HPCL INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE

HPCL interview review :-

25 july,2016
Scope Kumar ,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi
Reporting time 8:30am

I reached there at 8 am. Whole Process started with a ppt around 8:45am. It was a very short ppt regarding job profile and salary breakup. Then document verification process started (carry percentage conversion formula and GATE score card also, marksheets of all semesters is also required apart from consolidated mksheet)
After document verification we were divided into three groups of 5,6 &8 and sent for group task. Only 18 were present out of around 30 candidates.
There were two interview panels consists of 8 members (they took our group task also).
In group task they provide 5 mins to read the passage of group task problem and then we were provided 30 mins to discuss and come to a conclusion.
Topic :-
An aeroplane crash has happened in sahara desert and we just passed last sign of civilization 15 mins back....our captain and crew members are dead ....we six passengers survive the crash along with co captain and one crew member.
We have to prioritize these items in order to survive ourselves.....
1.75 litres of Water
2. 50kg of oxygen
3. Match box
4.razor blade
5.50 packets of peanuts
6.aeroplane blankets
7.aeroplane pillow
8.nylon rope
9.sewing kit
10.first aid box
11. 20cans of soda
12. Soda opener
13. Cosmetic mirror

After group task they announced results.....6/6...5/5(interview panel 1)all selected...6/8 (interview panel2) were selected.
We went for interview in the same panel who took our group task.
Most of the interviews were totally HR.....not even a single technical question....some question from your training
Prepare HR hard ...why HPCL ....why a non tech job....
Selected candidates from all groups were 5/6...4/5 (interview panel 1)& 3/6(interview panel 2).
Interesting point is that our interview and group task were done without our stream basis(same panel for all stream students).
All d best....
Last but not d least I got selected for medical.
I have medical tomorrow.
Final selection will be done on the basis of all India merit list later.

Thank you Madhvendra Pratap.

NTPC INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE 2016

NTPC selection process experience. (The last PSU interview for me)

Branch: ECE

Place : NTPC PMI , Noida

Reporting time : 8.00 am

Initially, there was breakfast. After breakfast, document verification plus you needed to fill a form mentioning your particulars started.

After filling the form, they matched the documents with particulars you filled in the form. Document verification was fast and simultaneously, GD was being conducted.

GD: Before starting GD they asked everyone in the group to give their brief introduction.

G D topic: Coaching institutes are good or bad for teen-ager 's intelligence?

12 minutes were given to discuss on the topic

My interview questions:

They asked about my family background. Next they asked what have you studied. I replied: GATE topics.

Then one person asked me some simple questions on signal system like he gave a signal and asked if it is linear or not. Asked to plot sin(t^2) and how is graph is different from sint. Then he switched to transformer where he asked how does it work and on which principle. Then he gave a ckt of transformer with primary connected to sinusoidal AC and he asked to draw flux lines in transformer and current direction in secondary.

Other person in the panel started his questions on my work ex. He started with basic questions, then ultimately went into details after which i have to say sorry sir, I don't know.

Other person said that your interview is over.

Then I went out of the interview room with mixed feelings about the interview.

Interview duration : 30 mins.

Hope this helps for future aspirants.

Thank you Saurav.

NPTEL LECTURES - GATE ECE

How to prepare from NPTEL lectures for GATE Electronics and Communication
NPTEL is a MHRD Initiative. The NPTEL site contains video lectures from faculty at IIT’s and IISc. The aim of this project was to improve the quality of Engineering and Science Education in the country. NPTEL lectures are a valuable source for students. These lectures are also helpful for students preparing for GATE. Most of the subjects of GATE Exam are covered in these lectures. In this article we will list the lectures to be followed for each subject. However students should keep in mind that viewing these lectures will take a lot of time and they might not be able to watch all lectures in a short time. Students can watch particular subject in which they feel they are weak and gain confidence from these lectures. The transcripts of these lectures for some subjects are available in pdf format and one can read them also while preparing. Now we begin to list the subjects and their corresponding NPTEL lectures which are to be followed.

