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S.M. Consultants Civil Engineer-Highway/Roadway Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 17 Jan 2021

S.M. Consultants Civil Engineer-Highway/Roadway Interview Experiences

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I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Jan 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a design speed of 75 km ph. Then what will be the Super-elevation ?
  • Ans. 

    The super-elevation of a district road with a 1000 m horizontal curve for a design speed of 75 km/h.

    • Super-elevation is the banking of a road to counteract the centrifugal force on vehicles during a curve.

    • The formula to calculate super-elevation is e = (v^2) / (g * r), where e is the super-elevation, v is the design speed in m/s, g is the acceleration due to gravity, and r is the radius of the curve.

    • First, convert the d...

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I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. All highway work responsibility
  • Q2. PQC, DLC, DBM BC and SMA Laying at sensor paver supervision

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Looking after the planing for manpower, machinery material to the
site & sources for material at. Site
which is to be used for road work.
Handing overall responsibility for
construction of highway work as for
drawing design & specification of
Morth & IRC. Excavation of earth work in
Filling &Cutting High Embankments,

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Word and time , data interpretation questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is superelevation? what are max limit of sperelevation?
  • Ans. 

    Superelevation is the banking of a road or highway to counteract the centrifugal force on vehicles during turns.

    • Superelevation is the slope or banking provided on the outer edge of a road or highway.

    • It helps vehicles to safely negotiate turns at higher speeds by counteracting the centrifugal force.

    • The maximum limit of superelevation depends on factors like design speed, curve radius, and type of road.

    • For highways, the ...

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  • Q2. How u used staadpro in your project?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - focus on geometric design part , focus on each and every point of your resume
be honest with your skils

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Basics about Transportation Engineering
  • Q2. Basics about MX Road
  • Q3. General questions on Civil 3D
  • Q4. Highway Geometric Design basics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The interview was easy going. People at WSP are generally kind and soft spoken; they won't try to be strict and put any stress on you. A few things to get thorough with before giving the interview is you should build your basics, and know the concepts about highway design; be thorough with all the key subjects like horizontal, vertical, plan and profile, earthwork quantity, etc.

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. 1) Superelevation
  • Q2. 2)sight distance
  • Q3. 3) how do you design horizontal and vertical alignment
  • Ans. 

    Horizontal and vertical alignment is designed based on factors like terrain, speed limit, and safety requirements.

    • Terrain analysis is done to determine the best alignment

    • Speed limit and design speed are considered for horizontal alignment

    • Sight distance and stopping distance are considered for vertical alignment

    • Safety requirements like minimum radius of curvature and superelevation are also taken into account

    • Computer-ai...

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  • Q4. 4) about the jobs I worked and scope
  • Q5. 5) some hr questions

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