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What questions are asked to a civil
steel design engineer?
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Dheeraj Tiwari, studied Civil Engineering at
Bachelor of Technology Degrees (2016)
Answered 3 years ago
Either it is steel design engineer or RCC design
engineer, your knowledge base will be tested for
strength of materials and structural analysis. Then
concerned Design subjects like design of steel
structures or reinforced concrete design. So I hope you
got the idea how to prepare for your job interview.
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Preliminary:
Engg. Mechanics (types of forces-resultant,
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Geometrical Properties (CG, MI, shear centre)
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Asking Q is the easiest . Answering them matters most.
Prepare IS Code Standards as all Q will be answered by
You should be based upon IS Code Provisions .
“IS Code is a Gate Pass to Success Professionally.”
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Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
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What are common interview questions for a
structural engineering intership?
Some of my favourite questions that I have asked as an
interviewer;
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tonnes of tensile load. Can you trust this pipe to
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Varun Birla, Btech Civil Engineering, SRM
University, Kattankulathur (2016)
Answered 4 years ago
What are the questions in the interview for a
fresh graduate civil engineer?
75 CIVIL ENGINEERING INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. What is bending moment (BM) & Shear force (SF) –
Explain.
2. What are the steps involved in the concreting
process, explain?
3. Describe briefly the various methods of concrete
curing.
4. What is the minimum curing period?
5. What Do You Understand by M25 Concrete?
6. What is Water-Cement Ratio and How it is related to
the strength of concrete?
7. What is a bearing capacity of soil?
8. How to increase the bearing capacity of soil?
9. What are the different types of foundation?
10. Explain moment of inertia and its importance.
11. How do we determine the specific gravity of a
cement?
12. Density Of 1 cum cement?
13. What are the causes of building collapse?
14. What is bar bending schedule (BBS) & how to
prepare it?
15. Why is concrete cube test carried out?
16. Why is concrete slump test carried out?
17. What is bleeding, segregation, honeycombing of
concrete?
18. What is pre-stressed concrete? Which
reinforcement is used in prestressed concrete?
19. What is the ratio of steel and concrete to use in
slabs, beams, columns?
20. Difference between pre-tensioning and post-
tensioning?
21. What are the weights of 16mm, 12mm, 20mm,
25mm, 8mm Dia. Bars.
22. What is the minimum Propping Period of Beams and
Slabs of various Spans?
23. What are the advantages of Prestressed Concrete
over R.C.C?
24. Quantity of materials required for different works.
25. Which is stronger solid steel rod or hollow steel
pipe?
26. Initial & final setting time of concrete?
27. Why we provide steel in concrete?
28. Is brick strength more or concrete block?
29. How many bricks are there in 100cft?
30. 28 days compressive strength of concrete in PSI?
31. How to calculate the unit weight of steel bars?
32. What is Plinth Level and Sill Level?
33. What is Brest Wall?
34. What is Brick crushing strength(PSI)?
35. How many Types of Joints are in Concrete
Pavement ?
36. How can cracks in concrete be avoided?
37. Types Of DPC and its Thickness used?
38. 28 Days Strength of Concrete (1:2:4)?
39. How many types of slabs are there & how to design
it?
40. How much is the cover for slab?
41. Maximum % of Steel in columns and beams?
42. What is fineness modulus?
43. What is Packing Factor?
44. Difference between one way slab & two way slab?
45. Difference between QA & QC?
46. What do you mean by Fe415?
47. What are the functions of a column in a building?
48. How many feet are in 4 square yards?
49. What is the average density of soil?
50. What is the ratio of Grades M5, M7.5, M10, M15,
M20, M25, M30, M35, M40?
51. Why foundation is provided?
52. The concrete slump recommended for beams and
slabs; is-
53. What is the meaning of soil reinforcement?
54. What is the different type of slump test indications?
55. What is buckling or crippling load?
56. Define slenderness ratio. What is its effect on the
design of compression member?
57. Shear force and BM diagrams for different types of
loadings on beams.
58. Difference between mild steel and HYSD bars?
59. What do you understand by 80/100 bitumen?
60. What is differential settlement?
61. What do 53 stands for in 53-grade cement?
62. How do you construct a 25 storey building with no
columns?
