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Updated
4 Dec 2024
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4 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Tell me about
- Q2. Why GE
- Q3. What product you like the most made byGE
- Q4. What would you like to make in GE
- Q5. Hobby
- Q6. Why Dual Degree and Mech
- Q7. Subject you love the most and why
- Q8. Strength Of material:1. Stress and pressure?difference?
- Q9. Find the stress and failure condition for a truss system?
- Q10. Pressure vessel Thick and derivation ?
- Q11. Buckling Derivation ?
- Q12. Dual Degree Project ?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Quant is going to be standard CAT type .Time Crunching is going to be the key. Give as many practice tests as possible. Standard near level CATFor Core: Relatively Easy , Heat transfer was quite simple with more stress on conduction GATE Book is sufficient.
Tips: Keep track of tome and sections . DO read instructions carefully,try answering as many as possible in Quant as that's going to be the deciding factorWeightage:Quant: 80%Core:20%
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Interview
Experience: Very relaxed, very comfortable and sytematic. They were eager to know about you and would like to hear the three words in any answer "ETHICS>INTEGRITY>INNOVATION"Speak it out in Tell me about yourself and you're in for sure.
Tips: Kind of said above, Make sure bring Edison in conversation they like to hear about it
Round: Interview
Experience: They were looking for depth rather than width of your knowledge. They want derivations not final results, even of you make a mistake they'll help you rectify that. Just show your enthusiasm for Mechanical Engineering.
Tips: IT's going to be the deciding factor as only those who clear technical round will be called for HR. If your performance is good in tech interview than HR will be a cakewalk else it will be trickier.Please give in 3 days preparation for subject you like and 3 hrs for reading about GE. Try to integrate your subject expertise to their products...... might sound a bit too much but they have so many, you could find one and .... you're through...ALL THE BEST....
Skill Tips: "Prepare one subject but make sure you reach a perfection level."
Skills: Core mechanical fundaes
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Quant is going to be standard CAT type .Time Crunching is going to be the key. Give as many practice tests as possible. Standard near level CATFor Core: Relatively Easy , Heat transfer was quite simple with more stress on conduction GATE Book is sufficient.
Tips: Keep track of tome and sections . DO read instructions carefully,try answering as many as possible in Quant as that's going to be the deciding factorWeightage:Quant: 80%Core:20%
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 40
Round: Interview
Experience: Very relaxed, very comfortable and sytematic. They were eager to know about you and would like to hear the three words in any answer "ETHICS>INTEGRITY>INNOVATION"Speak it out in Tell me about yourself and you're in for sure.
Tips: Kind of said above, Make sure bring Edison in conversation they like to hear about it
Round: Interview
Experience: They were looking for depth rather than width of your knowledge. They want derivations not final results, even of you make a mistake they'll help you rectify that. Just show your enthusiasm for Mechanical Engineering.
Tips: IT's going to be the deciding factor as only those who clear technical round will be called for HR. If your performance is good in tech interview than HR will be a cakewalk else it will be trickier.Please give in 3 days preparation for subject you like and 3 hrs for reading about GE. Try to integrate your subject expertise to their products...... might sound a bit too much but they have so many, you could find one and .... you're through...ALL THE BEST....
Skill Tips: "Prepare one subject but make sure you reach a perfection level."
Skills: Core mechanical fundaes
College Name: IIT MADRAS
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Initial shortlisting was based on the written test.Questions on data Structures, Operating Systems, Logical questions.Focus on Quant, Coding, Algorithms.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview is held in one HR round and one or two technical roundsRound duration around 15-20 minutesTechnical questions consisted of questions on Programming skills, Operating systems, and Puzzles
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General questions like why this company, tell us about yourself etc were asked.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Initial shortlisting was based on the written test.Questions on data Structures, Operating Systems, Logical questions.Focus on Quant, Coding, Algorithms.
Duration: 60 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview is held in one HR round and one or two technical roundsRound duration around 15-20 minutesTechnical questions consisted of questions on Programming skills, Operating systems, and Puzzles
Round: HR Interview
Experience: General questions like why this company, tell us about yourself etc were asked.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
1 Interview Round
Interview Questions
- Q1. Solve Monty Hall problem using Bayesian probability
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: A CGPA above 8 would be useful to get shortlisted for an interview, but may notbe necessary. A well-written and edited customized resume helps a lot. It must necessarily reflect an interest and basic knowledge of finance.Interview: HR, finance, tech and math questions are all usually rolled into one round of interview.
Tips: A good understanding of probability and/or statistics and knowledge about currents affairs and trends in the financial world would be to your benefit.A tight grasp of math (quant, especially probability) is required for finance profile. Math Puzzles with variations on the standard ones can be asked.
