Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Electrical Engineering-5

EE interview:

CP : Chairperson ( DEWAN Sir) M1, M2 , M3 : three members

CP:

1 how many national parks can you name in india . ( Question picked from my DAF where a NP was mentioned )
2 Can u draw the map of india
3. Mark port blair in d map.Distance from mainland ? (Diwan sir is from navy . This justifies questions from ports and sea distance )
4 Mark as many ports on the west coast of india
5 Give details of women reservation bill
6 Which lady apart from political would be your role model
7 What olympic medal did Mary kom win and when?

M1
1 How many chapters are there in Bhagwad Gita ? ( hobby - reading bhagvad gita as it is frm ISKON)
2 Name all chapters of Gita
3 Two chapters that according to you are the essense of Gita
4 Have you done any training ? Elaborate
5 Test done on transformers to ensure their proper working?
6 Explain how oil test is done
7 what all equipments are found in switchyard?
8 If you had a switchyard and a substation what changes would you do to improve it
M2
1 What was your final year project on?( Matlab ANN)
2 Why did you chose matlab?
3 What is artificial intelligence?
4 What is ANN
5 Importamce of synapses?
6 What activation function you used in your project and why?
7 Training methods of ANN?
8 full form of IEEE?( Vice chairman of ieee chapter in college)
9 Its Branches?
10 What you organized in your IEEE student chapter and how many members wer there? fee?

M3
1 why 11 kv is used for generation?
2 What is cyber crime? ( Had won gold medal in national cyber olympiad)
CP interrupts .. What is recent cyber crime of international level that took place and who revealed it?
3 How would you instruct someone regarding cyber security through a seminar?
4 Importance of earth wire?
5 List some instructions you would give to a person regarding care that has to be taken while handling and using electrical equipment /electricity?

CP: In railways one is posted in very remote locations also. If you are selected will you be able to manage?

PS :
My interview was very general nature an not very theoretical qns wer asked. While others were asked the same.

The board was cordial though but they were also putting up situations where it was easy to lose ones cool and easyness. They were probably testing personality traits through that.
Questions were repeated in same panel as my friend and me interviewd on same day same panel had 2 similar qns.

UPSC members are some of the finest people one can come across and its hard to pretend to be someone you are not in front of them ( unless one is extreamly good at pretending). So honesty is the best policy.
Prepare from the background of panel members too.
DAF is your bible for interview. Prepare thoroughly from that. Expect indirect questions from that too. Example in my case - cyber olympiad->cyber crime-recenylt crime of international level and exposer?
Interview is a lot of luck and depends on board too.

All the best to future aspirants!

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Mechanical-3

Mech engg. Panel 4
Chairperson(ch). Chattar Singh
1. About job profile ( as i m in Ongc)2. Place of posting nd my experience 3. Gas nd oil quality control measures.3. Diff parameters of crude oil to be tkn in to consideration.
Panel 2. Diff bw fuel nd battery., convective heat transfer, adiabatic reversible nd isentropic process diff,
3rd person. How to measure the water content in diesel nd its effect on engine. Performance.
4th person. Tolerance, allowance diff bw them, hole nd shaft Basis system, why these two systems nd there application in industry., diff types of fits ,
CH.: abt my hobby .....
Thank you ur int z over...

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2012 Interview Experience - Civil Engieering - 3

date of interview-15th jan 2014 at 4.00 to 4:20 pm
branch-civil
board-AP singh
1.why u want to leave da job frm UPRVUNL
2.why u want to go in railways
?
3. Wat is diamond crossing
member1- 1.what is quick sand and based on this he asked 10 ques like piping,effective stress, how to overcum frm this situation at site and wich typ of filters may b provided for its nd wat size of particles can b retaind and frm these filters nd filters used in water resourece wat r da differences....i ans most of da ques except size of particles..
Member 2-from job ....how u do da strength chek for cement and wat is da size of cube2.how u chek da strnth of concrete at site nt in da lab
3.viats apparatus k baare me batao
4.machines used at
construction site?
5.how materials r feed in batching plant and wat is da use of silo?
6-what is da grade of concrete used at ur site?
I ans all of these
member 3-wat is retaining wall explain why it is used and askd many qus on this....
I ans most of his ques
head -
from hobby-wat does exactly sudoku means?
2.ques frm history of sukoku frm wher it cum in world nd yr etc ?
3.frm wher u solve dis nd name of news paper.......
Now u may go and i came out wid my satisfactory intrw ....

