Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
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Filter interviews byIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee Placement Interview Questions
Updated
17 Dec 2024
4 interviews found
RAHUL KUMAR GUPTA
posted on 26 Aug 2024
Interview experience
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No, I didn't receive an offer
I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2023.
1 Interview Round
1
Technical Round (2 Questions)
- Q1. M.Tech Thesis in Depth questions
- Q2. Haet Transfer and Mass Transfer questions
Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Heat, Mass And fluid mechanics
Anonymous
posted on 7 Mar 2015
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The selection criterion was the CGPA. After that we had the written test. There were two objective question based tests, each having 30 questions and a duration of 30 minutes. The first test was an aptitude test – quite a few questions were from time and work, time, speed, distance etc.
There was a second written test for core subjects (mechanical engineering and metallurgy engineering). The test had majority of the questions from mechanical engineering – hence the metallurgy engineering guys were at some degree of disadvantage.
Tips: Prepare for aptitude, even if you are not preparing for CAT. Not clearing the test gives a very bad feeling.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the interview round they asked me about myself. They also asked me about my family background, there was a CV check, they talked to me about my passion for mechanical engineering, and after that interviewer asked me to relate my projects and internship with my passion.
Last question he asked was about my interest, and my favourite pastime which led to a long conversation over ‘The Alchemist’.
They were looking for candidates who were confident about themselves and who would stick with the organization for long term.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Experience: The selection criterion was the CGPA. After that we had the written test. There were two objective question based tests, each having 30 questions and a duration of 30 minutes. The first test was an aptitude test – quite a few questions were from time and work, time, speed, distance etc.
There was a second written test for core subjects (mechanical engineering and metallurgy engineering). The test had majority of the questions from mechanical engineering – hence the metallurgy engineering guys were at some degree of disadvantage.
Tips: Prepare for aptitude, even if you are not preparing for CAT. Not clearing the test gives a very bad feeling.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the interview round they asked me about myself. They also asked me about my family background, there was a CV check, they talked to me about my passion for mechanical engineering, and after that interviewer asked me to relate my projects and internship with my passion.
Last question he asked was about my interest, and my favourite pastime which led to a long conversation over ‘The Alchemist’.
They were looking for candidates who were confident about themselves and who would stick with the organization for long term.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Anonymous
posted on 7 Mar 2015
3 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: The selection process had a written test as the first round. It had questions from logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude and from core mechanical engineering topics. It was not such a difficult test and if you had surface knowledge of the different topics of mechanical you could have cleared the written test. After the written test there was a single interview for shortlisted candidates.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: My interview proceeded along the following lines (I had been advised by people not to follow this casual attitude and I don’t know what I was thinking while answering the questions). There was only one interviewer.
Sir: Good afternoon have a seat.
Me: Thank you Sir, How are you?
Sir: I am good, thanks. So tell me something about yourself.
Me: Sir I (So I started about my family background, parents and everything while he looked over my resume, I had prepared to leave the answer on BAJA as that was my strong point, but he interrupted me in the middle only)
Sir: I see that you have done a lot of work on fatigue. (3 projects, internship and area of interest, I had forgotten to modify my resume for Reliance) Can you define for me what fatigue is?
Me: Sure sir (so I start to explain him fatigue and its analysis, how and what I had done in my projects etc.)
Sir: That is correct, but you still haven’t given me the definition of fatigue.
Me: Sir, (I again started to explain it to him and most of the conversation was in Hindi).
From here on most of the interview was in Hindi and also informal in terms of the tone.
Sir: You are running around the bush but not telling me the definition of fatigue (from here on whole interview was kind of informal)
Me: Sir, have a look at my CGPA do you think I will remember definition but I guarantee you that I know the practical aspect of things. I believe in learning by doing.
