1: What motivated you to apply for this position with Centurylink? 2: What are your career goals / objectives over the next 5 yrs? 3: What are CenturyLink's unifying principles? 4: What educational background do you have? 5: What interested you in pursuing a future in the telecom field? 6: Describe the Engineering process followed with your current / previous job, from planning to In Service, and typical obstacles you had to overcome. 7: What abilities do you feel are most critical to being successful as a Centurylink Optical Engineer? 8: Have you ever worked in the SAP, Fireworks, or BidMaster systems? If so, which and how used? 9: What are CWDM and DWDM and describe basic differences? 10: What is SONET and describe the basic concepts? 11: We typically don't have direct access to an exchange we are Engineering; how would you approach engineering such a job? 12: Normal work load requires management of numerous jobs at one time; what management tools / methods would you use and how would you manage mulitple projects? 13: Priorities for projects often change, thus requiring us to redirect our efforts; how would you communicate such changes to your team members and customers? 14: What feedback and direction do you expect from your supervisor? 15: What hobbies / interests do you have outside the work place? 16: So, do you "ROLL with the TIDE" or "WAR with the EAGLES"?