                   

1) Digital Circuits/Logic Design

The video lectures which will be useful for this subject are Digital Circuits and Systems by Prof. S Srinivasan, faculty(retd.) at IIT Madras. There are 40 lectures in total. These lectures almost cover the complete syllabus of Digital circuits for Gate exam.  However, Microprocessor syllabus is not covered in these lectures.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117106086/1
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117106086 

2) Signals and Systems

One can follow the lectures of Networks and Systems by Prof. VGK Murti, faculty(retd.) at IIT Madras. There are 50 lectures in total. In the last 6 lectures concepts related to state variable is covered which will be helpful for Control systems.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108106075/1
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=108106075

3) Control Systems

The lectures helpful for this subject are Control Systems by Prof. M Gopal, faculty(retd.) at IIT Delhi. He is a famous author of many text books related to control systems. One can follow the lectures along with the text book written by him.

There are 41 lectures in the course and one can skip from lecture 10 to lecture 18 as they are not important for GATE exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/video.php?subjectId=108102043
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=108102043

4) Electronic Devices/Solid state devices

Video lectures of Solid state devices by Prof. S Karmalkar, faculty at IIT Madras are helpful for this course. There are 40 lectures and one needs to see all the lectures to cover Gate syllabus.

NPTEL Lectures Link: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117106091/
Transcript Link:  http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117106091

5) Communications

For Analog Communication part the lectures of Communication Engineering by Prof. Surendra Prasad, faculty(retd) at IIT Delhi will be helpful. He was previously the director of IIT Delhi. There are 41 lectures in this course and all of them will be helpful for Gate exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117102059/
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117102059
For Digital Communication the lectures to be referred are Digital Communication by Prof. Bikash Kumar Dey, faculty at IIT Bombay. There are 32 lectures in the course. One can directly start from lecture 10 if one is thorough in the concepts of Random Process and Variables. One can skip after lecture 25 as they are not required for Gate exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117101051/
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=1171010

In addition to these video lectures one can go through web materials of the course, Principles of Communication by Prof V V Rao, faculty(retd.) at IIT Madras. The materials are very helpful to prepare topics related to Random Variables and Processes. One can see the materials from the following linkhttp://nptel.ac.in/courses/IIT-MADRAS/Principles_of_Communication1/

6) Electromagnetics

For the Electrostatics part the lectures of Electromagnetic Fields by Prof. Harishankar Ramachandran, faculty at IIT Madras will be helpful. He is presently the HOD of Electrical Engineering Dept at IIT Madras.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108106073/
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=108106073

For the Electromagnetics part the lectures of Transmission lines and EM Waves by Prof. RK Shevgaonkar, faculty at IIT Delhi will be helpful. He was formerly faculty at IIT Bombay. Presently he is the Director of IIT Delhi. Along with lectures one can follow the text book titled EM Waves, by Prof. RK Shevgaonkar.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117101056/
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117101056 
One can even follow the web materials from this linkhttp://nptel.ac.in/courses/117101057/

7) Network Analysis/Circuit Analysis

One can see the lectures of Basic Electrical Engineering by  Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura, faculty at IIT Madras. There are 21  lectures and all of them are helpful for GATE Exam.

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/117106101/
Transcript Link:http://textofvideo.nptel.iitm.ac.in/video.php?courseId=117106101

8) Analog Circuits

The lectures to be referred to this course are Analog circuits by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura, faculty at IIT Madras. There are lectures. These lectures cover some part of the gate syllabus for Analog Circuits. One has to take care while preparing. These lectures don’t cover the concepts of BJT and one has prepare on own.

NPTEL Lectures Link: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108106084/ 

9) Engineering Mathematics

Even though there are lectures for this course it is advised to prepare for this subject on your own because the topics are covered in great depth and might not be very helpful. The lectures for this course are

NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/122107036/
NPTEL Lectures Link:http://nptel.ac.in/courses/122107037/

10) General Aptitude and English

There are no lectures for these subjects.