Sir: I never asked you to give me a bookish definition
Me: Sir, I have already told you what I knew about fatigue)
Sir: I think you did not understand what I was asking correctly (after this he explained to me what I had told earlier but from a different point of view. I was telling from the 'effect' point of view and he was explaining it from the 'cause' point of view. He explained me the same for 10 minutes and he seemed quite knowledgeable on that subject. It was more of discussion as I asked him once or twice about what he was speaking. He explained it to me in a very nice way and concluded that that he wanted the answer from the ‘Cause’ point of view.
Me: Okay sir.
Sir: Good. Okay now define for me 'Stress'.
Me: Sir, you are again asking me a definition
Sir: (Laughing) Don’t worry Just explain me
Me: So I started explaining him all about stress and everything
Next he used different objects on the table to apply force on points and asked me the stress state at different cross sections and some more questions about yield stress etc. which I answered correctly
Sir: Okay tell me about this project (from my resume)
Me: Again I rambled on. That project was kind of a goodwill project for disabled, which quite impressed him and he asked me why we weren't pursuing it as a start-up to which I answered from some lack of market, funding and competition point of view.
Sir: (He asked me then about some difficulties we might have faced during that project in management or team)
Me: (gave some examples and their solutions)
Sir: We seem to have talked quite a lot. Others might be waiting. Do you have any questions?
Me: No sir, if you want we can talk more as I have lots of time (at this point my phone vibrated, I ignored but he noticed and took his phone out to check)
Me: Sorry sir, this was my phone.
Sir: Laughing oh don’t worry, you can pick it up if it’s urgent.
Me: Not at all sir
Sir: Okay tell me what you did on Internship?
Me: (I explained everything in detail)
Me: (Past half hour all he had asked me about machine design & fatigue and everything) Sir does reliance do anything in Machine Design? (A stupid question to ask)
Sir: Nope, not at all.
Me: Sir, there might be some fatigue in pipe systems due to repeated pressure variance?
Sir: Yes there is, but we outsource that work (then he explained to me how difficult it is to outsource and maintain standards and all).
Me: Okay.
Sir: So, what would you work on at Reliance?
Me: Anything I can get my hands on...
Sir: Pumps?
Me: Definitely.
Sir: But you haven’t worked on them yet.
Me: Sir I haven’t had the opportunity yet, but whatever I got my hands on has been great until now.
Sir: So are you a ‘desk job’ sort of person or ‘field job’ type of person?
Me: Sir, even though I had a good JEE rank, I didn’t choose the branch computer science but chose Mechanical because I wanted to work in the field. I have been participating in BAJA events all these years.
Sir: Good (Smiling, but then he and I were smiling pretty much whole the interview)
Sir: If I give you a pump, can you open it up?
Me: In two minutes sir.
Sir: We have spent a lot of time, if you have any questions you can ask me.
Me: No sir, thanks for the opportunity.
Sir: Ask me something if you want to.
Me: Sir, any feedback on my interview? This was my first (A second stupid question)
Sir: He smiled and said you will receive the feedback in the evening
Me: Thank you Sir!
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Experience: The selection process had a written test as the first round. It had questions from logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude and from core mechanical engineering topics. It was not such a difficult test and if you had surface knowledge of the different topics of mechanical you could have cleared the written test. After the written test there was a single interview for shortlisted candidates.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: My interview proceeded along the following lines (I had been advised by people not to follow this casual attitude and I don’t know what I was thinking while answering the questions). There was only one interviewer.
Sir: Good afternoon have a seat.
Me: Thank you Sir, How are you?
Sir: I am good, thanks. So tell me something about yourself.
Me: Sir I (So I started about my family background, parents and everything while he looked over my resume, I had prepared to leave the answer on BAJA as that was my strong point, but he interrupted me in the middle only)
Sir: I see that you have done a lot of work on fatigue. (3 projects, internship and area of interest, I had forgotten to modify my resume for Reliance) Can you define for me what fatigue is?
Me: Sure sir (so I start to explain him fatigue and its analysis, how and what I had done in my projects etc.)
