I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Larsen & Toubro in Aug 2011
Interview
The hiring procedure included 3 phases
1)Pre-Placement Talk where in the company presented its area of working, the job profile of an engineer and the salary offered
2)General aptitude Test: Containing 3 sections verbal quantitative and analytical ability tests. 30 questions in each section and a sectional cut off. One is required to clear this stage to appear for the PI
3)Personal Interview: Technical and HR based interview by a panel of 1 or 2 professionals
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical interview
chemical engineering
detailed questions about pumps, heat exchangers, piping, Absorption Adsorption
pump curves
NPSH available and required
Cavitation and methods to prevent it Priming
LMTD concept and calculations
types of heat exchangers,
difference between adsorption and absorption
Examples of adsorption
Selection of adsorbate
Adsorption Isotherms
Overall heat transfer coefficient