COURTESY : GATE Mitra 

BARC INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE AND QUESTIONS

BARC recruits through GATE score and/or separate written exam which is conducted during the month of march.The interviews are conducted for the selected students at bombay.

BARC 2016 Written Test Cutoff                 : 98.3 percentile for ECE
BARC GATE 2016  SCORE Cutoff            : 789/1000 for ECE

Around 474 electronics students were called for the interview which was held over a period of 4-5 days.

I have uploaded an word file which has BARC interview experiences of many graduates in the past few years.

CLICK HERE TO  DOWNLOAD.

IOCL INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE - EE 2016

Date:25/06/2016
Venue:IBP house Kolkata
No of candidates for EE 35 (out which 12 absent).

Reporting time 8:30 am presentation started and document verification till 11 depends on candidate strength
Simultaneously Interview was taking place of verified candidates...and I was called for GD and GT

GD topic: Problems faced by oldage people
very easy one try to make some schemes like helpage India talks about village oldage and city difference in problem faced by them

GT topic: For the education system in India for schooling,what attrribute you would like to give least priority below given?
A)knowledge
B)sincerity
C)compassion please conclude your decision with reason....

PI : As I had no job experience and 2015 passout my questions were mostly HR related example why IOCL ? Why you want to join to oil sector why not your own core company? What is your main purpose in life and where you see yourself???

Technical
Basic of induction machine??
Basic of transformer
protection regarding transmission lines and simple equipment protection
Rest your btech project and summer project???
No tough questions at all.....

But whoever is showing job experience no HR full technical for 45min -1 hr.

Thank you Ritwik kumar for sharing your interview experience. Hope this helps future aspirants.

PGCIL INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE - EE 2016

30th June ,2016
8:30 am

I reported @8am at pgcil office (near iffco chowk metro station) and waited there till 8:30 when documentation process started.

Around 10 am breakfast was provided alongside document verification process...

From 11 am they started sending students for interview in an order Interview panel looks friendly for me it consists of around 4people (1 maam included).

Left half was from hr and right half from technical....it was mixed interview of both technical and hr around 15mins long (mainly focussed on transmission line protection and hvdc converters & transformer.....from fresher they can ask about major project in little deep ).....prepare training also 

Most of the interview took around 10-20 mins (No introduction in mostly cases)

During interview process they started sending people for gd also (around 7students in a gp)...
GD:-
After brief instructions 
You have to choose one chit from a bowl having nos. On it 
Moderator will tell u d topic depending on that number 
2 mins for writing points
8 mins for discussion 
3 mins for writing short paragraph on discussion 
We were provided 2 blank sheets (one for rough and one for writing paragraph)
My interview questions:-
HR :-
Family background 
School background 
College background 
Gap year in study (better to avoid Madeeasy)
TECHNICAL:-
1.Pf and load factor
2.Harmonics in transformer 
3.Harmonics in hvdc (6k+-1 in inverter)
4.How can we suppressed them
5.Corona 
6.How can we deal with lightning surge on transmission lines
7. Difference between hydral and thermal power plant (I went for training in ntpc )

GD topic....
1.Co education is good
2.Arrange marraige vs love marraige

From some students they asked awkward questions
full form like DSLP
T&D losses
12 pulse converter

21 were present out of 22
All the best!

Thank you Madhvendra Pratap for sharing your interview experience.

GAIL INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE- ECE 2016

My GAIL selection process experience. (ET 2016 Telecom/Telemetry)

NAME: SAURAV JAISWAL  AIR:43   GATE ECE  2016

I reached the Gail training institute, noida at around 8.30 am. There were 2 people for checking the documents. After getting the documents verified, we were divided in groups of around 10. The topics of gd were related to current news. All the document verification process and gd got over by 2.30 pm.

Interviews started after 2.30pm.