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2012 Interview Experience - Civil Engieering - 2

20th jan,2014....civil branch
Board :- alka sirohi mam

ch - what kind of books do you read?(answer-recently read= my experiments with truths by mahatma gandhi)what is the message you got from this book? recently it was said in south africa that you gave us gandhi and we gave you mahatma.do you agree with it?what is apartheid?
m1- what is the difference between national and international system in chess?(my hobby is chess)suppose one knight moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally ,how will it get denoted by the computer?what is your favorite subject?(ans -som , geotech)what is the difference between compaction and consolidation?when raft foundation is used?when pile foundation is used?how will you measure the ultimate load that can be bear by pile?is there any contribution by shaft?what is scaffolding?what are your other favourite subjects?(ans-concrete and steel)what is the effect of water cement ratio?suppose one sample has water cement ratio as .4 and other has .8,which will have more strength?is there any engineering reason?
m2- how will you measure bearing capacity of soil?explain the method of plate load test?what is the unit in which answer come?what is the size of plate?what are the consistency limits?what is liquid limit,plastic limit,plasticity index?suppose a soil has plasticity index as 40,will it be suitable?
m3- what is narmada sewer project?what is its effects?what is duty and delta?
ch(again)-what energy transformations take place in hydroelectric power plant?

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Electrical Engineering-4

IES Interview Exp.
Branch: Electrical Engg.
Panel Chairman: David Sir
Date: 08/01/2014
David Sir:
1. So u r frm NSIT..can u tell us in brief abt. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose?
2. U play guitar..what kind of guitar exactly..can u tell abt diff b/w acoustic and hawaiian guitar?
3. U like teaching..where have u taught?
4. U left ur job in 4 months. Can u brief it?
5. Ur first pref. in IES?
then he passed on to other members.
M1.
1. Tell us abt. transducers.
2. Where in railways can u use ur knowledge of instrumentation engg.?
3. What kind of transducers/sensors will help in checking faults in railways..say for instance railway tracks?

M2.
1. Can u tell us abt diff b/w incandescence lights, CFLs, and LEDs?
2. How will we determine which one to use?

M3.
1. Have u seen instrumentation systems industrially?
2. Can u draw a block diag. of a basic instrumentation system used in d industry?
3. What is PLC and where it is used?
4. PLC dat u saw was of which comp.?

Actually the panel asked me more ques esp. d first and the third member..dey were very supportive and friendly..interview lasted for 25 min. approx. my performance was not dat much upto wat I had expected..fingers crossed.

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - ECE-7

Interview date- 07.01.14 (AN)
panel- Razni Razdan
Branch- E&T

chairman:
your name?
roll no.?
is this your passport pic?
are you doing any job? ( I told that i am doing M.Tech in VLSI)

member1:
what is the difference between VLSI and LSI?
what are the main characteristics u take into consideration while designing a chip?
what is the relation between power consumption and speed?
if you get ies will you continue ur m.tech or not?

member2:
why ITS is ur 1st option but not railways?
what is packet switching?
what is connectionless and connection oriented packet switching?

member3:
how VLSI is connected to nano technology? and why VLSI is moving towards nano technology?
how VLSI gets useful in mobile technology?


hardly 15 to 20 min

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Mechanical-2

Interview Experience ESE-2013
Interview Date : 6 Jan. 2014 (FN)
UPSC Chairperson: Vinay Mittal
Branch –Mechanical
 

Chairperson:- 
 U did ur btech in automobile engg from lingaya inst. Of mgt nd tech. Is this a private clg?
  u r doing mtech in design eng. ok u got a runner-up prize in junkyard. Wt is dat?
 what is utility of wooden air engine?
 where it is used now a days?
What is the application? 
one of ur hobby is teaching children. 
Tell me about dat.
 u do it for a noble cause?
why diesel engine is more efficient than petrol? 
Although diesel is more efficient but diesel have more black smoke and carbon particles?

1 tech-
what are technology to reduce emission?
What is bharat stage4?
What are the pollutants or
emission from vehicle?

2 tech
What is the different type of braking used in automobile?
What is advantage of disc brake over drum brake?
How braking is done in ship?

Chairperson- what is dynamic braking in rail?

2 tech –continue
Types of stainless steel ?
What are the alloying element in stainless steel?
Can we do welding on stainless steel?
What will be the effect of welding on it

3 tech
What is mach no?
In subsonic flow it is less
than 1 or more?
In supersonic flow ?
turbocharger?
difference btwn turboprop nd turbojet?
Difference btw nozzle and diffuser?
What is air density?
Density of petrol?
Which one have density petrol or water? 
Density of mild steel?

Chairperson- we add some additive in petrol? What is dat? We obtained it from some jatropha tree?
Chairperson- in what proportion we add bio-diesel in diesel ?
Chairperson- ok how will u contribute to the indian railway service if u join?