Sir: That is correct, but you still haven’t given me the definition of fatigue.
Me: Sir, (I again started to explain it to him and most of the conversation was in Hindi).
From here on most of the interview was in Hindi and also informal in terms of the tone.
Sir: You are running around the bush but not telling me the definition of fatigue (from here on whole interview was kind of informal)
Me: Sir, have a look at my CGPA do you think I will remember definition but I guarantee you that I know the practical aspect of things. I believe in learning by doing.
Sir: I never asked you to give me a bookish definition
Me: Sir, I have already told you what I knew about fatigue)
Sir: I think you did not understand what I was asking correctly (after this he explained to me what I had told earlier but from a different point of view. I was telling from the 'effect' point of view and he was explaining it from the 'cause' point of view. He explained me the same for 10 minutes and he seemed quite knowledgeable on that subject. It was more of discussion as I asked him once or twice about what he was speaking. He explained it to me in a very nice way and concluded that that he wanted the answer from the ‘Cause’ point of view.
Me: Okay sir.
Sir: Good. Okay now define for me 'Stress'.
Me: Sir, you are again asking me a definition
Sir: (Laughing) Don’t worry Just explain me
Me: So I started explaining him all about stress and everything
Next he used different objects on the table to apply force on points and asked me the stress state at different cross sections and some more questions about yield stress etc. which I answered correctly
Sir: Okay tell me about this project (from my resume)
Me: Again I rambled on. That project was kind of a goodwill project for disabled, which quite impressed him and he asked me why we weren't pursuing it as a start-up to which I answered from some lack of market, funding and competition point of view.
Sir: (He asked me then about some difficulties we might have faced during that project in management or team)
Me: (gave some examples and their solutions)
Sir: We seem to have talked quite a lot. Others might be waiting. Do you have any questions?
Me: No sir, if you want we can talk more as I have lots of time (at this point my phone vibrated, I ignored but he noticed and took his phone out to check)
Me: Sorry sir, this was my phone.
Sir: Laughing oh don’t worry, you can pick it up if it’s urgent.
Me: Not at all sir
Sir: Okay tell me what you did on Internship?
Me: (I explained everything in detail)
Me: (Past half hour all he had asked me about machine design & fatigue and everything) Sir does reliance do anything in Machine Design? (A stupid question to ask)
Sir: Nope, not at all.
Me: Sir, there might be some fatigue in pipe systems due to repeated pressure variance?
Sir: Yes there is, but we outsource that work (then he explained to me how difficult it is to outsource and maintain standards and all).
Me: Okay.
Sir: So, what would you work on at Reliance?
Me: Anything I can get my hands on...
Sir: Pumps?
Me: Definitely.
Sir: But you haven’t worked on them yet.
Me: Sir I haven’t had the opportunity yet, but whatever I got my hands on has been great until now.
Sir: So are you a ‘desk job’ sort of person or ‘field job’ type of person?
Me: Sir, even though I had a good JEE rank, I didn’t choose the branch computer science but chose Mechanical because I wanted to work in the field. I have been participating in BAJA events all these years.
Sir: Good (Smiling, but then he and I were smiling pretty much whole the interview)
Sir: If I give you a pump, can you open it up?
Me: In two minutes sir.
Sir: We have spent a lot of time, if you have any questions you can ask me.
Me: No sir, thanks for the opportunity.
Sir: Ask me something if you want to.
Me: Sir, any feedback on my interview? This was my first (A second stupid question)
Sir: He smiled and said you will receive the feedback in the evening
Me: Thank you Sir!
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
4 Interview Rounds
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had mentioned my extra-curricular activities in my resume in a detailed and organised manner (all listed in a chronological order). Most of these were techno-managerial activities (organizational responsibilities in my tech fest). I had participated in an event called Robocon which added a new dimension to me resume.
