I applied through university. I interviewed at Cairn Energy India (Bārmer) in Jan 2020
Interview
Written test MCQ based with very basic questions about physics and aptitude followed by a group discussion round, and then personal interview. Overall process was organised and well handled. Technical questions in PI followed by some HR questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about projects and basic mechanical engineering topics.
It was an oncampus intern interview. The interview was around 20 mins. The Interview was very chill starting with some HR questions followed by Technical Questions mainly from fluid mechanics
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Pumps types and the working of centrifugal pump
2. Types of valves and when to use which valve
I applied through university. I interviewed at Cairn Energy India (Allahabad) in Nov 2022
Interview
GD was conducted 1 day prior to the interview, students from different colleges were selected. Personal interview on the next day. To the point questions precise time limit for each question, encouraging attitude of the interviewer fast process of announcement of results
The interview consisted of basic core questions related to petroleum and covered the whole petroleum domain. Most of the questions were basic. I would rate the difficulty of the interview as intermediate.