BEML Assistant Trainee Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Technical test constituted of technical questions, aptitude questions, english questions
Duration: 150 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was related to core mechanical engineering questions.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was an overall personality assessment. Case studies were provided and creativity in answers was seen.

General Tips: Prepare for technical, aptitude well
Practice mock interviews
College Name: IIT-ROORKEE

Round: Test
Experience: This test itself had 3-4 tests. 1st test was Aptitude+ English. One test purely had like unseen passages...Objective questions.
Duration: 150 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: 2nd round : there were two panels, one asked only technical questions and the other technical +HR
(whatever you had written on the form [provided by L&T]). 

Mine was the second panel. From thermodynamics - laws of thermodynamics, fluid- turbines, latest news headlines, some solid mechanics questions, iron-phase diagrams, hobbies.... was asked about each and every word written on that form.

Round: Interview
Experience: 30-40 min. pure HR. He asked me various case studies. They totally analysed a persons behaviour.

General Tips: Only technical knowledge won't do any good, prepare for HR also.
College Name: IIT-ROORKEE

Round: Test
Experience: Fairly easy, those preparing for CAT would ace the first section pretty easily. For the second section, you'd require an ample experience of reading standard comprehension passages. Online reading resources such as the Op-Eds on TIME, The Hindu, NYT would help big time.
Tips: Be composed and conscious of the time. This test is all about pacing ahead of time and hence a hands on practice on all the relevant sections would really help. There are a good amount of resources for both the sections on the web. So be calm and prepare good.
Duration: 120 minutes minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: It was based on what I had mentioned on the pre-interview proforma, which, they usually ask every candidate to fill. A couple of bullets from my resume provided them enough material to frame their questions. Since L&T ECC heavily deals in concreting operations throughout its projects, having studied FRC greatly helped my case. The experience during my internship also helped me to elaborate my experience. They asked some basic questions pertinent to the grade of the concrete, cement employed and the ductility achieved and some general questions such as what are its advantages over normal concrete and how would it help me in contributing positively to their company.
Tips: Nothing much! Just prepare your resume bullet points in and out. Do not add anything new on the proforma. You never know that it might just go against what you say in the interview. People usually flounder in interview because they try to condense a lot of information in a short span of time. Instead just try to be concise and explicit in you writing so that you can elaborate your experience exactly the way you may want to elaborate in the interview. Strictly adhere to the lines mentioned in the proforma.

Round: Interview
Experience: Standard replies did good for me. Just try to mention all the positives in your resume. This is where you will be, more often than not, given opportunity to elaborate on your extracurricular activities and responsibilities. L&T especially with their MT profilers would always want a diversified group who can carry out both Management and Engineering with ease.
Tips: Nothing much. If you survived till here you are highly likely to get through this as well. All the best!

General Tips: Stay Calm. You may not get through companies which your counterparts in Computer Science or other branches would. But if you keep fretting over your past you'd probably ruin your present and it will drastically affect your future. Don't judge yourself by the package you get in the starting. Companies like L&T usually ground their freshies but the longer you stay the more you are of value to the Company. Ask anyone who's been around in the ECC for more than 10 years and they'd tell you the rest. Stay used to of being awake till the wee hours of the morning (for placements at least) as I was not. It did hamper my chances on the first night of the placement. (which is an entirely different experience to share) :P
Skill Tips: Just be prepared with all the tests that you performed in your Concrete/Materials Laboratory. Concrete Mixers, Bleeding prevention mechanisms etc.
Skills: Practical Expertise with your laboratories
College Name: IIT Guwahati
Motivation: L&T ECC is known as one of the most gritty companies and provides an avenue for being a party to challenging projects. The work, its type, and its impact is what drove me personally to apply to it.
Funny Moments: I don't know if it sounds funny, but after sitting in a big shot finance company on day zero at 1 am in the night, and finally succumbing in round 3, it was almost a draught of 7 days before this opportunity came. And interestingly I had not applied for any other company. So, in the hindsight, I actually find myself lucky enough to have got through. Had this gone then.... :D

Round: Test
Experience: 1. Easy level CAT preps. Questions on basic math, Prob. & Stats, Speed
2. Totally English based test, 15 paragraphs 8-10 liners, 3 ques on each, direct and easy ques, answers
available in the paragraphs itself, no deep thinking required, only good Speed required.
Tips: 1. Dist. Time questions, only Speed is imp. Shortlisted 40 of 120 (both BTech and MTech)
2. Shortlisted 15-18 of 40
Duration: 60+30 minutes
Total Questions: 100+45

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: No question on extra knowledge, have clear understanding of things related to your resume
Eg. What is your favorite subject and then questions on that subject.
Eg. Your BTP seems to be quite interesting, please elaborate on it

Round: Form filling
Experience: A form was filled in the interview which consisted of: Personal details, projects, interns, BTP, qualities,
extracurricular activities. Questions were based mostly on this form and some general questions like:
• About Yourself
• Knowledge on finance
• Tell about 3 topics of current affairs
No resume related questions.
Some basic questions were asked:
• What is welding (asked to all candidates)
• Questions on mechanical properties of materials like: What is hardness and tests to measure hardness

Round: HR Interview
Experience: 30 minutes duration.

