Advertisements were published in different national newspapers for requiring staff to keep the US National Geological Survey Department's data stores updated in Reston, Virginia.
The US Geological Survey is the nation's largest water, earth and biological sciences and civilian mapping agency. It collects, monitors, analyses and provides scientific understanding of natural resource conditions, issues and problems.
The educational qualification, experience, and physical criteria of the candidate were ever mentioned for placing on this post. Robin was a master's degree holder in computer applications, he also had experience of working in many companies.
Currently Robin worked in a company whose functioning he was not satisfied with. That's why he decided after seeing the advertisement that he will also submit the application for this post.
Robin applied to get this position and then with the help of his computer started collecting information about the topics asked in the interview for this position.
He came to know Geological Survey is Contribute critical data to compile assessments of energy, alternative energy, water, natural hazards, and other resources and information that are critical to any country.
As per the newspaper information it could be asked in the questionnaire of interview What is the main difference between geography and geology?
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The knowledge for this question computer explained that geography is mostly concerned with the physical overall shape of the land whereas geology is a science that is interested in how the land came into shape. Geology is mostly about what the land is made of from a natural point of view.
A question could also be asked that what is geophysical survey used for?
The answer was that geophysical survey is a broad term that encompasses the identification methods used to map the contrasts between buried archaeological remains and the physical properties of the surrounding soil.
There were many questions but mainly one more question was prepared what are the types of geophysical data?
the computer knowledge bank told to Robin that Seismic, magnetic, electromagnetic, gravitational, and ground-penetrating radar data can be used for many engineering geology applications, such as infrastructure support, building materials, hydrology, and geo-hazard mitigation.
Robin collected all his information and made notes and was satisfied that he was now ready for the interview.