There was a single board taking the interviews. The panel consisted of 5-6 mid aged persons and 2 persons were somewhat younger.

They were asking random technical questions which were very basic. They asked basically questions from rectifiers, zener diodes and satellite communication. Their HR questions were same for all like why Gail??

Which PSU will you join despite having same scale of pay in all PSU?? And more stupid questions like this.

It was already 8pm when my interview got over.

It was my first PSU interview experience. I thought of having some good interview questions in technical but it looked like they were not looking for technical people instead they wanted people who will stay with them( they asked everyone about ese, whether one has attempted the exam or not).

Seeing about the same questions asked to everyone it's really hard to predict if one may get selected or not.

P.S. : My chances of final selection are almost zero.

Thank you Saurav for sharing your experience.

IOCL INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE 2016 - ECE

IOCL interview experience (28/06/2016)

SAURAV JAISWAL
Branch : ECE
AIR :  43 and  GATE SCORE : 911.

Venue : Mumbai 

How to reach : Just get down at Bandra Station and take a share auto from here to BKC IOCL. It will charge Rs 20-30 and will take 15-20 mins from there.

After reaching the venue, the candidate were divided into M1 and M2 groups as the interviews of M1 and M2 were taken by separate panels.

Document verification started just after the having a PPT about IOCL and breakfast. Document Verification was organised and the people were really helpful. For TA reimbursement you need to show the tickets of both the sides. For the people who didn't book the return were given facility to book the ticket then and there and get the reimbursement.

After document verification (took about 1.5 hours for all), there was GD/GT. 30 mins were allotted for GD and 30mins for GT.

GD topic : Public private partnership in higher education Boom or bad

GT topic : Safety measures for elderly people.

In between they did provide a good lunch.

After that interview started.

Interview started with HR questions like tell me about yourself and your family background? Why IOCL? What are your preference order for different PSU and Why?

On the technical side they mostly asked on instrumentation like What is principle of working of Level instruments, pressure instruments. Ranges and types of practical thermocouples and more on the instrumentation part only.

Overall the interview had very basic level questions and the panel was cordial.

Interview duration : 15mins.

All the interviews got over by 6pm.

Thank you SAURAV JAISWAL. Hope this helps out all those who are giving IOCL interview in future.

CCMT 2016 NITs SEAT AVAILABILITY FOR ECE

Here is a list of Seats Available at 10 most sought after  NITs for average gate rankers in Electronics and Communication Branch as per data available at CCMT 2016 portal.

1.National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

2.National Institute of Technology, Warangal

3.National Institute of Technology Calicut

4.National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

5.Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

6.Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT)

7.Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT),Nagpur

8.Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT)

9.National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

10.Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) , Surat

IIT Kanpur Interview Experience - Microelectronics, VLSI & Display Technologies (2014)

This is the interview experience of Disha Shrivastava,which i had read  while looking for details on IIT Kanpur on her personal blog .

YEAR- 2014  (GATE ECE)

The list of shortlisted candidates for IIT Kanpur MTech interview was put up on the website. I had applied in three specializations at IIT Kanpur : 1) Microelectronics, VLSI & Display Technologies 2) Signal Processing & Communication 3) RF & Microwave in the same order of preference, but my name was appearing in only one list ( VLSI ) though my GATE score was above the cutoff in other two specializations as well. This outcome puzzled me and then I came to know the hard truth which was not revealed to me either by IIT Kanpur or anyone else while applying. At IIT Kanpur, they will shortlist you only for one specialization based on your order of preference and will interview you only in that specialization. You can’t even appear for the interview of other specializations even if your score is higher than its cutoff. So, friends be very careful while applying. Give preferences based both on your interests and the areas which you are strong in so that you can display your worth in the interviews.

