PSU INTERVIEWS

      Hello Everyone,

              As you have landed on this page i feel you must have already cracked gate and are now preparing for PSU interviews .So congratulations for your success in GATE. If you are still to crack then you being on this page shows that you want to crack gate and enter one of the esteemed PSU.So whichever category you may be

This page will help you get acquainted with the recruitment process of some PSU.

This is my own experience which I am writing down so that you may get some insight into the process and be prepared for what is to come.

PSU INTERVIEW-1

NATIONAL THERMAL POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA- NTPC

Date: 24^th June 2016

Reporting Time: 8.00 AM

Reporting Venue:  Reception Lounge,

Power Management Institute, Plot No.5-14, Sector-16A (Film city)

Noida-201301, U.P. (near Apeejay School)

Note: For outstation candidates, you should preferably reach 1 day before the interview so that you are not late. Because the trains may be delayed thus it is better to reach early to avoid any problem.

Staying Arrangement:

PSU does not provide you any accommodation, so if you reach 1 day before you must make your own arrangement. Either stay at a friend if they are nearby Noida or stay in a lodge.

AC-1 Night -1200 Rs approx..

Non AC-1 Night-1000 Rs approx.

Navigation guide:

The nearest railway station is Hazrat Nizamuddin.

From here you can either directly take a auto or cab to Noida or go by auto to Jor-bagh metro station(10 min) .Take a metro form Jor-Bagh metro station(yellow line) to Noida sector-16(The cost of ticket is 20 Rs). From the Sector-16 metro station  take a auto to PMI,NTPC(10 Min).

Recuitment Process:

After you reach the venue you will be seated at reception for until the 8:30 or something and then taken into a hall to begin with the document verification and side by side breakfast will also be given.You would be given a number with respect to your Name initials(person with name starting with A will be given Number 1 and so on).This number will the order in which you will be going for GD and interview.

Document Verification:

          The document to be brought will be mentioned in your call letter.Take the original with you as they would be required for verification. For final year students, they should get a provisional degree certificate to prove they have successfully completed there degree.

Group Discussion (GD):

      After verification of first 8 to 10 candidates is done they will be send for GD.

The GD has general topics so no need to prepare for it separately just be aware of the current affairs (read newspaper).You can speak in HINDI or ENGLISH they do not judge on you language proficiency. Nothing to say about the GD be calm and put forward your opinions in an gentle manner don’t try to be aggressive and dominating. Please don’t keep speaking for long time it puts a bad impression.

Topic: Which is more important Environment or Development.

Interview:

          After GD you would be called for interview in order of the number given to you. The interview panel is generally consisting of 4 to 6 elderly people having some HR and Technical veterans. The panel is generally helpful and will try to make you feel comfortable. You cannot judge whether they will ask many technical questions or Non-technical. It depends on their mood and your luck. There is no pattern in that. My interview was not so technical just a few questions on transformers but a friend of mine having much better rank had a completely technical interview, so be prepared.

HR Questions:

1)     Tell us something about yourself?

They generally want to know where you are from, your college, your family members and your hobbies. Try to keep it short and simple.

2)     What are your strength and weakness?

3)     Do you have any location constraints?

4)     Would you leave our company if you get placed in any other PSU?

Here you should try to highlight the advantages of their company and the disadvantages of other PSU, to assure them that you would not leave them.

Technical Questions:

1)     Do you know about parallel operation of transformer, what are the conditions required for parallel operation?

2)     Can a Dy1 and Dy11 transformer be operated in parallel?

They were testing whether I understood what I answered in question number 1,because I already told that for parallel operation they should belong to same phasor group.Dy1 and Dy11 are from different phasor group so parallel operation is not possible.

That’s it the interview went on for some 8 to 10 Minutes.Most of it was like a normal conversation rather than a interview.So be confident in whatever you say and be calm.

The entire process is complete maximum by 5 Pm so you can book a return ticket for the same night.

