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CAE Engineer

Zeus Learning

2 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Durganshu Mishra

Fresher | Jun 2020

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Interview preparation journey

Preparation

Duration: 1 month

Topics: Data Structures, Numerical Methods, Finite Element Methods, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Machine Learning

Tip

Tip 1 : Be confident about your projects and internships. Make sure that you know all the basics about them.
Tip 2 : Revise the basics of FEA and CFD. Also, revise data structure algorithms and their implementation on any programming language.
Tip 3 : Be sure about the kind of work you wanna choose in CAE (Development or Application)

Application process

Where: Referral

Eligibility: Background knowledge in FEA, CFD and/or Numerical methods/ and/or simulation software.

Resume tip

Tip 1 : Only mention the projects and courses that are relevant.
Tip 2 : Make a focused resume not exceeding 2 pages. Don't mention unnecessary or irrelevant information.
Tip 3 : Emphasize more on projects, internship experiences, and lesser on courses.

Interview rounds

Round

Medium

Video Call

Duration45 minutes

Interview date30 Jun 2020

Coding problem1

The questions were based on the projects that I did during my B.tech. Basics were checked and questions related to theoretical as well as application parts were asked. Interviewers ensured that I would stay calm and they tried to make me comfortable by starting with general questions.

1. Theoretical Questions and Algorithms

Three questions were asked: -

1. What was the problem statement?
2. Why did you choose such algorithms?
3. What was a new and unique approach?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Don't try to show off.
Tip 2 : Just be clear with the basics of your projects.

Round

Medium

Video Call

Duration30 minutes

Interview date2 Aug 2020

Coding problem2

This round was also taken in the evening time. It was taken by the CEO of the company and was again focused on the technical questions. He asked questions related to core algorithms and problem-solving approaches that I incorporated in my projects.

1. Prepare an STL file from a point cloud data.

Problem approach

Step 1 : Identify the elements and nodes forming the mesh/triangulation
Step 2 : Calculate facet normals
Step 3 : Write the STL file
Step 4 : Perform Delaunay triangulation (existing libraries may be used)
Step 5 : Create or use an existing STL file viewer.
Step 6 : Develop a GUI (Optional)

2. Theoretical and basic

Two questions were asked: -

1. What is PCA and how does it work?
2. What is an autoencoder?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : Prepare the basics of ML and linear algebra (if you have done projects in these domains)
Tip 2 : Don't try to show off. Speak only what you've actually done.
Tip 3 : Don't hurry take your time