Rolls-Royce Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round: Test
Duration: 60 minutes minutes

General Tips: Do’s :
- Study everything ranging from Maths, Solids to Design.
- Keep the interviewers engaged.

Don’ts :
- Bluffing about your abilities is a strict no, it at once kills your chances.
- Don’t try to abruptly reject a problem, at least try to solve it.

College Name: IIT Kanpur

Round: Problem Statement
Tips: Has to interact with related professors of the topic of interest to work on that subject.start interacting from 8th sem with profs and to start research..

Round: Written communication skills test
Experience: You are a member of the board of directors and have recently launched a new automobile design and it has become very popular. You are sure that if the design reaches the assembly line, you will have demand for the next one year.But today your chief engineer comes to you with a design flaw and says, if the vehicle moves with very high speed and has a head on collision with another vehicle, the fuel tank will disintegrate and come off with fuel leaking.CHOICES GIVEN :a) you can have a small fix, and limit the damage to vehicle moving with a very high velocity, having fuel tank filled more than 3/4th and having only head on collision. This will take a month.b) You can have the complete fix. This will take another 6 months and might change the look of the design
1. what are your first thoughts?2. What choices do you have?3. what are your actions

Skill Tips: Preparation topics 1) Propulsion2) Basic Strength ofMaterials3) Mechanical basic stuff related to bearings and tolerance 4) Product Design5) General knowledge about Jet engines and their industries.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: About 40 students are shortlisted from 160 applicants.

Round: Test
Experience: Questions asked for Technical test:1) Finding the thrust of a an engine with given specifications2)Finding the efficiency of a Rankine/ Brayton cycle3) Given a truss structure with loads, and asking to find which elements were under tension which under compression?4) Some question on what kind of bearings to be used5) Some question on how to reduce the stress on a turbine blade- whether to increase the base dimensions or decrease it, something like that

Round: Test
Experience: Questions asked were similar to the example given below-Situation:You are a member of the board of directors and have recently launched a new automobile design and it has become very popular. You are sure that if the design reaches the assembly line, you willhave demand for the next one year.But today your chief engineer comes toyou with a design flaw and says, if the vehicle moves with very high speed and has a head on collision with another vehicle, the fuel tank will dis integrate and come off with fuel leaking.CHOICES GIVEN :a) you can have a small fix, and limit the damage to vehicle moving with a very high velocity, having fuel tank filled more than 3/4th and having only head on collision. This will take a month.b) You can have the complete fix. This will take another 6 months and might change the look of the design

1. what are your first thoughts?2. What choices do you have?3. what are your actions

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions will be asked mostly to test your knowledge in topics of propulsion, materials.

Sample questions:1-How do you test the safety of particular product  2-Related to propulsion - shown a diagram engine and required to explain functioning of each part, hints will be abundant(difficult)  3-Stressconcentration and load distribution on a sheet with hole and also over a wing

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions related to resume, team work capabilities and also regarding PORs taken.Sample question: Situations like conflict aroused in your team.Brief some situations where you have faced some critical situation and how you dealt with it and questions regarding projects and your internship were asked.

Skill Tips: Preparation topics : Propulsion,Basic,Mechanical basicstuff related to bearings and tolerance,Product Design and General knowledge about Jet engines and their industries.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: About 40 students were shortlisted from 160 applicants and this was based on cutoffs for CGPA(10th & 12th Exam).

Round: Test
Experience: Comprehensive Test was of about 20 minutes questions consisting of a situation to be managed. Technical round had Completely
MCQ’s on topics like propulsion and materials and the final test was on data interpretation with a set of 60 questions.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Questions
were asked mostly to test your knowledge in topics of propulsion, materials and related
to your projects worked in institute and finally on some data interpretation.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions
related to  resume, team work
capabilities and also regarding PORs taken were asked and a  situation was given and we had to explain how we deal with it.

Skill Tips: Preparation topics for ROLLSROYCE are-Propulsion,Basic Strength of Materials,Mechanical basic stuff related to bearings and tolerance,Product Design and General knowledge
about Jet engines and their industries. Having extra credentials like being a head of a club or core which shows leadership and team managing skill will help.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Initial short-listing was done based on the resume and it was followed by a test.


Round: Test
Experience: The test had questions focusing on Core topics :
Aerodynamics, propulsion, combustion, fluid mechanics, structures, manufacturing etc.
Tips: Focus on core topics like combustion, fluid mechanics and aerodynamics.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The technical round lasted 55 minutes.It had questions based on resume as well as problem tackling and
design related skills.
Tips: Be thorough about the work you have done as a part of projects or as interns.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: In the HR round the participants were asked to prepare a presentation selling themselves to the company and also an expansion on the resume.It was for a duration of 25 minutes.
Tips: Prepare for the interviews by attending the mock sessions conducted by the institute.

College Name: IIT Madras