INTERVIEW-8

EMERSON

Branch

Electrical

College

Sardar Patel College Of Engineering

Company

Emerson Network Power

Month and year of interview

12/11/2015

Company profile

Critical Service Provider-Power, Core Company

Group Discussion Topic

Performance of Modi- Government over past 1 and 1/2 year

Technical Round

1) Basic working of Transformer

2) The entire Power System explained in a simple words

3) Why is grid frequency always varying and how is it controlled?

4) Why is renewable energy need to be developed?

HR round

How do see yourself in 5 years down the line?
If given a choice which department would you work with? Gave me options of Production, Engineering, Logistics and Quality Control. Explain why?

Any advice

Good communication skills and great presence of mind.

The company HR will try to pursue you to speak in the vernacular language during the GD,but you should try to stick on to pursue to speak in English. Also the GD is somewhat different from other GD's as the company HR will be mediator during the GD and you can speak on a particular question only if mediator allows you to do so. Also be prepared for counter-questions from mediator. To get an idea, the GD's are modelled on Arnab Goswami's shows'.

INTERVIEW-7

FEEDBACKINFRA

www.feedbackinfra.com

Name

Pramod Prajapati

Branch

Electrical

College

Sardar Patel College of Engineering.

Company

FEEDBACK INFRA

Month and year of interview

10/29/2015 (IST)

Company profile

Its core company and at the starting of PPT they said that no management related work is given to you.
so if you are not interested in core then you don't need to give the test.
They have more divisions but this time they are recruiting for Energy division.
Profile given was Techno-commercial design and engineering.
About company:
Feedback Infra's Energy sector team advises government utilities, private developers, investors, and regulators across the value chain in fuels, generation, transmission, distribution and IT. The division is empanelled with the Ministry of Power, Power Finance Corporation, and National Solar Mission, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, and other government agencies for undertaking specified consultancy services. Its Gurgaon and Mumbai offices have been ISO 9001:2008 certified (by Moody International) for providing Advisory, Consultancy and support services to the Energy Sector in the areas of IT, Project Assessment, Bid Management, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Monitoring, and Energy Efficiency consulting and services.

Group Discussion Topic

Since they are from Energy division so all GD topics are related with energy only.
Our GD topic was "Whether INDIA should go for Renewable Energy".
They told us that you have to give reasons and factors which actually supports your reason.

Technical Round

First they take technical test which consists of 25 questions and time allotted is 30 minutes.
Mostly in test all your core subjects are considered.That means it covers all your gate syllabus.Actually there were 5 previous years gate questions.

INTERVIEW:
As the profile is of designing,so they asked questions related with designing only.But they asked questions related with what you have written in your CV.

1) Design a wind turbine(As i had participated and won Smart home designing competition).
They provide all data which u have to consider and also they help you when you are not unable to design.
so just say that you don't know.

2) What are the protection required for Generator?

3) why we are not considering even Harmonics?

4) Why filters are required?
   And design a filter which will remove 20 to 35 Hz frequency.

5) Difference between RC and LC filter.

6) How you stop rotor in wind turbine electrically?(They want answer related with eddy current and lenz's law.)

HR round

No HR round.

Any advice

They are asking questions related with power electronics and power system,so do prepare all basic concepts.
They always demoralize you by saying that you don't know anything.But be confident with what you are saying.
To crack aptitude do all basic concepts from B.Tech Syllabus.

Even if no of questions are only 25, but in that they cover all subjects.

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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!!!!

SIEMENS

SIEMENS

INTERVIEW 5

 Name

Chirag Sakpal

Branch

Electrical

College

SPCE

Company

Siemens Ltd.

Month and year of interview

12/9/2015

Company profile

CORE

Group Discussion Topic

NA

Technical Round

It is a purely core company so they asked me about my area of interest like power system or machine etc.

As I mentioned about my internships in my resume they started asking me technical questions on that such as...

• ·           What is RMU (it’s a ring main unit).
• ·        Where we use it in a power system etc.

These questions were related to my BEST internship.

Similarly they also asked question regarding my railway internship such as…

• ·        Working of Locomotives then
• ·        Power supply arrangements for railways
• ·        Types of insulations etc.

