Magna Steyr Design Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and prepared.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: CVs were shortlisted based on the project undertaken. (B.tech and M.tech).

Round: Interview
Experience: Interview was based on the project and its relevant field of application.

Round: Interview
Tips: Just convince them that you are willing to join the organisation.

Skill Tips: Much emphasis was given to the project which we did last year. Extra-academic involvement is stressed upon a bit.
College Name: IIT KHARAGPUR

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Same profile has been matched

Round: Case Study Interview
Experience: About job releted discussion

General Tips: Your resume has an your interview question paper
Skills: Body Language, Problem Solving, Presentation Skills, Time Management
Duration: >3 Months

Round: Test
Experience: Time was more than sufficient. Most of the questions were conceptual and very easy without major calculations.
Tips: Subjects:
Heat and mass transfer, Gas turbine engine, Design of machine elements, strength of material etc.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 30

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview was divided into 5 steps.
(i) Introduction considering your resume.(i.e. your projects, achievements, field of interest, motivation etc.)
(ii) Logical understanding: Various statistical graphs (e.g. normal distribution curve) were given. I was given a design failure problem related to it. Using graph I had to show a probable solution region in the graph.
(iii) Picture understanding: I was shown a picture and had to identify the system.(It was a front propeller system of conventional aircraft. It was containing a propeller, gear box, blade angle shifting mechanism, its lubrication system, various valves etc.)
(iv) Few topics (around 10) were written on a paper. I had to choose one topic and had to explain it in detail with examples.(one of the topic: Design optimization)
(v) Chit-chat: They will ask you about their company. You can also ask your doubts.(So be prepared with at least 2-3 questions which you can ask them.)
Tips: Your course projects, BTP & MTP carries a HUUUUUGE weight. Try to attach each project with a motivation behind their execution. They don't consider depth of research but they do like it if you have a proper reason behind selecting it. and most important of all Keep your head cool.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I introduced myself. Then they asked few common HR questions. One of the guy from interview panel got more excited about one of my project. So he kept asking questions related to it. I answered all of them.

Skills: Finite Element Modeling - FEM, Strength Of Materials, Logical Thinking
College Name: IIT Madras