General Tips: Preparing for CAT would suffice for general practice of quant questions. Do not focus too much on one thing. Selection is usually random. Put fight for math/puzzles and you can score in banks/finance jobs. Finance questions are to test the thought process and not knowledge in finance as such. Probability parts would be covered in finance questions itself. Solve as many brain teasers and probability puzzles you can, you can find enough on the FTP server. Try to balance what you know and be alert.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: A CGPA above 8 would be useful to get shortlisted for an interview, but may notbe necessary. A well-written and edited customized resume helps a lot. It must necessarily reflect an interest and basic knowledge of finance.Interview: HR, finance, tech and math questions are all usually rolled into one round of interview.
Tips: A good understanding of probability and/or statistics and knowledge about currents affairs and trends in the financial world would be to your benefit.A tight grasp of math (quant, especially probability) is required for finance profile. Math Puzzles with variations on the standard ones can be asked.
General Tips: Preparing for CAT would suffice for general practice of quant questions. Do not focus too much on one thing. Selection is usually random. Put fight for math/puzzles and you can score in banks/finance jobs. Finance questions are to test the thought process and not knowledge in finance as such. Probability parts would be covered in finance questions itself. Solve as many brain teasers and probability puzzles you can, you can find enough on the FTP server. Try to balance what you know and be alert.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Test for 45 minutes consisting of aptitude and reasoning questions.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview will be based on implementation of Lean in various scales of construction industry and will have both technical and HR questions combined.
General Tips: Domain knowledge required in Lean and programming is a must.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Test for 45 minutes consisting of aptitude and reasoning questions.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview will be based on implementation of Lean in various scales of construction industry and will have both technical and HR questions combined.
General Tips: Domain knowledge required in Lean and programming is a must.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: There was an online test of 2 hours which focused on Quant, DI and Basic Object Oriented Programming concepts.
Tips: Solve quant questions and puzzles.Basic Programming Background is needed.
Round: Video Round
Experience: In the Video round, a video was shown and you had to write what you understood in brief. Basically to look if you can understand and deduct conclusions and important points.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was a 15 minute GD with 8 participants.
Tips: For the GD, practise with your friends.
Duration: 15 minutes
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: A single round of personal interview was conducted. The interview had a case study.
Tips: Prepare for Case Study by practising.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: There was an online test of 2 hours which focused on Quant, DI and Basic Object Oriented Programming concepts.
Tips: Solve quant questions and puzzles.Basic Programming Background is needed.
Round: Video Round
Experience: In the Video round, a video was shown and you had to write what you understood in brief. Basically to look if you can understand and deduct conclusions and important points.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was a 15 minute GD with 8 participants.
Tips: For the GD, practise with your friends.
Duration: 15 minutes
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: A single round of personal interview was conducted. The interview had a case study.
Tips: Prepare for Case Study by practising.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
6 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The initial short-listing was based on an online technical test lasting 1.5 hours.
Tips: Study in detail about Pumps, Compressors, Distillation.
Duration: 150 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was also a Group Discussion Round in which a one page problem statement was given to solve.It had 10 members. It was not an eliminative round.
Tips: Group discussion with friends on recent happenings helps in preparing for the GD.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two interviews of 30 minutes each.
General Engineering. Not a very technical interview.
Tips: Prepare for technical interview and quant.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR round had normal set of HR questions.
Tips: Watch YouTube videos on HR interviews.
General Tips: Focus on topics like HT, FM, MT, CRE, Process Control .
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: The initial short-listing was based on an online technical test lasting 1.5 hours.
Tips: Study in detail about Pumps, Compressors, Distillation.
Duration: 150 minutes
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was also a Group Discussion Round in which a one page problem statement was given to solve.It had 10 members. It was not an eliminative round.
Tips: Group discussion with friends on recent happenings helps in preparing for the GD.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two interviews of 30 minutes each.
General Engineering. Not a very technical interview.
Tips: Prepare for technical interview and quant.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR round had normal set of HR questions.
Tips: Watch YouTube videos on HR interviews.
General Tips: Focus on topics like HT, FM, MT, CRE, Process Control .
College Name: IIT Madras
Anonymous
posted on 14 Jan 2015
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Shortlisting was done based on an online test.The second part had two coding questions.There was a group coding round before the interviews.
Tips: Prepare basic C concepts.Pay attention to data structures and algorithms.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: There were three interviews of duration 45-60 minutes each.The interview experience is a little different from usual. If you are not a very good coder good at solving problems, they will make you solve different case studies over the 3 interviews.
Tips: A Good CG and giving creative solutions to the case studies is important. So prepare for the case studies.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Shortlisting was done based on an online test.The second part had two coding questions.There was a group coding round before the interviews.
Tips: Prepare basic C concepts.Pay attention to data structures and algorithms.
Round: Other Interview
Experience: There were three interviews of duration 45-60 minutes each.The interview experience is a little different from usual. If you are not a very good coder good at solving problems, they will make you solve different case studies over the 3 interviews.
