Sarda Energy & Minerals Graduate Engineer Trainee (Get) Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Written test was completely based on technical ability. It consisted of questions from Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Metallurgy majorly.Difficulty level was medium and didn't pose any kind of problem as such. Cutoff was around 50%.
Tips: I talked to some seniors placed and working at JSW. It was if great help. One must be technically strong while preparing for any core company. The basic concepts and operational facts should be crystal clear.
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were 12 people participating in it. 
Few points which I spoke and were worth sharing are:-
1.We cannot chose directly any one. Being engineers we can think of Optimization.
2.Industries becoming environment friendly to keep control and returning the favour they are taking back from Mother earth.
3. Just thinking good is not necessary. You can't wear green slippers and imagine that the whole world will turn green. Actions speak louder and hence are necessary.
Tips: It us of very high possibility that your GD will turn into a fish market. All you have to do is stay calm, raise your voice in a polite manner to make everyone silent and then put forward your point. 
Speaking the point won't do good unless the judge listens to it. Speak for the judge.
Utilize the points the company speaks about itself in their PPT. It adds to your caliber.
Duration: 10 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a group interview where 3 students were interviewed at the same time. They wanted to check the temperament that he may have to face in the job.
Questions were on basic intrduction, family background and moved towards industrial projects and knowledge on steel making.
They cross questioned me regarding my weight and my father being a SAIL employee. My answers were to provide faith in them that I will definitely work for them.
Tips: Again, patience is the key. Stay calm because seeing two other competitors for the same job may worry you. 
Be thorough in your industrial projects and subjects related to it. 
Justify yourself properly about whatever you speak. Rather, speak only those things which you know you can justify.
Be confident in your answers.
Avoid using complicated terms.

General Tips: It won't happen every time that the selection process goes the way you want to take it to. You may not get selected but keep working harder and harder until you achieve what you want. Don't stop believing in yourself.
Skill Tips: Be updated with the current affairs. Reading regular newspapers will definitely help.
Do attend GDs regularly. Practice will make you better every time.
Make a list of basic HR questions which can be asked and prepare them accordingly. It will definitely help.
May try SWOT analysis. It will help you to know yourself better.
College Name: NIT RAIPUR
Motivation: I have always wished to work in the steel industry. Last two generations of my family have worked in it all of their life in it and I feel I have that in my genes.
My father has been in service at BSP-SAIL for more than 25 years and he was my inspiration.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: before the start of the GD i created some smart humour about the topic so the interviewer was already impressed. i spoke only 3 lines during the GD but my points were unique and new. and other people were constantly saying many things
Tips: save your points for the best time.try to say those points which have not been said during the gd

College Name: NIT JALANDHAR

Round: Test
Experience: The paper was average and not much tough. There were some basic difficult qstns but after giving a thought instead of panicking, trust your instincts and have belief in urself. Attempt the section you are confident abt and easy instead of going for the tough ones because time is a constraint and every qstn whether easy or tough carries equal weightage.
Tips: Since it's a steel company, so focus on production, fluid mechanics, material science, thermodynamics.prepare any three subjects thoroughly.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

General Tips: improvise ur communication skills, go through the technical portion thoroughly
Skill Tips: Be confident and in order to be so, be well prepared.
Skills: Technical skills, Time management skills
College Name: NIT SRINAGAR
Motivation: jsw is one of the leading steel production companies in india and to be chosen to work with it is itself a motivation though you do get rewarded for handsome salary.
Funny Moments: the food of haryana which upset my stomach and the next day early in the morning i had to take the test for jsw.

Round: Test
Experience: It was a one hour test comprising of around 65 questions based on Iron making, steel making and physical metallurgy.
Tips: Just stick to the basics and you will make it through. Another tip is that JSW hardly changes their questions, so arrange last year's paper if you can :)
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 65

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: I took my chance to speak, spoke clearly and to the point. My communication skills helped me to get through.
Tips: Prepare strategy before the GD regarding who will speak first and for how long one must speak. This way everyone will get an opportunity to speak and maximum number of your partners will get through. Don't make it a fish market and remember to stick to the topic asked.
Duration: 20 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was mostly asked questions on Iron making and steel making and little bits of Physical and Mechanical metallurgy.
Tips: The basics should be clear, and do cram your training report well in advance. If you did training from JSW, that adds to your advantage factor.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The HR will mostly ask for introduction, then questions like why JSW, what JSW does etc.
Tips: Just be clam and focused and remember to not to break eye contact. Also, do not maintain eye contact so hard that you give HR the shivers :)

Skill Tips: Those with a balanced mixture of technical knowledge and communication skills will make through the final selects of JSW Steel.
Skills: Technical, Communication
College Name: National Institute of Technology, Srinagar
Motivation: JSW is the leading manufacturer of steel products in India. It is one of the fastest growing steel company, so growth will be significant, and it offers a variety of perks to it's employees as well.
Funny Moments: One of the students who went for the interview got so much nervous that upon being asked about what JSW does, he told the HR that JSW is a market leader in the aluminium industry. He just didn't stop there, he continued naming tonnes of aluminium product that it makes :P