PSU INTERVIEW-2

POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED- PGCIL

Date:5^th July 2016

  

Reporting Time: 8.30 AM

Reporting Venue:  Power Corporate office, Ground floor, conference hall, Plot no 2, Sector-29, opposite IIFCO chowk metro station, Gurgaon,Haryana-122001.

Staying Arrangement:

PSU does not provide you any accommodation, so if you reach 1 day before you must make your own arrangement. Either stay at a friend if they are nearby Noida or stay in a lodge.

AC-1 Night -1200 Rs approx..

Non AC-1 Night-1000 Rs approx.

Navigation guide:

The nearest railway station is Hazrat Nizamuddin.

From here you can either directly take a auto or cab to Gurgaon or go by auto to Jor-bagh metro station(10 min) .Take a metro form Jor-Bagh metro station(yellow line) to IIFCO Chowk(The cost of ticket is 22 Rs). You can see the POWERGRID building from the metro itself it is very close to the station.

Recuitment Process:

After you reach the venue you will be seated at reception for until the 8:30 or something and then taken into a hall to begin with the document verification and side by side breakfast will also be given.You would be given a number with respect to your Name initials(person with name starting with A will be given Number 1 and so on).This number will the order in which you will be going for GD and interview.

Document Verification:

          The document to be brought will be mentioned in your call letter.Take the original with you as they would be required for verification. For final year students, they should get a provisional degree certificate to prove they have successfully completed their degree.

Group Discussion (GD):

      After verification of first 8 to 10 candidates is done they will be send for GD.

The GD has general topics so need not to prepare for it separately just be aware of the current affairs (read newspaper).You can speak in HINDI or ENGLISH they do not judge on you language proficiency. Nothing to say about the GD be calm and put forward your opinions in an gentle manner don’t try to be aggressive and dominating. Please don’t keep speaking for long time it puts a bad impression.

Topic: Are Foreign channels damaging the Indian culture?

Interview:

          After GD you would be called for interview in order of the number given to you. The interview panel is generally consisting of 4 to 6 elderly people having some HR and Technical veterans. The panel is generally helpful and will try to make you feel comfortable. You cannot judge whether they will ask many technical questions or Non-technical. It depends on their mood and your luck. There is no pattern in that. My interview similar to NTPC interview was not so technical. They started with basic HR questions and then a few technical ones at the end.

HR Questions:

1)     Where was your college, was it government?

2)     What is your fathers occupation, what does he do?

3)     Tell us about your family?

4)     Why do you want to work in core sector?

5)     Tell something about the scholarship you received(mentioned in resume), what did you do with that money?

Technical Questions:

1)     What are Circuit Breakers?

2)     How are they classified?

3)     Disadvantages of SF6 circuit breaker?

4)     Draw the waveform for voltage and current during the breaking process?

5)     What do you know about Pre insertion resistance, why are they used in CB?

That’s it the interview went on for some 8 to 10 Minutes. Most of it was like a normal conversation rather than an interview. So be confident in whatever you say and be calm.

The entire process is complete maximum by 5 Pm so you can book a return ticket for the same night.

PSU INTERVIEW-3

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED- IOCL

Date: 27^th june 2016.

Group Discussion:

Is living relationship damaging the Indian culture?

Group Task:

In this we are given a topic and we have to propose solutions to tackle the problem given in the topic. Every candidate has to give his own solution.

"Steps to prevent damage to the secular fabric of India."

Interview:

HR Questions:

1)     Tell us something about yourself.

2)     Why do you want to join an oil company, why not a core company?

3)     Do have any location constraints

4)     Why IOCL, why not HPCL it will give you posting near you hometown.

Technical Questions:

1)     What is switchgear?

2)     What are different types of Current Transformer?

3)     What will happen if we use metering CT for high power applications?

4)     Have you ever visited a substation, how do we automate a substation?