General Tips: 1. Courses in particular are not required but, should have clear understanding of your project, interns and BTP and general concepts of each coursework.
2. For MME Dept.: You really need to prepare very hard as there are very few companies for our
Dept. Prepare well for your BTP and projects. In the HR interview try to justify each and every point you
speak from your day to day examples.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

Round: Test
Tips: Clearing 1st test, you will be considered for PGET and on clearing both tests, you will be considered for PGMT.
Duration: 55 minutes minutes
Total Questions: 60

General Tips: started preparaing a month before, brushing technical concepts,aptitude for speed.1st year(M tech)- if you prefer core companies, gofor some process related courses(it would help in interviews). Those with mechanical background, they have an upper hand, CG is important, 8+ is safe, 9+is very good.

2nd years- project is important
College Name: IIT MADRAS

College Name: Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai [ VJTI ]

Round: aptitude test
Experience: The aptitude test consisted of verbal, analytical and numerical questions with sufficient time to answer the questions.

Round: Technical test
Experience: The technical test contained questions from almost all the compulsory courses that you may have studied over the past four-five years, mostly conceptual though but there were some numerical questions as well.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There was a group discussion on the topic ‘Is quality a myth in India? ‘ to eliminate a few students and the rest were selected for the final interviews.

Round: technical interview
Experience: Interview lasted for about 25-30 minutes. They started by asking about my interests and backgrounds and then came directly into questions related to my areas of interests. They asked questions about torque transmission through a shaft, I-beams, stress-strain and buckling and a little background about my thesis followed by one basic question related to it. The final 10-12 minutes were spent in discussing the questions that I had asked the interviewers and it also helped in lightening the mood, so I would suggest be ready to ask the interviewer a few questions to show that you are genuinely interested
During the interview questions were asked mostly from my areas of interests and a little about my thesis and internships. But it is important to know one or two courses very thoroughly.


General Tips: Do’s and Don’ts :
● Do not take GD’s lightly, I ignored it till the very last moment and did my first GD on the night before the actual GD. It is a shortlisting criteria for many mechanical engineering core companies and you wouldn’t want to lose out there.
● Read about your thesis and internships properly. Many of your interviews would revolve around that only.
● Select one or two major courses and prepare them thoroughly, you may be asked about the courses that you liked at IITK followed by some questions related to it.
● Practice explaining your projects and HR questions with someone.
● Get to know a little about the company before the interview. You may drop that information somewhere during the interview to show your interest. Also be ready to ask a question at the end.
● Don’t copy answers to HR questions from the internet, write your own and try to remember the key points.
● Don’t lose heart if you are not shortlisted or not selected. There are a lot of other options.

College Name: IIT Kanpur

Round: Test
Experience: There was no negative marking in test(but our seniors got the paper with negative marking so nothing can be predicted for future) but there was time limit so u have to maintain ur speed,once u move forward for next question u can not go back to previous question so u have to be careful which question u have to skip.questions were not very easy nor they were tough,mathematics questions were from 11 12 class not from the B.Tech course.
Tips: for aptitude questions plz go through all types of patterns(work,wages,profit loss,capital interest,principal interest,average.speed,distance,time ), u can get them in MADE EASY aptitude book,for technical go through all the subjects(machines,power system,analog,digital,instrumentation,networks,control system)because there was atleast one question from each subject although they were easy ,if u r preparing for GATE u just need remember the basic ,the can be solved on finger tips
Duration: 2 HR minutes
Total Questions: 120

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: topic was very easy so everyone was ready with the points,boys were speaking with dominating voice,u have to be very careful to get a chance to speak
Tips: search common GD topics on net and write ur own points for them, go through the GD on net so u can get an idea how to start the topic or else join any of the coaching for GD,dont speak much but when u speak be confident and speak simple language don't use complicated words
Duration: 15 minutes

Round: Other Interview
Experience: they asked me to speak about myself for 5 min they were very cool,they were continuously looking in my CV and questioning about what I have written in it(about my sport,schooling,brother,my family,childhood)for technical they asked me about sensors and as an ee student which instrument I will be using for measuring fuel level in the automobiles,they were very much impressed by my written test (as they said to me,so try to do it well)  they were very much cool and smiling all the time,with their body language I was able to make it out that they will select me
Tips: if u r a girl from non mechanical branch then ur chances of getting selected is quite more as compared with the boys of non mechanical branch(provided u also give them answer for their question confidently with good body language   ) , for boys if u want to clear ur interview prepare thoroughly with ur technical subjects

General Tips: give the written test of consultancy companies so u can have an idea of aptitude questions,if u clear the test of those companies and get selected for GD give 100% in the GD,if u get selected for next round interview and u dont want to join the company say no to them in the interview,but plz if u dont want to join a company just dont leave it because u want to wait for ur dream company ,the above trick will help u to get experience and gain confidence but be careful
Skill Tips: go through the campus placement papers on net
Skills: alertness, speed, acuracy
College Name: NIT BHOPAL
Motivation: My brother is a pass from MANIT 2011 mechanical batch,he wanted to join tata motors but as he had a drop after his 12th class he was not allowed to sit for the written,when I said him about tata motors vist to MANIT in 2014 he just said "KUCH BHI KAR PAR TATA MOTOR ME JANA HI HAI TUZE HAAT SE NAHI JANI CHAHIYE YE COMPANY"
Funny Moments: when i got selected for tata motors i called my brother and gave him the news he said CHAL MERA SAPNA TUZME DEKHLIYA MEINEi was in the hostel and i was called to the admin to collect my offer letter and sign a copy of that and them back i was so much excited that i took my offer letter and was busy at talking the HRs were looking at me and laughing then the TPO came and said ANJALI ab de bhi de sign karke unhe