Cummins Interview Questions

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Excerpts from interview #1:

(A student from Walachand College of Engineering Sangali got scored 78.15 % in Mechanical Engg. , 78.37% in 12^th and 80 % in 10^th)

Technical interview:

Explain the second law of thermodynamics.
What kinds of pipes are used for steam lines?
What is ferrite?
What is the difference between shear center flexural center of twist and elastic center?
What is a cotter joint?
What is the alloy of tin and lead?
What is Hess Law?

HR interview:

Tell me about your hobbies?
What is the name of your HOD?
Are you able to relocate to Jamshedpur or Barmati?
Tell me about instances when you displayed leadership qualities at your college?
What is your ambition in life?
Tell me about your highs and lows in these 4 years of college life.

Excerpts from interview #2:

(A student scored CGPA 7.15 in graduation, 72.35% in 12^th and 83% % in 10^thProfile – Software Developer)

Technical interview:

What is the difference between Call by value and call by reference?
What are the advantages of inline function?
Why virtual destructor is used?
What is the use of virtual class?
Why scope resolution operator is used?
What is the provider and namespaces used to access the database?
How to invoke queries from the application?
How to load XML document and validate it?

HR interview:

Tell me something about yourself?
Is there anything which you failed to do?
Why should I hire you?
Would you like to work in a team or on your own?
Has your career developed as you had liked?
Why Cummins?

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Excerpts from interview #3:

(A student scored CGPA 7.65 in graduation, 73.65% in 12^th and 82.15% % in 10^thProfile – Software Developer)

Technical interview:

What are the disadvantages of COM components?
What are the features included in ODP.NET?
How does cloud computing provides on-demand functionality?
What is the difference scalability and elasticity?
What are the advantages of inline function?
What is an empty class? What functionality does it offer in Java?

HR interview:

Tell me about yourself.
Which TV series do you like the most?
Tell me something about our company.
What is the reason for choosing Cummins?
What are your career plans?

Excerpts from interview #4:

(A student scored CGPA 7.65 in B.Tech (Mechanical), 73.65% in 12^th and 82.15% % in 10^th)

Technical interview:

What does F.O.F stand for piping system?
Tell me about Otto Cycle.
What is a uniformly distributed load?
What is ductile- brittle transition temperature?
What are the differences between pneumatics and hydraulics?
What is enthalpy?
What is isometric drawing?
What are the advantages of gear drive?

HR interview:

Why do you want to join our company?
Who is your inspiration in your life?
What are your goals in life?
What are three qualities that your friends will describe you having?

Excerpts from interview #5:

(A student scored CGPA 7.65 in B.Tech , 73.65% in 12^th and 82.15% % in 10^th)

Technical interview:

When does a class need a virtual destructor?
Explain heap sort?
Does java support operator overloading?
What is the use of copy constructor?
Tell me two differences between user and kernel space?
In a function declaration what does extern means?

HR interview:

What is the difference between hard work and smart work?
What makes you angry and how do you handle your anger?
Tell me about your family background.
What do you know about our company?
Are you comfortable in shifting base?
Why should I hire you?

Excerpts from interview #6:

(A student scored CGPA 7.41 in B.Tech (Civil Engg.), 74.75% in 12^th and 76.15% % in 10^th)

Technical interview:

How do you measure concrete?
What do you mean by soil reinforcement?
What is aggregate?
What is braced excavation all about?
What is the tallest man made structure in the world?
What are the main reasons of building collapse?
How is the freeway bridges built?

HR interview:

Why Cummins?
Tell me about yourself & family background?
Are you comfortable with relocation?
What is your favorite movie? What did you like about it?
How do you feel when you are forced to do something at work that you don’t want to do?
How will you handle work pressure?
What is success according to you?
What is your management style?
What are your long term goals?

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