Round: Test
Experience: Average level of difficulty.
Tips: Study mechanical and physical metallurgy as well as iron and steel making properly.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: There were 12 candidates in my GD group including me so you need to speak enough over the topic and you need to show some good GD atticates which will work in your favour.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My PI consisted many ups and downs I.e. Silence of half an hour and then continuous speaking of about 20 min. As it was a kind of group interview but the questions were asked to individual and questions were not passed to the other candidate I.e. It was 3(HR) on 1 interview but two other candidates were also listening your interview.
Tips: My interview was based only on my industrial project and nothing else. Just know your project very well do it very seriously so that you are answerable to each and every question that will be bombarded over you!!!
And discover your passion till fourth year and accordingly choose the company. Do not experiment with your life and if confused talk to your seniors.

General Tips: The most important thing which matters is how passionate and how eager you are to work with them. Also most important is positive attitude towards every problem.
Skill Tips: If you ask any senior about cpi and if he says that it doesn't matter then he is definitely misguiding you!!!! Weightage of cpi and your technical is equal. If he says make your technical sound and you will be selected then it happens very rarely at least in our college. They want to see your performance in your academic session. They want to see how consistant you will be in their company and how serious you are towards your work and also towards your career. Less cpi even if you are constant through out, tells them that you will not grow after some point of time so they want growing and consistently growing performance which help them in their company. And backlog history matters more then your cpi because companies are nowadays asking for no backlog history so if you are not eligible for company then to whom you will show your pointers???
Skills: CGPA, Eagerness to work, Positive attitude
College Name: NIT RAIPUR

Round: Test
Experience: Pure technical.
Study Physical Metallurgy and mechanical metallurgy... as well as Iron and Steel Making.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 50

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: It is better to start gd. Give a good start. Whatever you speak, be confident and be loud. You should be very active during gd. Giving chance to the person who is silent throughout the gd will increase your point.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Question asked :
Name, position in class, project(industrial), about parents.
Corex process, Difference between corex and BF, Supply of O2 in Corex etc...
BF operations, RAFT, Temp. difference between slag and hot metal and reason for that difference, position of tuyers in bf and justify its position.
Types of steel in LD converter, Quenching medium and best quenchant.
Type of work you wish to do. How long you wish to work for this company, planning for further studies or not ..

General Tips: CPI is the most important thing. Along with CPI they also check weather the interviewee is having knowledge of basic things or not. In short CPI and knowledge both matters alot.
Skill Tips: Whatever you speak be confident in that. You should have very sound technical knowledge. Show interviewers that you are desperate to join their company. Sit straight and be bold and have confidence on yourself.
College Name: NIT RAIPUR

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: They were mainly interested in people who are willing to work in their company for a long time. You have to convince them that you are really interested in core job and you will stay long. They did not ask technical much as my CG was high.

College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: APTI PLUS TECHNICAL PLUS GK

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical Interview



In my interview,they asked:Why all the lights were lit and fans were on just for 2 persons.I said its for you Sir.Whenever any person comes to our home it is our duty to make him comfortable and happy because mehmaan bhagwan hota h and also I said that it is not correct to waste energy and I switched off the lights and fans.



1.My subject was heat treatment(specialization)



2.They asked about hadfield steel,cct,ttt,annealing ,normalizing,tempering,cooling curves,why bainite not formed in cct



3.You should remain cool,calm and composed.



4.You should be spontaneous in your answers.



5. Be concise and clear.



6.Always tell the truth .If you don’t know the answer to any question simply admit it don’t stretch it.You can give the direction to the answer if you don’t know it fully.



7.Prepare training and project with full accuracy.
Tips: Try to achieve mastery in 1 or2 subjects so that u are able to crack all of the questions regarding to that and it will help a lot in ur interviews and try to keep ur cpi above 8 .I wish u all the best for ur future and hope all of u reach new heights.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: HR interview



In HR interview they asked me about



1.Training and project



2.My achievements



3.Be cool and calm in HR interview ,they try to confuse you. Be confident.



ABOUT myself

General Tips: Regarding effect of CPI, I think every company has some consideration about CPI,as it tells them that student is sincere in whatever field he is in.But in this selection I have observed that they haven’t selected on the basis of CPI. I have observed that they have taken some weightage of the written and interview and combined their score as a whole.AND you should be superb in your technical interview specially and hr interview too.*Be confident,composed,and express to HR that u really want to join this company.Make them believe that you are fit for this company and you strongly wish to join the company.ALL D BEST 
Skill Tips: Initially I had been very shy and participated very little in any conversation but I worked hard to overcome that.I started speaking to myself in front of mirror and learned to keep eye contact with others and developed a lot of confidence.Also I tried to have a lot of conversation with my friends.I practiced a lot at home, prepared for resume and PI.Also I tried speaking English with my family members.So I think a lot of practice help me improve gradually.
College Name: NIT RAIPUR