HR round

HR round is very simple they just asked me where do i come from then

about my higher education and simple questions for checking my confidence, like what if you score good rank in GATE would you leave our company or what you will do etc.

Any advice

Well it’s tough to clear aptitude of Siemens as they have time limit for each question and not for a whole section so practice to solve questions in time like in 60-90 sec.
It is must to have very good technical knowledge and if you have done any internship you must know everything about it.

INTERVIEW-4

SIEMENS

Name

Prasad Hadawale

Branch

Electrical

College

Sardar Patel College of Engineering

Company

Siemens

Month and year of interview

9/14/2015

Company profile

Siemens is active in various diverse fields such as Electrical Machinery, Transformers, Automobiles, Electronics, Automation, Railway locomotives, Healthcare etc. It is a core & dream company for every electrical engineer.

Group Discussion Topic

No G.D. was taken.

Technical Round

1) How power flows from generating station to the room in which we are sitting? (Single Line Diagram is Expected)
2) SLD is 3 phase but power we are getting is 1-phase, so how?
3) Which motor is used in conveyer belt?
4) Earlier locomotives were D.C. but today we use A.C. which is better?
5) Difference between A.C. and D.C. systems.
6) You have done project named 'Digital Energy Meter' what you did in that? Such meters are available recently what different or special was there in your meter?
7) Have you participated in any competitions in college festival?

HR round

1) What is your hobby?
2) Family Background.
3) Which department you would like to work? Sales, manufacturing, etc.
4) Any location problem? Will your parents allow to work away from your home?

Any advice

Aptitude Test :Online

Slightly tough and every question has time limit.
   

Ø      Numerical: you have to find out and process numerical data from big table filled with data.

Ø      Verbal: Concluding in one line about the given passage, finding synonyms of certain words from passage

Ø      Logical: Figure matrix is asked only.

Technical Aptitude: Online and Easy
      Basic Knowledge is tested from subjects of Basic electical ckt.,D.C. Machine,Control systems.

INTERVIEW-3

INTERVIEW-3

Thyssenkrupp

        Here is one more addition to the interview experience series on this blog consisting of interview details of core engineering companies. This time it is the same company on which the previous interview experience was posted i.e. Thyssenkrupp.This series of post's will be helpful for those who plan to apply for a core company.

Name

Ajinkya P. Gorde

Branch

Electrical

College

Sardar patel college of engineering

Company

Thyssenkrupp

Month and year of interview

8/25/2015

Company profile:

The job will entail detail engineering activities such as preparation of Load list, Motor list, Single Line Diagrams,specification for electrical equipment like motors, transformers, etc., protection and control schemes, lighting layout and earthing layout for plants in India and abroad. Exposure to national and international standards will be provided. The role involves technical bid evaluation, inspection, and supervision of erection and commissioning of plants.
It is as per companies’ job description.

Group Discussion Topic:

"Shall we allow only tax payers and students to vote in elections".

Technical Round:

1. What should be the winding type for low voltage induction motor & why?
2. Same question for high voltage induction motor.
3. Which parameter should we consider while purchasing transformer?
4. What is the importance of impedance in transformer?
5. What are the different types of cooling technique used in transformer?
6. Role of capacitor in transmission line.
7. How reactive power is compensated by capacitor?
8. Types of circuit breaker & ratings of each.
9. Which circuit breaker should be used for hv & lv?

 10. Difference between contactor & circuit breaker.

HR round:

1. Introduce yourself.

2. Any information about ThyssenKrupp.

3. Which location you will prefer for job (Mumbai or Pune).

4. Future plan about higher studies.

5. They asked me about e-yantra competition,in which my group was in top 5 team, normally questions were like, what I learnt,total time & all about competition.

Any advice:

This company is fully technical hence be prepared. Don’t use same philosophy for all interviews. Try to get some information (interview question, technical aptitude & general aptitude weightage ) about company from seniors. Some information about company should be known.

 if you have studied only one subject, then it is OK but all concepts should be clear.
All the best.

I would like to thank Ajinkya for giving his precious time!!