I had done a project and a couple of internships during my four years of study – I mentioned the details of these in my resume. Although the resume that we submitted was in a standard format as per the norms of our placement cell, I referred to a website of Princeton University to prepare my resume. It’s a very good website and hugely referred by students for preparing their resume. I also got some valuable insights from my seniors for building my resume.
I laid stress on my achievements related to the technical field, because I wanted to land a job in my core field of study.
Round: Test
Experience: The first round was the written test that consisted mainly of general aptitude questions (no technical questions were asked). Anyone who would have prepared for CAT (MBA entrance test for IIM’s) would have found the test easily negotiable. I myself wasn’t troubled much because of my preparation for CAT. There were 30 questions and time allotted was 35 minutes. They short-listed a lot of candidates for the next round. From mechanical engineering 8 students got short-listed.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was the personal interview round. They asked me for a brief introduction. Then they questioned me on certain points that I had written in my resume. They asked me some general questions on ‘Fluid Mechanics’ and stressed upon ‘Rotary Pumps.’ They asked me that if I had to increase the volume of the rotary pump what factor should I consider. I pondered over the question for few seconds and replied that the r.p.m. should be altered.
Further since I was involved in some societies like The A.S.M.E. (American Society Of Mechanical Engineers) and S.A.E. (Society of Automotive Engineer) which I had specified in my resume, he found a link between my area of interest which was ‘Machine Designing’ and the work done by the society and started asking me some trivial questions like ‘What is width of the thread according to A.S.M.E. standard used in the bolt.’ Then he specified a particular machine part (which I don’t exactly remember) and asked me to state the material used to build it according to S.A.E. standards. I answered these questions correctly.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Reliance is a well known name in India. There was no such specific research done related to the company. The only fact that may be helpful is that they don’t offer office jobs as such and a past experience of plant (internship) may be helpful.
Experience: I had mentioned my extra-curricular activities in my resume in a detailed and organised manner (all listed in a chronological order). Most of these were techno-managerial activities (organizational responsibilities in my tech fest). I had participated in an event called Robocon which added a new dimension to me resume.
I had done a project and a couple of internships during my four years of study – I mentioned the details of these in my resume. Although the resume that we submitted was in a standard format as per the norms of our placement cell, I referred to a website of Princeton University to prepare my resume. It’s a very good website and hugely referred by students for preparing their resume. I also got some valuable insights from my seniors for building my resume.
I laid stress on my achievements related to the technical field, because I wanted to land a job in my core field of study.
Round: Test
Experience: The first round was the written test that consisted mainly of general aptitude questions (no technical questions were asked). Anyone who would have prepared for CAT (MBA entrance test for IIM’s) would have found the test easily negotiable. I myself wasn’t troubled much because of my preparation for CAT. There were 30 questions and time allotted was 35 minutes. They short-listed a lot of candidates for the next round. From mechanical engineering 8 students got short-listed.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was the personal interview round. They asked me for a brief introduction. Then they questioned me on certain points that I had written in my resume. They asked me some general questions on ‘Fluid Mechanics’ and stressed upon ‘Rotary Pumps.’ They asked me that if I had to increase the volume of the rotary pump what factor should I consider. I pondered over the question for few seconds and replied that the r.p.m. should be altered.
Further since I was involved in some societies like The A.S.M.E. (American Society Of Mechanical Engineers) and S.A.E. (Society of Automotive Engineer) which I had specified in my resume, he found a link between my area of interest which was ‘Machine Designing’ and the work done by the society and started asking me some trivial questions like ‘What is width of the thread according to A.S.M.E. standard used in the bolt.’ Then he specified a particular machine part (which I don’t exactly remember) and asked me to state the material used to build it according to S.A.E. standards. I answered these questions correctly.
College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Reliance is a well known name in India. There was no such specific research done related to the company. The only fact that may be helpful is that they don’t offer office jobs as such and a past experience of plant (internship) may be helpful.
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