John Deere

PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

Name

C Sundara Karthik

LinkedIn Profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/challapalli-sundara-karthik-888873165/

College Name

NIT Warangal

Branch

Mechanical Engineering

Company's Name

John Deere

Role

Graduate Engineer Trainee, (FTE)

Eligible branches

Mechanical, CSE, EEE, ECE

Eligibility Criteria

B.Tech: 6 CGPA 10th and 12th: No Criteria No Active Backlogs

Selection Procedure

Round 1- Online Test Round 2- Technical Interview Round 3- HR Interview

Description of Online Test

The online test consisted four sections, Verbal Ability, General Aptitude, Logical reasoning and Technical of 15 questions each. It was a proctored exam and 60 minutes were given to complete the test. The technical section contained questions from thermodynamics, dynamics of machinery, fluid mechanics and manufacturing and machining science.

Description of Technical interview

I was asked to explain my project in detail. Questions regarding the project were asked. Some of these questions were: -What is the principle behind this project -How were the components chosen -Can you show the simulation results Apart from these questions were asked from core as well. Most of the questions were asked from Industrial Engineering. Some of these questions were: -Can you define what is EOQ(Economic Order Quantity) -What is time study and what is work study -What is line balancing -What is a Gantt chart

Description of HR round

The HR round started with the interviewer asking me to introduce myself. I was asked to explain some instances where I worked in a team. I was also asked regarding different problems faced while working in a team and how did I resolve it. Apart from that general HR questions were asked, like why do you want to join the company, what are your strengths etc.

What should be the preparation strategy for an aspiring candidate?

Before you aspire to get placed in a company, get a clarity on what profile you want to get placed in. For me, I wanted to get into core Mechanical whether it was through campus placements or offline drives. Once you have decided which role you want to get placed in start working in that direction. Dedicate small amount of time daily from your semester break, maybe like an hour and focus on practicing aptitude and start learning the skill or topic related to the profile you wanted to sit for. For me, I focused on revising some important topics like fluid mechanics, thermodynamics etc. which are relevant and important to the profile I was sitting.

Have patience when things don't workout your way. Understand your mistakes from the failures and avoid repeating them. Believe in yourself, have faith in your preparation and keep your efforts consistent, things will workout eventually.