       

INTERVIEW-2

ThyssenKrupp

                                 Here is one more interview experience for your reference,this time it is "ThyssenKrupp"  a German multinational conglomerate corporation based in Duisburg and Essen, Germany. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide.

Name 

Pranil S Ugale

Branch 

Electrical

College 

Sardar Patel College of Engineering

Company 

ThyssenKrupp

Month and year of interview 

8/25/2015

Company profile 

It is a core company for electrical engineering.

A full range of specialist engineering and construction services and a ship-building history stretching back centuries are the strengths of Industrial Solutions. High-quality engineering is at the center of their success. Global project management skills, first-class system integration expertise, reliable procurement and supplier management, and a service offering meeting the highest standards form the basis for lasting customer satisfaction. They combine their plant engineering and construction expertise to offer the customers even more: Engineering Excellence. Basically it is not related to single area e.g. Oil and gas. But they are working in diverse areas from elevators to aircraft and from oil and gas industry to renewable energy sources.

Group Discussion Topic

 "Shall we allow only tax payers and students to vote in elections".

Technical Round 

1) Difference between circuit breaker and contactor.

 2) What comes to your mind after hearing EHV.

(basically full form and ratings are expected from you)

 3) Which configuration of primary and secondary winding for step down transformers will you use and why? 

4) Approximate ratings of step down transformer.
(ans: 6.6/0.415 kV, 3MVA & 8% impedance ) 
5) approximate Ratings of motors at HV load and LV load ,generator ratings at HV side 
(e.g. 6.6 kV, 8.4MW, 0.8 pf lag.)

6)If I cut 3 phase cable what will be the internal structure? 

7) similarly what you can see inside a conductor cable.

HR round 

1) Introduce yourself.

2) They will ask about your family background. 

3) From where you came to know or heard about ThyssenKrupp?

 4) In which area ThyssenKrupp is working? 

5) What are your higher education plans? 

6) Which location you will prefer for job (mumbai or Pune)

Any advice 

The company is looking for the technical knowledge of the person. If you have self confidence and know about company little you can easily complete HR round.If you have any internship or project prepare on it properly. Have basic knowledge of Ratings of switchgears, generators, transformers etc. All the best!

INTERVIEW-1

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Here is the experience of a person who actually appeared for L&T interview and have been

placed successfully . 

  

Name

Anjali Thorat

Branch

Electrical

College

sardar patel college of engineering

Company

Larsen & Toubro Limited

Month and year of interview

7/25/2015

Company profile

L&T is a core company.It is US $ 15 billion company & is engaged in Oil & Gas , infrastructure , power sector , Process industries , defense & heavy engineering. Infrastructure sector consists of mono rail/metro rail , large bridges & highways , airports etc. Recently new international air port at Mumbai i.e. Terminal 1 is built by L & T. Besides this , it is also in real estate sector. Apart from these , L & T is also in the business of IT & financial services .

Group Discussion Topic

Group discussion topic was "Is democracy hampering India's growth?"

Technical Round

The interviewer asked me my favorite subject and topic. On that basis the further questions were asked. 

1. Draw the equivalent diagram of transformer and explain what each element in the circuit represents? 

2. Draw the phasor diagram for transformer circuit. 

3. If we want to increase the efficiency of transformer what will you do?

4. How can you decrease iron losses? 

5. What is saturation? 

6. Tell about the different types of motor? 

7. In squirrel cage motor, rotor has 34 bars out of which 2 bars are broken . How is it going to affect the performance of the motor?

HR round

Hr interview: They first asked me to introduce myself. Then after all the technical questions, then started with HR round. They asked me in which area ( operation, projects, designing etc) I m interested in working and why? I answered that my area of interest is projects and gave my reason. 

     Then the interviewer gave me situation that if I was travelling from Mumbai to Assam for my project and I have to reach in two days. but on my way ,all my luggage gets stolen in Bihar. Interviewer asked me to consider him as TC and asked me to convince him my situation and make sure I reach my destination on time.

Any advice

There are few important things: 

1. Know well about the company and companies ongoing projects. 

2. Be well prepared with common HR questions. 

3. Be truthful. Don't fake yourself ,as interviewer can easily catch it.

Hope this help's you.