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7th April 2021

Profile -87/78/77 - Mechanical Engineer

CAT percentile -99.51 (94.4/98.66/99.46)

4 months work ex.

Interview was on Microsoft teams. Glitches all around 🙈

M1,M2

Me - Hello sir am i audible and visible ? ( A bit confused because the screen froze and the buttons stopped working)

Fortunately they said

M1 - Yes pavan. you are audible.our video is off

( I decided to leave the laptop alone 😌)

Me - Ok sir

M1 - Introduce yourself

Me -Live in pune

Family background and business

F1 interest and SAE SUPRA Rank 3 and Research paper

Ppo from atlas copco

M1 - Hobbies ?

Me- F1 enthusiast

read novels

like to watch sitcoms for leisure

M1 - What electives did you have?

Sir we had very few electives in our college. I took CFD in final year

M1- In third year ?

No sir. unfortunately our college changed the portion for my batch and we didn't have electives.

M1- Why industrial management ?

Me-Told about interest in management with was developed through various participation and through reading a few books. The goal etc.

M1- What operations subject did you have ?

Me- None. Cuz we didn't have any electives.

M1- Not even production planning ?

Me - No sir there was a small part of it in Manufacturing technology. There was introduction to six sigma basics.

M1- Asked about "DMAIC" i had no idea what that was

Me - i dont know that

M1 - You know six sigma right ?

Me - Just the basics

M1 - Ok tell me what you know about six sigma?

Went on a monologue about six sigma

Over to M2

M2- Difference between shaper nd planer ?

Said something and i know it wasn't right

M2- Are you sure. there’s a more basic difference.

Me- I don't remember that

M2- Ok your favourite subjects ?

Me- FEA, RAC, Manufacturing Technology

M1 again

M1 - What kind of novels or books do you read ?

Me - Mostly thriller novels but i like to mix it up with a few non fiction too

M1- What non fiction di you read last ?

Me- Gandhi before India , Ramchandra Guha and told a bit about that

M1 - Are there more books in series ?

Me - Yes sir there is India after Gandhi and Modern leaders of india.

M1- What are your long term goals ?

Me- Told that i want to learn and apply that in the industrial management field.

M1 - Dont you want to lead a company or a business of your own

Me- I would definitely like that but first i want to explore all the opportunities and then take a decision about the bigger picture.

M2 again

M2 - What quality is required as a manager ?

Started explaining

Interrupted

M2- Explain precisely we have limited time

Me- Yes sir. The most important quality is embracing criticism. If we dont take feedback we might drive the company down the road. etc.

M2- Ok pavan you can leave now

Thankyou Sir

Edit #1 They also asked this question — What is the significance of Factor of safety while designing a part?

Explained with an example that for a part made of iron may have 250/270N/mm2 as yield strength but due to fatigue/ creep failure the part might fail earlier than we expected. That's why factor of safety is used.

In all it was the first stress interview of the season where the panelists didn't ask me on my academic strongholds. But I feel I managed the pressure well. I was calm and I maintained a smile on my face :). Last interview of the season. Fingers crossed for the results 🤞🤞