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Electrical Engineering-3

interview date- 10.01.14 (FN)
panel- D.k Diwan
Branch- EE

chairpeson:-
your roll no. ?
Is this ur passport pic ?
Some question from my job profile
Abt SONAR in detail

tech 1 & tech 2 also ask some questions related to my job work

tech3
what is voltage regulation ?
Types of Transmission lines
ABCD parameters of Transmission lines

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Mechanical-2

Date of interview. 7/01/2014
Member . Vinay mittal
Branvn. Mechanical

Chairperson
1. Why do u think railways suits you
2. Tell me wat you know about railways ies?
3. Tell me about weldings ?

Member 1
1. Wat Is ip, bp, fp
2. Diffrent ypes of dynamometers
3. Wat is major series his yer in cricket
4. Wat is the news about srinivasan recently
5. Tell me diff. Between spot and match fixing
6.why match fixing is done?

Member 2
1. Wat is painting
2. Wat r diffrent types of painting
3. Tel me about crankshaft
3. Asked about different materials?

Member 3
Complete powerplant heort
About 15 questions he asked

I have answered 80% of the questions......thank you
This may b useful for u

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - ECE-6

Interview date:10-01-2014
panel:Rajni Rajdan
Branch: ECE

Chairperson:
your name? roll no.? is this your passport pic?

M1:
your favourite subject? I said Analog electronics..
what's analog ?
Tell some devices which use it?
Amplifier's characteristics which we use in speaker systems?
what is Treble,Bass & equalization, what actually happens inside?
positive feedback of amplifiers which we face in day to day life?
draw Amplifiers' freq characteristics.. explain all portions and reasons..?
whats ideal amp freq char? how to attain ideal char?

M2:
difference between error and bug? (since I have worked as a software developer).
software development life cycle?
which model i used?
what's spiral model..

M3:
superheterodyne rx ?
ganged tuning?
AM bandwidth...Intermediate freq?
how should be the freq char of tuned amplifier?why?
how should be the freq char of IF amplifier?why?
Quality factor of above two and bandwidth? why?
why to use tuned ampr in the first stage?
effect of noises on the response of the superheterodyne?

I couldn't answer few questions, but overall interview was good..100% technical interview no other quest.. all the best to u all.. prepare technical papers well...
atleast mug up all the notes

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - ECE-5

Interview Date : 1/1/2014
Panel : Manbir Singh
Branch : E & T

Chairman asked about my previous job, current status and hobbies

M1:

What is big bang theory ,who discovered and when it started???
How to determine the age of fossils??
Name one paleontologist of India??

M2:

What are alpine forest?
Forests above 7000m height?
What are contrast parameters?
What do you mean by contrast equal to infinite?
What is young modulus?
On which type of materials its not aplicable??
What is cathode luminiscing?
What is cathode glis....(i dont remember the word)?

M3:

What is ohms law???
what is resistor ,capacitor,inductor??
what is short circuit?
how to prevent it?

Was not a good day for me...best of luck friends...

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2012 Interview Experience - Civil Engieering - 1

 Interview experience IES 2012 

Civil Engg.
panel-I M G Khan,3 technical members

While analysing my DAF Chairman (I.M.G.Khan) said "So are working as an Asst prof.(as have 6 month experience of teaching in a private college 'Devapragay Intitute Of technical Studies Phaphamau Alld.',DITS ) ? " I interefered "pardon my interference but,Sir I was working as an Asst Prof.("was" because I had quit before interview )" and I went on telling him " In a private college DITS" and I opted two subjects SOIL ENGINEERING.and CONCRETE STRUCTURE....then chairman asked where is it DEVPRAYAG ?..I said" Sir, its in ALLAHABAD". he said no the DEVPRAYAG? I insisted "Sir, Its AT PHAPHAMAU,a sub-urban of ALLAHABAD. and eventually I was proven wrong by Him.he said "Its a confluence of two major rivers and you should know about it "..I said "I have heard the name but I don know much about it". Chairman-So,you opted Structure ?Me" Yes ,sir I did" .and then he passed to first technical member.

First member- what are type of stress?,what will be result if we mix stress with warping? difference between warping and torsion.? draw the difference type stress on 2-D,3-D objects.?min % of steel in beams column slab ? what is T-beam.?which book do you refer for STM Structure CNCRETE? and many more que I don remember actually.

Second Member- have you seen Curzon bridge? what type of this bridge is? type of member joint in this bridge? type of sands in allahabad? difference of sand form Ganga and Yamuna? type of rivets? draw different types of rivet joint? type of well foundation,applicability of them? draw the cross-section of well foundation with detailing? where do you get sand for house construction from GANGA or YAMUNA ? n many more .