63. Types of loads on structure?
64. Difference between pre-tensioning and post-
tensioning?
65. What is the L/D ratio of a cantilever beam?
66. What is camber?
67. What is batching? Difference between volume and
weight batching?
68. How is a theodolite leveled?
69. What is a benchmark? Name the different types.
70. Types of admixtures?
71. What are the CAD softwares you have used?
72. Interpret a strss vs strain curve.
73. Define modulus of elasticity.
74. What are the chemical compositions of cement?
75. What is creep & shrinkage of concrete?
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Rahulravi Sharma, B.E Civil Engineering,
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Answered 4 years ago
What are the civil engineering interview
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Originally Answered: What are the questions asked in civil
engineering interviews?
Well it can be anything about anything related to the
field , But if you want some best and frequent asked
questions
here are some of them :)
75 CIVIL ENGINEERING INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. What is bending moment (BM) & Shear force (SF) –
Explain.
2. What are the steps involved in the concreting
process, explain?
3. Describe briefly the various methods of concrete
curing.
4. What is the minimum curing period?
5. What Do You Understand by M25 Concrete?
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6. What is Water-Cement Ratio and How it is related to
59 4 1
the strength of concrete?
7. What is a bearing capacity of soil?
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Sreenivas, B.Techcapaci
Civil Engineering &
Construction Management, Graduated (2012)
Answered 5 years ago · Author has 1.1K answers and
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What are the interview questions for contracts
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Questions depend on your experience.
If it is a fresher, questions would be simple...something
like this:
1. What happens to a contract if there is no
mutual consent?
2. How do you distinguish between an agreement
and a contract with a real time example?
3. What would you do if the principal employer is
responsible for breach of contract? What
damages can be claimed?
4. What does Indian Contract Act say about
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contract are under mistake as to matter of fact
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Gangadhar Nalla, Assistant Manager/Civil at
Ircon International Limited (2018-present)
Answered 4 years ago · Upvoted by Gayathri Venu, PhD
Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
(2022)
What are some tricky interview questions related
to Civil engineering?
My cousine had a interview at Hyderabad in 2015. He
graduated from NIT Warangal and well in academics.
Interview goes well till he faced this last question. He
almost answered all questions. Then interviewer said u
are well in all aspects but now am going ask last
question. If say correct then you are in.
The interviewer asked this question
From Hyderabad u took an helicopter and travelled
200km to north and 200km to east and 200km to south
and finally 200km to west. Now where you are .?
He got akward for a moment. Then he answered.
Sir, am not at same location but am near to Hyderabad
in east direction.
Results:My brother hired into the company
As distance beyond 200km we should have to consider
Earths sperical nature into the account (from
Surveying)
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Subhadip Karmakar, studied at Narula Institute
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Answered 3 years ago
What are the interview questions asked by the
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Can't remember the date properly but it was January,
2017 and the time was 2.00 PM ….
Simplex Infrustructure Private Limited came to our
college for a recruiting freshers. I was in final year for
2013–2017 batch and I was number 16 to be
interviewed.
I was super excited for the campus drive as “Simplex
Infrastructure” is kinda heaven for freshers who don't
know about the work profile and so was I as I was not a
meritorious student even not an 8 CGPA holder.
Total of 120 candidates were there waiting in the
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Dushyant Sihrra, Faculty Members at Made
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What are the most asked steel design questions
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In Steel Design, questions are asked related to code
and design concepts.
Like which code is used in fabrication of steel members
Answer is IS 2062.
Design steps of fillet welded connection. Derivations of
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Type of Connections between beam and column.
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How should one prepare for an interview in a civil
engineering design company?
There are very few firms which hire B.Tech students for
structural designing. So they do not expect you to know
any advanced concepts, all they want to check is
whether your basics are clear and whether it'll be
possible to train you easily.
1. Shear force and bending moment diagrams
(All types of support conditions and loading).
This is often the deal maker or deal breaker
so don't mess it up.
2. Basic terms like cover, bonding, anchor length,
etc. For steel designing, it could be ultimate
strength, yield strength, difference between
the two, likewise.
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