Ashok Leyland Interview Questions

Excerpts from Interview #1:

• Which instrument is used for measuring high temperatures?
• Explain heat treatment. Why and how is it done?
• Describe Hooke's Coupling and its uses.
• Tell us about the working of a 6-stroke engine.
• Classify drilling machines.
• Define elastic limit and yield point.
• Define riveted joints.

• Introduce yourself.
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• Why should we hire you?
• What are your future plans?
• What are your strengths? Weakness?
• If you could be any animal, what would it be?
• How can you contribute to this company?
• What kind of a manager would you be?
• Will you do anything necessary on the job?
• What do you know about our competitors in the market?

Excerpts from Interview #2:

• What Is Hess's Law? State its implications.
• What is the use of re-heater in a gas turbine?
• Differentiate between torque and power.
• What is DTSI technology?
• Define Poisson's ratio.
• Define white metals.
• Explain Rankine cycle.

• Introduce yourself.
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• Why should we hire you?
• Are you a team player?
• What motivates you?
• Why should I hire you?
• Are you a goal-oriented person?
• Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them.
• What are your short-term goals?
• What is your long-range objective?
• What would you have been if not a Mechanical Engineer?

Excerpts from Interview #3:

• What are sliding contact bearings?
• Differentiate between stress and strain.
• Classify milling machines.
• Define Hook's law.
• What are internal combustion engines?
• Explain the concept of hit and miss governing in IC engines.
• How is technology significant in the field of mechanical engineering?
• Discuss the Otto cycle.

• Introduce yourself.
• Tell us about your extra-curricular activities.
• What qualities would you look for in a candidate if you were in our position?
• Tell us about the failures in your life.
• Do you handle pressure well?
• What is your greatest strength?
• What is your greatest weakness?
• If I were to ask one of your professors to describe you, what would he or she say?
• Why did you choose to attend your college?
• What changes would you make at your college?

Excerpts from Interview #4:

• Explain various types of breaks.
• Explain the Otto cycle.
• What is a pneumatic system and where is it used?
• Explain the role of nitrogen in welding.
• What is reciprocating air compressors.
• Discuss about gear cutting machines.
• What do you understand by Newtonian Fluid? Where is it used?
• What is Brinell's hardness test ?
• What is Kirchhoff's Law ?

• Introduce yourself.
• Are you applying to other companies as well? If so, which are those?
• Summarize your college life in 2 minutes.
• Tell us about an experience where you had been a team member.

Excerpts from Interview #5:

• Describe the stress and strain curve of steel.
• What do you understand by ductile-brittle transition temperature?
• Which would you use - hydraulics or pneumatics?
• Define dynamometers.
• What are Green Field Projects?
• Classify Lathes.
• Differentiate between hot and cold working of the metals.
• What are rolling bearings ?
• What is extrusion? What is extrusion aluminum and what are its uses?

• Introduce yourself.
• Tell us about your extra-curricular activities.
• Tell us about an experience where you had been a team member.
• Are you applying to other companies as well? If so, which are those?
• Are you willing to travel? How much?
• Is money important to you?
• How much money do you need to make to be happy?
• What kind of salary are you looking for?
• What are your favourite subjects in your graduation and why?
• Tell us about an experience where you had been a team member.

Excerpts from Interview #6:

• What will you do if you are offered higher salary at a different organisation while you are working with us?
• What is the basic difference between honing and boring.
• What are the different alloys of brass?
• What do you mean by tempering?
• What are different types of dies?
• What do we use carburizing/nitriding chemicals for?
• What is the function of flux in welding?
• What are your strengths?
• State two to three differences between two stroke and four stroke engine?
• What are your favourite subjects in your graduation and why?
• What do you want to be in the future?
• Tell any 1 social problem that bothers you the most. Can you suggest any solution to this problem as a technical guy?
• What is important to you: the money or the work?
• Tell any 1 social problem that bothers you the most. Can you suggest any solution to this problem as a technical guy?
• What is important to you: the money or the work?
• Tell me about a time when you surmounted a major obstacle.
• Tell me about a time when you prioritized the elements of a complicated project.