Third Member- tell me abt Manhole? spacing? applicability? position of manhole?
drop-manhole? different type of water supply networks,draw them, compare them, their applicability?
what is drip-foundation ? n more..

then again, Chairman- you are from city of pandits,so tell me what is Vastu shastra?
what are the institute in India imparting education for Vastu shastra?
relate Vastu shastra with your barnch (civil engg)?
you have to construct a house what would you prefer to go with Vastu shastra or civil engg code and manual,justify this?
n honestly he blew me off with his last quen.

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - ECE-4

My interview experience panel 7 

Date - 09/01/2014

Panel member-Rajni Razdan
Tell your name?
Tell your roll no.?
(Then Rajni Razdan left)

Tech 1-Name some SC devices?Have you used them?
A question on zener whose O/p waveform was to be drawn.
Draw Diagram of Full wave and bridge rectifier.

Tech 2-What is use of feedback in control systems?
What is gain margin and phase margin?
How to convert a unstable system to stable system?

Tech 3-What is Thevenin Theorem?
A transient ckt. with sinusoidal i/p was given with a capacitor and resistance and it's o/p was to be drawn.
A ckt. having Diode was given and it's Thevenin equivalent was to be drawn.

Can only remember this much but not many questions were asked.Almost everyone was interviewed for 12-15 min. by RR panel.
The panel asked M tech students from their M tech,those doing job were asked related to that and freshers were asked from their B tech subjects(fav. subjects).Overall board was cordial but no question whatsoever from DAF and current affairs.
I hope my experience would be useful to all.
All the best!

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Electrical Engineering-2

Electrical engg board-4 

Date - 08/01/14

chairperson-d.k.dewan
1.why did u give railways as first preference?
2.name of satellite launched by gslv?uses of satellite

member2
final yr proj related ques

member3
trng related ques

member4
job related ques

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Civil-1

My ESE interview was in board of Amar Pratap Singh (chairperson) dated on 03/01/2014.

Presently I’m working as Examiner of Patents & Designs in Patent Office.

1ST Chairperson:
1. Why do you want to leave present job?

2nd Person:
2. How will you help Railway dept. through your technical knowledge?
3. Did you see any railway construction site?
4. Generally, what types of bridges are provided in Railway?
5. Did you visit any construction site in civil Engg.?
6. What is very difficult construction work in civil Engg.?
7. When and where rocks bolting are provided?
8. Which kinds of mechanisms are attached to rock bolting for jacking?
9. Without visiting field, How can you ensure that this patent is working or not?
10. If an invention is likely to grant, then you grant or not?
11. What kinds of invention did you see except civil engg. Field?
12. How much time will it take to grant a patent after examination?

3rd Person:
13. Which is your favorite subject?
14. What is pre-stressed concrete? (But answer was Soil Mechanics)
15. What types of members are constructed in pre-stressed concrete?
16. What is a pre-stressed pier?
17. Why pre-stressed is in sleepers?
18. Why ballast has been used below railway track?
19. What will happen when ballast is not laid below railway track?
20. Why ballast is not used in metro railway track?

4th Person:
21. How will you examine the files which are other than civil Engg. Field?
22. How much time will it take to examine a file which is not related to civil Engg. Field?
23. How many files have been filed in Patet Office during previous year?
24. How many of them are granted?

1st Chairperson: (Again)
25. Tell me a new invention in civil engg. Which you have examined.

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Mechanical-1

interview date: 10/01/2014
panel 2- p. kilmensungla

(hobby foodie, reading about defence equipments. B.E. passout 2013 and working in gail india ltd)

chairperson:
q1. why mechanical engg in college?
q2. what is the use of mech engg?
q3. mech engg marvels in delhi?
q4. what is your job profile?
q5. what was your college project? its economic rip off?
q6. WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY of LIFE? *burn the chairperson*

tech advisor 1( nothing technical with him)
q1. why you are executiv trainee for your company? why not engineer trainee?
q2-q... related to company and my role in and my awareness about my industry.

tech advisor 2( he is not clear with his words)

q1. why no mtech?
q2. your view regarding further studies?
q3. what you see in future of automobil sector? innovations and all...
q4.do you know anything that changes its shape and then regain after some time. some type of metal or material?
q5. how will you design a computer for a soldier in battlefield? give your approach?
q6. what will happen when two culture meet? your opinion on fusion?

tech advisor 3

q1. why metro rail is called metro?
q2. where all we see metro rail coming up. name the cities.
q3. what could be the design approach for metro rail?

