I have applied for that particular position. One of the criteria they needed is the applicant has 6+ Mechanical Design Experience .... which I don't even have & another criteria is that the applicant need to know Solidworks program which also I never used before. Even more they had my resume & i don't understand why I was shortlisted for the test.

Nevertheless, I attend the test today & tried my best. I managed to watch some videos online regarding the usage of the 3D Modelling program & it seems to be quite similar to the other 3D software I had used (Pro-E), so I was 1/2 prepared before going in. They gave me 4 basic technical question to answer (which was not all to difficult). Since the Solidworks 3D Modelling consist of 70% of the test, I concentrated more on this area. Luckily with my preparation & recommendation from a good friend on a specific video to watch ..... i manage to model the 3D up to 98% with some feature not done as I'm running out of time & had to do the 2D drawings of the part. Manage to only project the views in 2D & finally time is up. (still missing dimensioning)

Although, I think my chance is low. But taking in consideration that I had never used the software before I was proud of myself .... but it may not be good enough for the test reviewer. If I hear from them in 2 weeks time, it means I have a chance for an interview ....

which I'm not holding too much hope on it.