BPCL

1. 1

   Resume shortlist

   Resume shortlisting
   eliminatory

   No written test and no group discussion, as reported by all accounts. A form had to be filled and submitted on time.

2. 2

   Technical interview

   Interview round 1, technical plus HR
   offlineeliminatory

   internship details · projects · branch fundamentals · civil: concrete grades, mixes, buckling, beams, bearing capacity · chemical: fluids, pumps, NPSH, cavitation, distillation, heat exchangers, fouling · electrical: power systems, machines, power electronics, EVs · refinery process flow · marketing hypotheticals · ethics and current affairs

   Panels of about five. Durations ranged from 20 to 45 minutes, so left null. Questions were project and internship driven and conceptual; cross-questions to test bluffing. Intense for some panels, casual for others.

3. 3

   HR interview

   HR round
   offlineeasy

   why this company · willingness to relocate and do shift or night work · positions of responsibility · hobbies · weaknesses · why not civil services · higher studies plans · current affairs · willingness for marketing or management role · background and adaptability

   Durations 15 to 45 minutes, so left null. Some candidates filled a form on projects and experiences first. Panels sometimes pushed back deliberately to test reaction.

Advice from candidates

43 pieces of advice, in their own words. Names removed.

• Please add projects related to core engineering. If there are any projects in energy or petrochemicals, list them first. Also, include positions of responsibility (PORs).

  resume · 2024-25

• Try to add projects from both backgrounds (core and management). Avoid adding coding based projects. Try to add good PORs where your work is impactful, this is because the job role is mostly of management, and they look for these skills very carefully.

  resume · 2024-25

• Apart from the usual refinery locations and other data points provided in ppt search about their latest projects, award and other RnD kind of stuff and try to incorporate that information in your other answers.

  interview · 2024-25

• Listen to the question carefully and answer with whatever you know about it.

  interview · 2024-25

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Question patterns reported

The kind of problem, not the problem itself. Our practice questions are written to match these patterns.

• Technicalconceptual heat-transfer scenario with mixed liquids
• Technicalcompare petrol and diesel engines
• Technicaltypes and working of pumps
• Technicalscenario on centrifugal pump performance
• Technicaldistillation column product impurity, fixed reflux
• Technicalmarketing differentiation among many fuel stations
• HRimprove slow lift service in tall building without spending
• HRwellness and sports head hypothetical