chairperson again:
q1. do india have drones? what are drones?
q2. what do you mean by your hobby.

if you are in this panel dont waste time on revising technical stuf

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - ECE-3

Interview Date : 30/12/2013
Panel : Manbir Singh
Branch : E & T

i am m.tech (IIT Delhi) n workin in BSNL(for last 3 yrs) posted in HP

chairman:
asked about my hobbies (trekking/traveling), which all places i hv been, rivers/wildlife in kullu.

members:
about hot water spring(HWS) [i told abt it to d chairman]...generation of electricity through HWS...structure of earth...
HP is famous for wat?...natural resources? hydroelectric projects in place of posting...principle of hydroelectricity generation..wat type of field generated...wat type of magnets used... power production in india..
revolution in field of comm??

No Qs from job profile/ BSNL...only hobby related...n general awareness

All Qs framed from ur answers...juz b chill...dey r only testing ur 'Personality'

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - ECE-2

Date of interview-09/01/2-14
Branch- ECE
chairperson- Manbir Sigh 

Question of chairperson - what is your work profile in BSNL.

Tech1:-
1. A committee was formed , what was the recommendation given by it to bsnl. ( As i am working in BSNL as JTO)?
2.What was the measures to take bsnl in profilt.?

Tech2 :-
1. Define signal.?
2.how a signal get amplified?
3.what is an amplifier & working.
4.BJT/FET as amplifier.
5.MOSFET ( everything)

Tech3 :-
1. what is microstip antena.
2. Microstrip Line- working
3. MIC & comparison with IC

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - ECE-1

Date of interview-09/01/2014
Branch- ECE
chairperson- Manbir Sigh 

Question of chairperson -
1. Why jaipur is called pinkcity ? ( Becoz its my hometown )
2. What is Jai in jaipur ??
3. what is ur work profile (Explained About WPC )

Member 1 - 
1. How do u identify interference ?
2. how would u rectify the interference problems ?
3. what is internet ? (My hobby was internet surfing )
4. What is IPv4 and IPv6 ?
5. Difference Bet. IPv4 and IPv6 ?
6. Why we r switching from IPv4 to IPv6 ?

Member 2 -
1. Why use of computers increasing tremendously ? (my engineering branch was Computer Science)
2. what is the fastest processor ?
3. how many transistors r used in processors (Core I7 , Pentium 3 , Pentium 4
4. what does intel means ?
5. difference bet. vacuum Tube and transistors ?
6. Working of Vacuum Tube ?
7. Working of Diode ?
8. Is Diode can be used as a capacitor ?
9. Name of the diode which can be used as a capacitor ?

Member 3 - 
1. Have u heard the name of Slotted Lines ?
2. Superhetrodyne Receiver ?
3. power receiving at antenna in FM ?

Engineering Service Examination (ESE) 2013 Interview Experience - Electrical Engineering-1

Date of interview-07/01/2-14
Branch- Electrical
chairperson- D K Dewan

Questions by chairperson- 
1) What is constitution of India?
2) suppose u r traveling in bus.. suddenly a policeman stops ur bus and asked driver why u r crossing the speed limits.. How the policeman came to know that driver was over-speeding?
3) have u heard of women reservation bill? Tell me something abt that..

2nd member-
1) suppose u r given a charge of a substation and u have to set up a 25kv substation. List all the electrical equipments u ll need to set up a substation
2) Difference B/w isolator and circuit breaker
3) Explain the transients that occur in power system
4) what type of relays and CBs will be used in substation?
5) What is stability? 
6) Types of stability in power system
7) which one is large signal and which one is small signal stability... Differentiate them.

3rd member- 
He asked mainly about my hobby ( Watching shree mad Bhagvat katha on Television)
1) What is dis Shree Mad Bhagvat katha??
2) Who is the writer of dis book?
3) Who preaced dis nd to whom?
4) suppose u r selected in Indian railways as an IES, what steps will u take to deliver ur best in the job?
5) How will u implement preachment of BHAGVAT KATHA in ur Job?
6) suppose u find that there is a lot of corruption at the lower level, how will u tackle all that??/ Will u motivate ur lower employees to read Shree mad bhagvad??

4th member- 
1) asked about my Btech project ( I received a gold medal for my Btech project) 
2) on what factors power transfer capability of a transmission line depends?
3) what r copper losses?
4) Any other losses u know
5) Is it like Copper gets wasted in Copper losses?
6) why they r called as copper losses?
7) Have u heard of VLSI?
8) Difference B/w LED and normal diode?
9) Name the Chip of Microcontroller u used in ur project