This post will be regarding my interview experience at BARC : ( this post will be long, so please be patient )
Its been almost 2 years now, so i might not be able to recall all the questions that were asked, so please excuse, but i will give some tips which might be worth reading
Initial tips : ( these are based on the procedure that I had faced, dont know if it has changed now )
1. Try your maximum to book the morning slot for interview, because the interviews can get quite long. On your interview day, they will make you fill a form when you reach the hall, make sure you fill it out quickly and carefully, and get your biometric verified fast, because many people would have booked slots for morning and the order in which they call depends on the order in which the form is submitted. This is my personal opinion.
2. Make sure you are cool, dont bother about people studying around you in the last minute.
Experience :
I had booked the morning slot, and was second in line in my panel ( there were 4 panels I think for EEE branch ), the first person had an interview of almost 1.5 hours. I went inside, there were 7 pleasant looking people, they asked a bit about my education background, and asked me if I had changed my hairstyle, as i had long hair in the photo, I told them I had trimmed my hair for the interview. Then they asked me why you dint get selected in the NPCIL interview. All these things they ask to make us comfortable, Once we settle down, then starts the test.
You have to remember BARC interview are different from other interviews, first of , they do not expect you to give a spot on answer, what they want is whether you are ready to approach the problem in a proper manner, they expect a wise technical discussion with you, this is not a rapid fire round. The panel is filled with knowledgeable people who will help you with tips in case you are going in the wrong direction and will encourage you if your in the right path.
First they gave a white paper and a pencil and asked me to put down 3- 4 subjects that I liked, you can put specific areas also if you like, for ex if you are comfortable with switchgears in power systems , you can put that. I had given machines, circuit theory, electrical measurements and control systems.
Machines :
They started with machines, and asked me to write basic classification of machines, then asked which machine i liked, i told transformers and induction machines. After that they asked me to plot torque slip chara of induction motor, then they will draw diff load lines and ask us to tell the motors response, this lasted for 40 minutes and i had drawn almost three diff curves as every curve was filled with the lines that they drew on top of it ( :))) ). They had gone in depth in induction machines, even they had asked about double cage rotors also, but I had prepared induction motors well enough.
Control Systems :
Then a control system expert asked some questions, these questions will be mainly to find a system equation, with a given input / output response. Or they might give you a circuit and an input plot, you will have to plot the output and stuff, this requires lot of thinking on the spot, have good knowledge on capacitor inductor behaviour etc. I was really tensed, and started sweating, but the panel asked me to calm down, gave me water and asked me to settle down before i start approaching the questions, the person was very kind
Circuit Theory :
Circuit theory was mostly transient analysis, i was comfortable with all questions in this area, steady state and transient responses, graphs etc.
Measurements :
Finally touching measurements, they asked me questions about CT/PT which is always open which is always short and stuff, and final question was if they connections three CT : one in R phase, one in R and Y phase and third in R, Y and B phases, what will be each CT reading. This question i remember well and i had answered it.
Finally after my interview, i went out and was asked to wait, everyone had gone for their lunch and corridor was empty, after some time they called me inside and gave me a white slip stating , that i had a good chance of being selected. I was very happy, and went outside, but there was no one in the corridor, and so i enjoyed the happiness all by myself.
As a concluding remark I would like to tell BARC interview will be one of the best interview that you will attend, It doesnt matter if you get selected or not, because you will be happy when you come out of the room, bcz the panel is very nice. Please do not waste time, and put your hard work for the interview, because you should not feel that you could have cleared the interview, if you had done more preparation. So please give your best shot.
In case you need me to provide specific information about books etc, please ask them in the comments, I will reply one to one. Thank you and all the best
Its been almost 2 years now, so i might not be able to recall all the questions that were asked, so please excuse, but i will give some tips which might be worth reading
Initial tips : ( these are based on the procedure that I had faced, dont know if it has changed now )
1. Try your maximum to book the morning slot for interview, because the interviews can get quite long. On your interview day, they will make you fill a form when you reach the hall, make sure you fill it out quickly and carefully, and get your biometric verified fast, because many people would have booked slots for morning and the order in which they call depends on the order in which the form is submitted. This is my personal opinion.
2. Make sure you are cool, dont bother about people studying around you in the last minute.
Experience :
I had booked the morning slot, and was second in line in my panel ( there were 4 panels I think for EEE branch ), the first person had an interview of almost 1.5 hours. I went inside, there were 7 pleasant looking people, they asked a bit about my education background, and asked me if I had changed my hairstyle, as i had long hair in the photo, I told them I had trimmed my hair for the interview. Then they asked me why you dint get selected in the NPCIL interview. All these things they ask to make us comfortable, Once we settle down, then starts the test.
You have to remember BARC interview are different from other interviews, first of , they do not expect you to give a spot on answer, what they want is whether you are ready to approach the problem in a proper manner, they expect a wise technical discussion with you, this is not a rapid fire round. The panel is filled with knowledgeable people who will help you with tips in case you are going in the wrong direction and will encourage you if your in the right path.
First they gave a white paper and a pencil and asked me to put down 3- 4 subjects that I liked, you can put specific areas also if you like, for ex if you are comfortable with switchgears in power systems , you can put that. I had given machines, circuit theory, electrical measurements and control systems.
Machines :
They started with machines, and asked me to write basic classification of machines, then asked which machine i liked, i told transformers and induction machines. After that they asked me to plot torque slip chara of induction motor, then they will draw diff load lines and ask us to tell the motors response, this lasted for 40 minutes and i had drawn almost three diff curves as every curve was filled with the lines that they drew on top of it ( :))) ). They had gone in depth in induction machines, even they had asked about double cage rotors also, but I had prepared induction motors well enough.
Control Systems :
Then a control system expert asked some questions, these questions will be mainly to find a system equation, with a given input / output response. Or they might give you a circuit and an input plot, you will have to plot the output and stuff, this requires lot of thinking on the spot, have good knowledge on capacitor inductor behaviour etc. I was really tensed, and started sweating, but the panel asked me to calm down, gave me water and asked me to settle down before i start approaching the questions, the person was very kind
Circuit Theory :
Circuit theory was mostly transient analysis, i was comfortable with all questions in this area, steady state and transient responses, graphs etc.
Measurements :
Finally touching measurements, they asked me questions about CT/PT which is always open which is always short and stuff, and final question was if they connections three CT : one in R phase, one in R and Y phase and third in R, Y and B phases, what will be each CT reading. This question i remember well and i had answered it.
Finally after my interview, i went out and was asked to wait, everyone had gone for their lunch and corridor was empty, after some time they called me inside and gave me a white slip stating , that i had a good chance of being selected. I was very happy, and went outside, but there was no one in the corridor, and so i enjoyed the happiness all by myself.
As a concluding remark I would like to tell BARC interview will be one of the best interview that you will attend, It doesnt matter if you get selected or not, because you will be happy when you come out of the room, bcz the panel is very nice. Please do not waste time, and put your hard work for the interview, because you should not feel that you could have cleared the interview, if you had done more preparation. So please give your best shot.
In case you need me to provide specific information about books etc, please ask them in the comments, I will reply one to one. Thank you and all the best
