interview experience in l&t(2008-09)

LARSEN&TOUBRO

FINAL SELECTED CANDIDATES:

K.D.V.SARMA
K.SWATHI SANTOSH
R.VARUN KUMAR

Name: K.D.V.Sarma
B.E. civil (2005-2009)
Test conducted on: August 04, 2008

Written test questions:
Questions are mainly divided into three parts.
1) aptitude questions( nearly 18 questions)
2) English ( 3 synonyms and sentence correction)
3) Comprehension passages and bar charts

All the questions are very easy to solve but time taking...u can get good score if and only if u have good calculating and analyzing ability…cut off is very high .nearly 42 for 50 marks.

The questions which I remembered are,
1. Questions on Partitions
In mixture1 proportion of gold and silver is 3:4 and in mixture 2 proportion of gold and silver is 4:3. Both are mixed in equal weights what is the proportion of gold and silver in new mixture?

2. Questions on ven diagram
In a college 25% people plays cricket, 45% people play tennis and 15% plays both. in remaining people 30% plays caroms and 50% plays chess and 40% both. What is the % of people plays caroms only?

3. Questions on percentages
One person wants to buy a car for end of next year. for that he saved 3/5 of cost of car till now. And he wants to save 3/5 of remaining money on the end of this year. If all conditions are ideal what is the remaining proportion of amount he required to save ion next year?

4. Questions on arrangement of letters and matching combinations
If VXUPLVH is written as SURMISE, what is SHDVD?
Ans:) PEASA (hint: in the first word, the alphabet of the jumbled one is three alphabets after the corresponding alphabet in the word SURMISE. S = V-3, similarly find the one for SHDVD)

5. Questions on probability



Technical and H.R. questions:

1.tell me about ur self
Ans: iam glad to introduce my self as k.d.v.sarma…my father name is k.s.n.murthy.my mother name is k.annapurna .i have two brothers, one is completed his M.Sc computers in gitam and now working in birlasoft and another one is k.v.r.sastry completed his civil engineering in gitam and now working in maytas. I am completed my 10th with 78.8% in rajamundry and inter with 82%.i got 6908 rank in eamcet .
2. what is ur strengths and weakness?
Ans: optimisam ,application knowledge are my strengths sir and I trust every one very easily but some one mis uses this chance so I think that is my weakness.
3. what is ur favourate subject?
Ans : I like all civil engineering subjects sir . honestly speaking iam weak in fluid mechnics and environmental engineering.
Then they stressed for favourate subject iam said that desin iof reinforced concrete design is my favourate subject.
4. Can u design a beam for me?
Ans: yae sir, (iam explained the whole procedure of design of beam with respective code clauses)
5. what is the arrangement of reinforcement in column having 500mm width?
Ans: iam explained the arrangement of 6 steel bars and stirrups as per 456:2000
6. what is the arrangement of reinforcement in column having 1000mm width?
Ans: iam explaines how 2 stirupps are introduced when the width of beam is increased and given the reasons why we r doing so.
7.what is the test to determine the compressive strength of cement?
Ans: iam explained the cube testing (150 mm cube) method

In bio data form I am written that “I got proficient knowledge on pile foundations and pre stressed concrete during industrial training period”
So they asked questions on pile foundations and pre stressed concrete
8.when u prefer the pile foundations?
9. what is prestressed concrete?

Iam explains both with appropriate diagrams

10.are u ready to work at any where In India?
Ans: yes sir, ima ready to go to any where in India if there is l&t project
11. ru ready to work in odd timing?
Ans: Yes sir
12. why civil engineering only, why not software?
Ans: iam very intresed in civil engineering sir. afetr completion of eamcet I got 6 months gap.then I asked my senior s about all the branches .i found that civil engineering is math to me as I like analysis very much.so iam selected civil engineering for my future.


K.SWATHI SANTOSH

Hai, this is Swathi Santosh I want to share my interview experiences with you
The written test consists of aptitude questions and it is for 50M
It mainly covers questions from Quant, logical sequence, pictorial diagrams, and few questions from verbal and reasoning.

TECH INTERVIEW:

1. What is your favorite subject?
Ans.Interested in all most all the subjects basically mechanism oriented subjects like concrete technology and soil mechanics. (Say in this way if you are confident enough)

2. Then he had shown me one figure…
Ans. It’s a retaining wall and asked me the design I explained the entire design and he was convinced .