Tips: A Good CG and giving creative solutions to the case studies is important. So prepare for the case studies.
Skill Tips: ""
College Name: IIT Madras
Anonymous
posted on 14 Jan 2015
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Test Pattern:
Written test comprising technical and aptitude questions.Technical section mainly covers fluid mechanics, heat transfer, CFD and incompressible fluid flow.There are 20 questions in each section.
Tips: Preparation of core subjects.Courses like heat transfer and IC engines should be given a lot of importance.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 2 minutes preparation time.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Technical and HR rounds are held together.
Standard HR questions are asked.
Tips: Should be good with Thermal and Fluids courses.
General Tips: Sound knowledge of CFD helps for the CAE profiles.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Test Pattern:
Written test comprising technical and aptitude questions.Technical section mainly covers fluid mechanics, heat transfer, CFD and incompressible fluid flow.There are 20 questions in each section.
Tips: Preparation of core subjects.Courses like heat transfer and IC engines should be given a lot of importance.
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: 2 minutes preparation time.
Duration: 10 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Technical and HR rounds are held together.
Standard HR questions are asked.
Tips: Should be good with Thermal and Fluids courses.
General Tips: Sound knowledge of CFD helps for the CAE profiles.
College Name: IIT Madras
5 Interview Rounds
Interview Questions
- Q1. A company has been making loss for 2 years. Find a solution based on data given
- Q2. Estimate the size of tractor market in India
- Q3. Tell us your story
- Q4. Substantiate your claim in the resume
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Shortlist is made based on resume. Last year, about 20 people were shortlisted from nearly 200 applicants. They look for people who have excelled in various verticals like academics, leadership qualities etc. After the shortlist based on resume, a workshop was held by the company where they explained the selection process. Each selected candidate was allotted a “buddy” in the company with whom they'll be constantly interacting and preparing for the interviews.The test paper consisted of business problems, similar to case interviews but in written format. Questions based on data interpretation were also asked. All questions were objective type questions. The written test is held just to make sure that all the shortlisted candidates clear a basic cut off of knowledge about data analysis and case studies.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Problems related to business will be given and they'll ask you to suggest a solution.
Tips: Some sample case interview questions are available on McKinsey's website.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions will be asked based on resume- to evaluate and validate resume points.
Tips: Try to express your personal story in an interesting and innovative way.
General Tips: A good CGPA and good core interns will be useful.In the resume, pitch about credentials and extracurricular activities you taken part in to show how you have contributed. Focus more on the impact of your achievements and try to quantify the impact.Attending the workshop conducted by the company (if done this year) is essential.
Skill Tips: "Leadership skills, like leading a team for Inter-IIT, being a core/ secretary would give you an edge over others."
Skills: Leadership Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Shortlist is made based on resume. Last year, about 20 people were shortlisted from nearly 200 applicants. They look for people who have excelled in various verticals like academics, leadership qualities etc. After the shortlist based on resume, a workshop was held by the company where they explained the selection process. Each selected candidate was allotted a “buddy” in the company with whom they'll be constantly interacting and preparing for the interviews.The test paper consisted of business problems, similar to case interviews but in written format. Questions based on data interpretation were also asked. All questions were objective type questions. The written test is held just to make sure that all the shortlisted candidates clear a basic cut off of knowledge about data analysis and case studies.
Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: Problems related to business will be given and they'll ask you to suggest a solution.
Tips: Some sample case interview questions are available on McKinsey's website.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions will be asked based on resume- to evaluate and validate resume points.
Tips: Try to express your personal story in an interesting and innovative way.
General Tips: A good CGPA and good core interns will be useful.In the resume, pitch about credentials and extracurricular activities you taken part in to show how you have contributed. Focus more on the impact of your achievements and try to quantify the impact.Attending the workshop conducted by the company (if done this year) is essential.
Skill Tips: "Leadership skills, like leading a team for Inter-IIT, being a core/ secretary would give you an edge over others."
Skills: Leadership Skills
College Name: IIT Madras
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Shortlist based on resume.
Tips: Be thorough with Stability, Resistance and Propulsion and Ship structures and other basic naval architecture courses.
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Single round interview – 30 min technical interview (topics similar to the test) followed by a few HR questions.
Tips: For interview they generally they go for your favourite topic in core, so choose them carefully.Prepare for HR questions and have a very good understanding about the company andprofile.Know all details about your project and core intern.
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: Shortlist based on resume.
Tips: Be thorough with Stability, Resistance and Propulsion and Ship structures and other basic naval architecture courses.
Duration: 45 minutes
Round: Interview
Experience: Single round interview – 30 min technical interview (topics similar to the test) followed by a few HR questions.
Tips: For interview they generally they go for your favourite topic in core, so choose them carefully.Prepare for HR questions and have a very good understanding about the company andprofile.Know all details about your project and core intern.
College Name: IIT Madras
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