Pro practiceRF Planning Engineer practice interview
Coverage and capacity planning, propagation modelling, site selection, frequency design and rollout trade-offs. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview covers the decisions behind a buildable radio network plan, from demand forecasts and link budgets to candidate selection. The panel wants sound modelling, awareness of imperfect field inputs and a clear way of trading coverage, capacity, quality, cost and delivery risk.
How to prepare
- Revise link budgets, propagation models, clutter classes and model calibration.
- Prepare a planning example that connects a demand forecast to sites, sectors or spectrum needs.
- Review how antenna height, azimuth, tilt, band choice and terrain affect predicted service.
- Think through how you rank site candidates when acquisition, power and transmission are uncertain.
- Practise presenting planning assumptions and risks to a non-RF stakeholder.
Common mistakes
- Treating propagation output as exact without calibration or sensitivity checks.
- Planning for coverage while ignoring traffic distribution and capacity.
- Choosing candidates without considering power, backhaul, access or acquisition risk.
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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