3. What are the grades of cement that you usually see in the market?
Ans.I said M43, M53….

4. What does M represents in M30 and what are the units of the numerical value?
Ans. M=Mix, units is N/mm2.

5. Initial & Final setting time, and their apparatus?
Ans.I said the definitions and the apparatus (vicat apparatus)

6. What is lap length and why is it required?
Ans.I explained him

7. What is the angle of repose? What is the usual angle in your text books?
Ans.I answered him and the angle is 30 degrees.

Then he asked me some more questions on my paper presentation…. (ROLLER COMPACTED CONCRETE)

HR INTERVIEW:

1. Tell me about yourself?
Ans.I introduced my self and this was my first question…

2. What are your achievements?
Ans. Told about my paper presentations, model making…etc

3.Why you opted Civil engineering?
Ans.I, m interested in this area right from my child hood …

4. Why don’t you go for software job?
Ann.’s not interested…. (Convinced)

5. Will you go for Microsoft job if they pay u 1 lac per month?
Ans. No…. (confidently)

6. Will you work any where in India …?
Ans.I said yes

VARUN experiences:
Hi..this is R.Varun Kumar doing my final yr civil Engineering....The campus interview
Consisted of two parts...

1. Written Test
For getting through the written aptitude test I suggest you to go through Mathematical Aptitude and Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal .It consisted of 50 questions which included DI, Data sufficiency, Problems on ages and all types of Quant questions etc. The time allotted for us was 60 mins and we needed to answer 50 questions.

(Note: You need to time conscious while answering the questions as sticking to the same problem for a long time would not be of any help)

2. Technical and HR interview (Both simultaneously)
Technical Questions:
1. What is your favorite subject????
Ans: My answer was Environmental Engineering. But please what I do suggest you people is to go through the entire textbook of your favorite subject. Going through the text is not sufficient as the interviewers may test your general awareness and the latest developments of the subject.

2. How do you design a beam???
Ans: Told…Refer RCS-1 for the general design of a singly reinforced and doubly reinforced beams

3. What is the pollution level presently in Vishakapatnam???
Ans :I could not answer this question as I was unaware of the latest pollution analysis of Vizag. So please if you do not know the answer its worth saying “I m not aware of the facts” than to say “I think….” Do not ever try to bluff the interviewer. The answer for this question is 88ppm recorded at Jagadamba Centre, Vishakapatnam.

4. What is the pH value of distilled water????
Ans: 7

5. What is the pH value of municipal water in Vizag???
Ans: 6-8….Pls tell the range for these type of questions as these are very tricky to answer.

6. What do you mean by Compaction???
Ans:Refer Geo-Techincal Engineering by K.R Arora for the answer….Remember your definition must be accurate and precise.

7.How do you perform it???What are the various mehods of compacting soils????
Ans:Told the various methods of compaction that include IS Light Weight Compaction and IS heavy weight compaction methods that include the various details and specifications of the rammers used.



9.What is the specific gravity of steel????
Ans: Go through the specific gravity values of all the building materials and various types of soils for this answer.
HR Questions:
1.Tell me about yourself
Ans:Told..I suggest you write this on a piece of paper..and practice a mock rehearsal in front of your friends so that u wont get nervous while answering this question.

2.What do u know abt L&T????
Ans:Told…This shows that the homework u had done about the company…Get equipped with some of L&T’s latest achievements in the field of construction

3.What are your future plans???
Ans:I suggest you people not to tell about your post-graduation dreams (Be it either in US or in India).I rather suggest you ppl to tell sumthing that relates ur objective in life with some of the exciting opportunities provided by L&T.

4.Are u willing to work in L&T anywhere in our country?????
Ans: Told…This is to test your flexibility of your willingness to work under extreme conditions.

5.Do you still wish to continue to study even though u need to work for many hours???
Ans:told…but rather cut short your answer for such questions.

6.Where would you see yourself after 10yrs???
Ans: Respond only if you know the career flow-chart of L&T…….For this you need to be alert during the PPT.

UN selected candidate experiences:

P.RAMAKRISHNA

TECH INTERVIEW:
-Which tests did you conduct on cement?
-How do you conduct final setting time exp?
-Why do you conduct final setting time and how it effects the strength of cement?
-How does fineness of cement effect the strength of cement?
-Draw the graph b/w strength of cement and w/c ratio
-What are the tests conducted on water?
-What is the pH value of Drinking water?
-What did you learn from your Industrial Training?

HR INTERVIEW:
-Tell me about yourself?
-Why you opted for Civil engineering?
-What are you future plans?
-What is inflation?
-What is percentage of inflation in India and in USA?
-Why are you not interested in doing M.S?