Cairn Interview Questions

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Excerpts from Interview #1:

(A student with 89.15 % in B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) and having 87.34% in 12^th and 81.33% in 10^th)

Technical Interview:

What do you mean by Wet Bulb Globe temperature?
What are the design considerations for a piping system for the transfer of slurries?
What are the problems that are associated with the expansion joints?
What is the method involved in analysing powders for composition?
What are the methods involved to test helium leak testing in a vacuum system?

HR Interview:

Tell me about something.
Do you have offer any other company?
Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Give one instance where you have shown leadership qualities.
What are the qualities of a good manager?

Excerpts from Interview #2:

(A student with 72.15 % in B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) and having 75.34% in 12^th and 79.43% in 10^th)

Technical Interview:

What is the important properties of biodegradable plastics?
Which properties helps plastics to resist water?
How to separate water from benzene?
Why it takes more time to distil out water than toluene?
What is the difference between unit operation and unit process?

HR Interview:

Why Cairn India?
Tell us about one problem you faced? How did you overcome?
Under what circumstances you will leave our company?
Give me an example demonstrating that you are a good team player.
Give us two reasons why should we hire you?

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Excerpts from Interview #3:

(A Chemical Engineer student with 82.15 % and having 75.34% in 12^th and 79.43% in 10^th)

Technical Interview:

Can Bernoulli’s theorem be applied on gases?
How to design heat exchanger?
What is the method involved in analysing powders for composition?
What are the methods involved to test helium leak testing in a vacuum system?
What are the assumptions made on conservation equation?

HR Interview:

What motivates you to do a good job?
What are your goals in life?
Who is your role model in your life and why?
Why you want to join our company?
What are the three qualities that your friends will describe you having?

Excerpts from Interview #4:

(A student with 72.15 %in petroleum engineering and having 85.12% in 12^th and 77.37% in 10^th)

Technical Interview:

What is well logging?
What are the different types of well logging?
What is pseudo pressure?
Explain the term “bull heading”?
Which mineral is frequently used to increase the weight or density of drilling mud?
What is the importance of drilling muds?
What is the drill-stem testing?

HR Interview:

Tell me about yourself and your family background.
Why should I hire you?
Difference between hard work and smart work?
Give an example when you were experiencing peer pressure. How did you handle it?
What is your favourite movie? What did you like about it?

Excerpts from Interview #5:

(A student with 81.15 % in petroleum engineering and having 76.52% in 12^th and 75.37% in 10^th)

Technical Interview:

What is hydraulic fracturing?
What is proppant and what is the use of it?
What is perforation in oil well drilling?
What is dogleg?
What is wellbore storage?
What is blowout preventer?
What is die insert?
How spontaneous logs are useful?

HR Interview:

How do you practice safety on the job?
What brought you into petroleum engineering?
What are your career goals?
Where do you see yourself in 8 years from now?
Do you work well under pressure?

Excerpts from Interview #6:

(A student with 78.45 %in industrial engineering and having 72.19% in 12^th and 70.33% in 10^th)

Technical Interview:

What is process analysis?
What are the requirements of good organisation?
What is process planning? Mention different type of processes?
What are the major disadvantages of product grouping?
What is total quality control? Mention the technical standards.
What is profit sharing plan?
What are the problems involved with queuing theory?

HR Interview:

Are you comfortable with relocation?
How do you feel when you are forced to do something?
How will you handle work pressure?
Which newspaper do you read? Why do you prefer it over the others?

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