INTERVIEW-6

                                                                                                   

JACOBS

                                                                                                   

Name 
Akash Ulhas Borole

Branch
Electrical Engineering

College
SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING.

Company 
Jacobs Engineering

Month and year of interview
10/7/2015

Company profile
     An EPC company. Provides engineering and construction services, including scientific and specialty consulting. Mainly, Job offers in Project management, Basic engineering, Detailed engineering, Procurement assistance and Construction & Safety management. 

Key Projects: 
National Stock Exchange Building, IIT Bhubaneswar Campus.

Group Discussion Topic

1. Should there be Private Universities ?
2. Does texting affect Vocabulary negatively?
3. Hard Work V/s Smart Work which is better?

Asked to choose any one of this three by discussing. (We selected 3rd topic)

Technical Round

Tell us something about your B.E project??

Then they asked, which subjects I have studied well? ( I told Machines, Power System, Control System...)
Then the next question that followed immediately was,
What I studied in Power System?
I  answered Load flow studies, Fault analysis, Stability Criteria,... 

and then they stated  asking me questions like...

1. Reactive Power compensation calculations. (Show the calculation for improving p.f. from 0.86 to 0.95)

2. Why we do Load flow study?

3. 5% and 8% impedance Transformer which is  better for loading?

4. Find fault level for 100 kVA Transformer with 5% Impedance?

5. Explain Transformer Working Principal,insulation class?

6. losses in Transformer : types , equations and factor on which it depends?

7. How change in frequency effect Transformer (Basically, effect on hysteresis and Eddy current losses)?

8. Vector groups of transformers?

9. Physical significance of % impedance?

10. Induction motor- What is slip? Draw torque-slip characteristics and show starting torque, Tpullout, Tpullup in it. Equation of Ts(starting torque)?

11. Method of starting induction motor and their significance (When to use Direct Online or other), Why starting current is more?

12. Synchronous V/s Induction motor,  speed control methods of Synchronous Motor??

 13. Explain use of synchronous motor as a condenser??

HR round

No separate HR interview. Just few questions at the start of technical round itself,
1. How do you feel today? ( first question to break the silence in room), Where do you live? 

(After Technical round)
2. Any Further study plans? Did you give GATE last year?
3. Which location do you want? 

Any advice
To crack,
General Aptitude : Easy typical quantitative questions + GK questions

Technical Aptitude : Know the things like Insulation class of Transformer and Motor,  Operating Temperature of Transmission line under normal and fault conditions, Parallel Operation of Transformer with load sharing (3 problems),...

GD : Formal communication

Interview : Confidence is the key. It's OK, if you don't know something, just accept it. (Even I couldn't  answered 3-4 questions) 

                                                                                                                                                               

Thank-you Akash for your precious and detailed feedback!!!!