Architect Interview Preparation Guide

Pick three adjectives but then back up each with a real life story that demonstrates those characteristics.

Residences built after 1955 with allusions of the colonial revival architectural style.

A small structure projecting above a roof that provides ventilation and can serve as a “look-out.”

A railing composition composed of upper and lower rails, balusters and pedestals. Materials used can range from stone to brick, wood and sheet metal.

You should be able to join it right away, barring plans you've already made (family travel, vacation, other obligations). The key is to simply be open in communication of what's already committed on your schedule. Most companies are accommodating. If they are not, weight the importance of joining that company vs. your plans.

Also know as a stringcourse. A projecting horizontal molding separating parts of a wall surface in a façade.

The projecting moldings that form the top band of an entablature or wall.

A building constructed with timber frame filled with plaster or brick.

A large rectangular block of stone or brick (sometimes wood) used to accentuate an outside corner of a building; typically in a toothed form with alternate quoins projecting and receding from the corner.

A pair of diagonal braces or struts from corner to corner forming an “X.”