Jindal Steel and Power Graduate Engineer Trainee (Get) Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round: Test
Experience: All multiple choices, technical questions - testing your knowledge as well as basic understanding of your core subjects. Topics were steel making; composition of stainless steel and other alloys, heat treatment methods, phase diagram, hardness measurement methods, various processing methods like welding, casting and the list goes on.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Number of people: 8-10. GD was not an elimination round in JSPL recruitment. Performance was just an added value to your interview.
Tips: Don’t sit idle. No matter if you speak nonsense, just speak.
Duration: 10-20 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: My Answers(in question order):
1. A country’s development is mainly based on the kind of infrastructure it has; and the strength of the infrastructure depends on the strength and quality of metals used in it; strength and quality of the metal is decided by the quality of metallurgist and material engineers in the country. So I am quite motivated towards becoming a leading metallurgical engineer in Steel industry.
2. ArcelorMittal
3. For ArcelorMittal we need work experience and it prefers PhD people. I want to start my career with JSPL, because gave some statistics/data of the key achievements of JSPL, praised the company.
4. These kinds of questions are very frequently asked in any of the Steel Company’s HR interview. So, mug up some statistics.

Panel was of Uma Shankar Dalai and Chandan Kalra.
Tips: Visit the website of JSPL before sitting for the interview. They can ask you to enlist some of the plants of JSPL, or some current news of JSPL

Round: Other Interview
Experience: (Uma Shankar Dalai)1. Questions were regarding the Internships. Since my internship was in RINL (Vizag Steel Plant), he was very keenly asking me questions on it and I had to be very careful in answering them, because he was the ace in that field. ))
2. Some questions on blast furnace like “what is Hot top pressure, why it is important, slag metal basicity”, important inclusions in steel and the way they are removed, conditions for P and S removal, effect of alloying addition of various elements to Steel.
3. Phase diagram of iron, composition of stainless steel, various heat treatment methods

(Chandan Kalra)
First few questions were based on the internship and the projects mentioned in the resume. Then he asked questions related to blast furnace and steel making. For example:
1. What would be the consequences of closing the top of the blast furnace? 
2. How would you increase the efficiency and output of the blast furnace? 
3. Explain in detail the steel making process.
I was also asked to draw a schematic of the blast furnace with proper labeling.

General Tips: 1. The book Callister’s Materials science and engineering is must for all, because it can revise your concepts in very less time and touches every part of the material science. 
2. Issue some books of iron and steel-making from the library, thoroughly read the technicalities of blast furnace and LD converter. Read about the various heat treatment procedures from a good book. You can find many such books in the library (3rd floor near the fountain side) 
3. Prepare well for questions like why do you want to join the company. 
4. Do revise MME 350 and MME 310 - learn the Fe-C phase diagram by heart. 
5. Always spend some time going through the company’s website before an interview.
Skills: Mechanical behavior of materials , Principles of metal extraction and refining , Phase equilibria and Phase transformations in materials , Iron and steel making , Fundamentals of material processing
College Name: IIT- Kanpur

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude Test portion was normal, based on the mock aptitude test only. And, Technical Part was very easy and mainly knowledge based.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were 14 candidates for this round.
Duration: 10 minutes

General Tips: 1. They are basically concerned with the practical things more than the theory or the research part
2. Manipulate the interview according to your strong point
3. Try to speak as much as you can in the interview. They basically check the confidence in you.
4. Be prepared for the interview and try and be humble.
Skill Tips: CE251course is very important for almost all of the interviews.
Skills: Geotechnical Engineering, RCC Structures
College Name: IIT- Kanpur