Quiz: Are You Building the Right Engineering Skills?

The start of a new year is as good a time as any for self-reflection. If you’re an engineering student or professional hoping to set some resolutions that will help launch or advance your career, we have a few questions for you (five questions, to be exact). 

It should come as no surprise that technical fundamentals will always matter, but success on the job often depends on more than what you learned in the classroom. To find out what skills can truly make an engineering job application stand out, we scoured research papers, job listings, and industry surveys, including the Wiley/ASME career trends report.

So consider this quiz a quick reality check as you set your engineering job goals for 2026. Do you have the engineering skills employers are looking for?