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ArunavaChatterjee,ElectricalScience
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Iguessyouneedtoknowthetechnicalquestionsonly,herearesomethatIcanremember,ohyes
someareabitnontech:
1.Jobinterview:
I.StartingfromFHPmotorstoLaplacetransformstoFouriertransforms(whatthehell?)andalso
askedmetosolvesomeproblems.
2.WhatistheneedforCapacitorbanksinaPowersystem?Phasordiagramtoexplain.
3.WhatisSoftstarting?
4.HowaInductionmotorstarts(principleofoperation)?(Brooommmmmm)
5.Questionsonpowerquality.
6.WhatwillhappenifyougiveDCsupplytoaTransformer(Whyonearth?)
II.M.Techentranceinterview:(whywouldyouneedanotherinterviewwhenyouqualifyforit
beforehand?anyway)
1.HowcanInductionmotorworkasagenerator?
2.WhatisaStroboscope?(really?howaboutaSynchroscope?)
3.Whatdoyoumeanbycontrollabilityandobservabilityrelatingtoaparticularsystem?(things
gettingworse...)
4.WhatareClipperandClampercircuits?Explain.
5.Relationbetweenmu(nought)andepsilon(nought)?
6.Randomquestiononrms,maximumandaveragevalues.
(wentforhours)
III.AnotherJob:
1.Whichmotorsareusedinelectrictraction?(afterIanswered)whatarethereasonsforusing?
2.WhendoyouuseaLPFWattmeter?
3.WhatisZVSandZCS(explainedwithwaveforms)Quasiresonantconverters,etc.
4.Whatisreactivepower?(explainedindetail)Powerflow.
5.Canyouusepulsedwavesupplyinaregularpowersystem/networkinsteadofsinesupply?(Again
explainedwithwaveformsandabitofmathematics)
Alright...youanswerwell...now...
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6.Howcanyouconvert1phaseto3phase?Nametheconverter?(What???areyousureyour
questionisRightsir?hellyes)
IV.AnotherJob:
1.Whatdoyoumeanbyatransformer?(sic)
2.Whatisthetypicalvalueofearthingresistance?
3.Whyonearthdoyouneedthisjob...?(:Dsilly)
V.Finally,theResearchFellowship:
1.SoduringyourM.Tech,didyoufearyourProfessor?(WithaGrin...)DoyouLoveHimorHate
Him?(IRespectHim...*goodjobmate*)
2.Whatdoyoumeanbyadualstatorwindingmachine?
3.WhatisDirecttorquecontrolasappliedtoIM?DifferencefromVectorcontrol?Questionson
SpaceVectors,harmoniceliminationPWMetc.
4.WhatwouldyoudowithanInductionGenerator(MyM.TechthesiswasonInduction
Generators...IsaidIwanttooptimizethegeneratedvoltage)
5.Howwillyouoptimize?AnyAlgo?(OhGod...whatdidIjustsay?)
6.Iwillgiveyouoneproblem...writesoneontheboard...nowoptimize...(Isurrendered...)
Ok,thatisonebriefanswerwilladdsomemoreifIremember,butallIcansayisthatInowgoto
takeExternalVivas/interviewstodifferentinstitutes,Igetthefeeling.EvenIhadfaced/facingvivas,
interviews,mocksandwhatnot.Andtrustme,theyarefun,speciallywhenyoucomeoutofthehall
andsuddenlyrememberalltheanswersthatwereaskedtoyou.
P.S.IhavedeliberatelymissedonthenamesoftheCompanies/Institutes.Andofcourse,the
outcomestoo.
ThanksforA2A.
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AshikaGururani,EdisonEngineeratGE
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IhaveonlybeenthroughthreeinterviewsanddontrememberallthequestionsbutIlltrytocover
thoseareinmymind.
BARCInterview:
IhadmentionedthesefoursubjectsNetworks,ControlSystem,PowerElectronicsandMachines
Theystartedwiththedefinitionoftransferfunction.ThenIwasaskedaboutLowpassfilterand
todrawthecircuitforthesame.ThentheyaddedsomeelementstoitandIhadtocalculatethe
transferfunctionofthecircuit.TheyaskedsomemorequestionsrelatedtoCS,willaddthem
whenIamabletorecall.