I had stayed in IIT Kanpur for two months as part of my summer project after BE 2nd year. So, I was very much aware of the campus and the locations of each department. They had marked two days for the interview (6th – 7th May) which seemed justified when I entered a huge hall packed with students on 6th at 7 am. They had called around 350 students for interview of just one specialization ( VLSI )!! After 2-3 hours of confusion among the co-ordinators and growing impatience of the students, interviews were finally started. We were dispatched from the lecture hall in groups of 10 students to reach the Electrical Engg. Dept where interviews were being held. I learnt from the co-ordinators that there were 3 interview panels for VLSI each consisting of 2-3 professors.There was no fixed sequence of sending students inside. Everyone in the room had to catch a train at night and so order was changed based on their convenience ( Many people creating fake flights and trains). My name was 3rd in the list but thanks to our urgency friends, I was dropped down to 18th spot. In store for me were, yes you guessed it right a decade of waiting hours  To add to my irritation, profs. were conducting a single interview for 50-55 mins..Being tired both mentally and physically, finally my chance came at 7pm.

Interview:

There were two professors in my Panel. As soon as I entered the room they handled me a chalk and sent me to the blackboard adding to my anxiety. The questions which they asked were as follows:

• Draw the drain current vs gate-to-source voltage curve for nMOS.
• Write the equation for drain current ( asked what each parameter is in the equation)
• What is mobility? Draw its graph showing its variation with temperature. Why does it show such a dependence. Explain.
• Draw the circuit of a CMOS inverter. Justify the connections (i.e, why nmos substrate is connected to ground,etc.)
• Draw Voltage Transfer Curve ( VTC ) of CMOS. How will the VTC change if pmos is replaced with a resistance.
• What is switching threshold voltage? Derive an expression for it. How does it depend on W/L ratio?
• Draw the VTC if W/L ratio of pmos is increased/decreased.

The interview lasted for about 45 mins. I answered 85% of the questions and they were satisfied with my explanations. Some of the questions were not of undergraduate level and they themselves said that they were not expecting me to answer them. Learning from my earlier mistake, I had studied some analog and devices portion before reaching Kanpur. At the end of the interview, I was quite happy with my performance (especially compared to previous one) and was relieved that now I can go home. I heard that all the interviews after me ( that day and the next day) were just 10-15 mins long ; so luck also favoured me in a way here. The results were out quite late ( May End) and I was selected with 36 other people ( Note: The intake at VLSI at iitk is roughly 12-13 ; but since they release only one list, they have to keep margin and thus make offer to more candidates).

Pros:

• IIT Kanpur is known for its academics and is also quite reputed for being a good research institute (some say it is the 2nd best after IISc in research).
• IITk mess offers the best food you can have in any of the IIT’s and IISc. The quality and the variety of food is pretty good. The act of hot rotis being served as soon as you finish the one on your plate and drinking water being changed periodically to ensure that it remains cold happens only in Kanpur J
•  The campus is beautiful and very well maintained (as soon as a leaf falls on the road, it is swept off immediately ); good hostels with 24 hours functioning canteens; amazing playgrounds for almost all sports and dancing peacocks provide irresistible attractions
• One thing which I liked very much and which I would like to mention is the attitude of the mess staff and security guards. They take care of you as a child and are always ready to help in a sincere and polite way.

Cons:

• Apparently, the best specialization for EC at IITk is not Microelectronics & VLSI , its Signal Processing & Communication (I came to know about this later and this was one of the mistakes which I made while applying ) It is good both for research and placements. Surprisingly, the cut-off for Spcom was much lower than VLSI and its intake was also huge (70).
• The academic system at iitk is quite stringent in the sense that you get only even grades (after 10 comes 8 then 6 ;which means there are no 9’s and 7’s). This affects your CGPA and can be a concerning factor if you are applying for PhD abroad.
• According to the current batch students studying VLSI there, the faculty members in this course are very less and 90% of the research going on is in the field of Devices (which sadly doesn’t have much scope in India till now; but has wide opportunities abroad).To add to the grievances, were the below average placements in VLSI this year (This doesn’t mean that placements are always like this)