TCE Graduate Engineer Trainee (Get) Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: There are 40 ques. with a time limit of 30 mins. The questions are not to hard to crack but the presence of mind is required. As far as i remember there was no passage based question in this test. The test was in MCQ pattern.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Test
Experience: This test also consist of 40 question with the time limit of 30 mins. The question paper was having questions from all the major subjects of civil engg. like GeoTech, Surveying, Costing, Structural Designing and Steel Structure design. The test was in MCQ pattern.
Tips: Prepare last few year question paper from the Internet.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40

Round: Group Activity
Experience: Based on the number of students selected from the Aptitude round, there comes a round for group interview. In this there will be min of two representative from the company itself who will be judging the GD. There can be any random topic for the discussion,
Tips: The only tip is keep on speaking something relevant.

College Name: NMIMS SHIRPUR

Round: Test
Experience: The first Section was Technical which consisted of Several Sub-Sections like SOIL MECHANICS,CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY,TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING,Building Materials,MISCELLANEOUS(Containing Environment Engineering and Surveying Questions).There were 40 questions in total and time allotted was 25 minutes.It was not an online test;we were given an envelop containing question paper.The Second Section was ENGLISH consisting of 40 questions and time allotted was 20 minutes.This Section basically dealt with questions on Choosing the correct Spelling(5-6questions),finding synonyms and antonyms,Rearranging jumbled words,completing the sentence with appropriate word,finding errors and answering questions from paragraph.
Tips: For Technical Section,I think going through the basics of the above mentioned sub sections will be helpful.Some of the questions asked were like Gypsum is used for,Bitumen grade having lowest viscosity is,Compaction results in,Flash point test,one numerical to find the quantity of sand required,Permanent hardness of water can be removed by,What is benchmark?,Uniformly spaced contour indicates?and so on.Most of the questions were theoretical,only two numericals were asked

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: From the written round,9 students were shortlisted out of 30 for GD which was a non eliminating round but it carries weightage in the overall selection process.We all 9 were given two topics and given 5 minutes time to discuss among ourselves to choose any one topic for the discussion.The topic that we did not choose was :Should India be further divided into smaller states??GD went for about 15 minutes and each of us were evaluated based on their evaluation aspects.Actually we were called for the interview on the basis of the order of rank we got in GD.
Tips: Try to be the first one to start;if not first then second.Support your point with examples,try to use some quotations or if possible statistics;that actually gives a good impression on your side.
Duration: 15 minutes minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Both HR and Technical interview was held simultaneously.The technical interview Section mainly dealt with questions from my project,Internship,RCC ,Construction activities going in campus and so on.In HR,the questions were like Tell me about yourself,why you want to join SPCL and so on.
Tips: Do not get nervous,Have good command on your project and internship and explain them effectively.

College Name: NIT Warangal

Round: Test
Experience: 40 on civil engineering and 40 on English
Tips: For the civil engineering part If u attend 70% of your classes then this paper won't be difficult for you. But it is high scoring so u need to attempt almost all questions.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 80

Round: Group Discussion
Duration: 30 minutes

College Name: Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Round: Test
Experience: there were 60 aptitude questions and 30 technical question. 3 sections were there in aptitude test. technical questions were good enough.
Tips: concepts on the subject should be cleared.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 90

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: this was my first interview. so i was bit much confused. but i was able to create a good communication with the HRs. they ask me some tricky questions. i had to answer the questions in such a way that they couldnot reverse me back.
Tips: show your sincerity to the job. if u donot know the question please donot tell anything wrong. show them that u r capable of doing the job in the company.

College Name: NIT Durgapur

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I would say prepare the three basic subjects of civil very soundly. Be confident in what you are saying. If you don't know the answer say that you don't know with some near or approx answer ideas. Be very thorough with your final year projects.