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InpowerelectronicsIwasfirstaskedtodrawthecircuitoffullwaverectifier,thenhadto
derivesomeexpressionrelatedtoitandtheyaskedtodrawwaveformsfordifferentcasesof
rectifiers.Iwasalsoaskedaquestionrelatedtoboostconverter.
Transformersefficiencycurve,effectofintroductionofairgapincore,caseofcoreless
transformer,characteristiccurvesincaseofsynchronousmotor.Theyhadaskedsomequestions
combiningmachinesandpowerelectronics,Idontrememberthequestionsbutoneofthem
wasrelatedtooperatingtheinductionmachinebetween4590andotherwasrelatedto
operatingtransformerondc.
WAPCOSInterview:
Howtocontrolexcitationofagenerator
QuestionsrelatedtoAutomaticLoadFrequencyControl
Howelectricalenergyisusedtodrivetrains.Howmotorsaredrivingthewheelsoftrain.
GEInterview:
HadtwointerviewsTechnicalandHR.
IntechnicalIwasbasicallyaskedquestionsrelatedtoControlandInstrumentation.Theyincluded:
Somebasiccontrolquestions
TemperatureControlofaroom.
VariousTransducersandsensors.
Questionsrelatedtomyprojects.
Workingofgeneratorsinparallel.
ProtectionschemesusedinPowerSystem
IhadtodesignacontrolsystemusingANDandORlogicforcontrollingthewaterlevelofa
tank.
InHRthequestionsthatwereaskedwerethesamethatareaskedinmostoftheinterviews.
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MohitKumar,Student/learner
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Iwilltellyouinbrief:
AsIhavedonemyprojectinmakingMaximumPowerPointTracking(MPPT),itinvolveslotof
elctrionics(Digital&Analog)andlotofpowerelectronics,theseweremyfieldsofinterestsoin
everyinterviewit'sstartswithprojectdescriptionfollowedby
1questionsonpowerelectronicslikeforexamplewhyweuseinductorinconverters......
2.Useoffreewheelingdiodeinconverters.
3.ProtocolsforRF,sensormaterials.
4.Questionsonpowertransmissionline.
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5.Questionsfromcontrolssystems?Advantageofbode,nyquistetcplots..
6.Somequestionsondailylifeexamplelikehowtubelightworks,fanworks...
7.Howinductionmotorworks.
8.ResolutionofADC??
9.SimpleOPAMcircuits.
10.Questionsontransformers,relaysandetc....
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SwapnilShah,workingatAlembicltd.
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DuringmyTechnicalInterviewatAlembicltd:
NormalquestionslikeTellmeaboutyourself?Whyyouoptedforourcompany?
ThanheaskedaboutmyinterestSoIsaidElectricalmachinesandPowerelectronics,Ihadoptedfor
Advancedpowerelectronicsduringthefinalyear.
Sohestartedwithmachines'squestions.,Transformer'sefficiencyandwhytheratingsareinKVAnot
inKW.Kapp'sregulationdiagram.ThaninInductionmotorheaskedwhyitisusedwidely?The
circlediagram.AndInsynchronousmotorheaskedaboutwhyitisnotselfstartingandaskedtodraw
somefiguresregardingit.
Inpowerelectronicsheaskedaboutvariousdevicestheircharacteristics,Andtheusualquestionof
whylatchingcurrentismorethanholdingcurrent.Andthantherewerefewgoodquestionsondiode
whichIcan'trememberproperly.
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Anonymous
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ThefollowingQuestionswereaskedatBARCinterview.
1.Youaredrivingaloadusingainductionmotorandsynchronousmotorcoupledtogether.Theload
isof7kWandtheratedcapacitiesofthesynchronousmotorandinductionmotorrespectivelyare
8kWand10kW.Explainhowtheloadwillbesharedbythetwomotors.
2.Inthebelowdrawing,whatwillbeoutputvoltageagainstsecondary(Pldontmindqualityofthe
drawing).

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