First we had an aptitude test comprising three sections- verbal, quants and logical. The questions were quite challenging. Out of 300 or so only 30 were selected for the interview process. This they announced was to be held in two rounds- technical and HR. They also told that anyone not comfortable with their terms may leave before if they wish which mainly concerned the 2 year bond.

There were three technical panels and one HR. They separated out male and female candidates at the beginning and called for each alternately. The female candidates in the beginning only had a single interviewee who primarily asked HR questions and a few basic questions from the core area and area of interest in the CV. Male candidates were also initially the same but soon they kept asking for certain candidates again and these were interviewed by a separate panel. The level of questions was quite complex and industry oriented (mainly in switchgear and transformer field).

From morning it went onto night and by then everyone was quite weary. After selection of three male candidates and turning away the rest they resumed with the remainder of female candidates while additionally calling on some 10 wildcard male candidates who had 95% and above college score. In the end they seemed a little too rushed and barely asked anything but basics. As stated or so it seemed they selected 40% women i.e. 4 female and 6 male candidates for hire.

Overall it was a challenging interview experience but there was some lack of communication that made certain processes haphazard.

What is construction of transformer? What are switchgears? Can you travel alone?