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Indian Oil Corporation Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 18 Jan 2015

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Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 14 Jan 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Questions about Pumps
  • Q2. 1GCC
  • Q3. Lube Oil
  • Q4. Heat Exchange

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 30 minutes duration

General Tips: Deep knowledge of Petrochemical engineering.
College Name: IIT KANPUR

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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Feb 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Initial aptitude questions
  • Q2. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. Discuss your educational journey with focus on challenges and solutions of your learning journey. Discuss technical details of techniques handled with detailed discription about principles. Cross question would be expected on principles and troubleshooting. For example how proteins get separated under electric field in gel. If there is issue with separation how to solve it.
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discuss about project you completed.
  • Ans. Discussed on project completed from problem statements, approach and final outcomes. How you overcome challenges? What are other alternative approaches.
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why you want to join company?
  • Ans. Discuss about history and companies status in your field. What are the projects company working on and previous successful project. Future projects and their scope with your interest in contributing in it's advancement.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. What are your expectations and where you see yourself in next 5 years?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on you CV which covers various projects. Be honest on your expectations and future goals about career.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic data science and statistics interview questions along with their mathematical understanding.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Data science questions with mathematical understanding
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. STAR type questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It was good and simple

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Long term goals
  • Q2. Mba goals and future plans
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Resume Based questions and ML & DL basics
  • Q2. BERT and CNN models
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on NLP frameworks, feature engineering, decision tree, dimensionality reduction techniques.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Dec 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Where do you see yourself in 5 years
  • Q2. How do you conduct regulatory assessment
  • Ans. 

    Regulatory assessment involves evaluating the safety and efficacy of products to ensure compliance with regulations.

    • Identify relevant regulations and guidelines

    • Collect and analyze data on product safety and efficacy

    • Assess risks and benefits of the product

    • Develop a regulatory strategy

    • Prepare and submit regulatory documents

    • Communicate with regulatory agencies

    • Monitor and maintain compliance

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be confident and speak out your expertise. Be honest about your skillsets
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Cfd questions like forward difference scheme and backward difference scheme.
  • Q2. In which direction the fluid flows in a vertical pipe when the pressures at two vertical locations are given.
  • Ans. 

    The direction of fluid flow in a vertical pipe depends on the pressure difference between two vertical locations.

    • Fluid flows from high pressure to low pressure.

    • If the pressure at the lower location is higher than the pressure at the upper location, the fluid will flow downwards.

    • If the pressure at the upper location is higher than the pressure at the lower location, the fluid will flow upwards.

    • The magnitude of the press...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. About Work experience
  • Q2. How do you handle a negative outcome?
  • Ans. 

    I handle negative outcomes by analyzing the root cause and identifying potential solutions.

    • I remain calm and objective to avoid making hasty decisions.

    • I review the data and identify the root cause of the negative outcome.

    • I brainstorm potential solutions and evaluate their feasibility.

    • I implement the best solution and monitor its effectiveness.

    • I use the experience as a learning opportunity to improve future outcomes.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What are the factors that demotivates you in work?
Round 4 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions based on Bernoullis principle.
  • Q2. How to find if a point is inside or outside of a regular polygon?
  • Ans. 

    To find if a point is inside or outside of a regular polygon, we can use the Ray Casting algorithm.

    • Draw a line from the point to a point outside the polygon

    • Count the number of times the line intersects with the polygon edges

    • If the number of intersections is odd, the point is inside the polygon

    • If the number of intersections is even, the point is outside the polygon

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Coding questions by the specialist in US.
Round 5 - Coding Test 

3 questions on various problems based on arrays and matrices.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work well on the closing skills and basics of fluid mechanics.
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Techincal 1
  • Q2. With some python questions to write logical codes
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. More about business context problems. Asked real time challenges in the business and expected solution for it.
  • Q2. Technical 2
Round 3 - Case Study 

Real time Business case study on implementing retail outlets and how. Speak more about data assumption and implementation of model

Round 4 - Behavioral interview 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Stake holder management, conflict in team etc
  • Q2. Behavioral
Round 5 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. General questions with package discussion
  • Q2. HR

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Tell us about yourself and your experience.
  • Q2. Elaborate particular techniques like cytotoxicity assays, ELISA, Western blot etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare yourself to answer technical questions based on your CV.

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