I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Siemens (Mumbai) in Apr 2014
Interview
I got the interview call through a recruitment firm . Job would be under Siemens pay role. Project Engineer is the profile name.I was dealing with PLC and SCADA developent but the Siemens was expecting guys with Project engineering background (Panel engineering,IO list creation,Instrumentation knowledge...) .I never done those stuffs . I had knowledge about Schneider PLC and SCADA's . So questions were asked about Siemens systems. PLC and SCADA related question answered almost. But when it comes to instrumentation I was pretty weak in that area. Interview questions were pretty straight, only giving importance to basic stuffs rather than going in depth .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
PLC questions
How to calculate cycle time ?
Effect of derivative term in PID?
How do you tune PID ?
How you do Time based logic in PLC? (like every day 11 PM some action has to happen)
What are the basic requirements before developing the PLC applications?
How much comfortable you are with IEC61131-3 languages ?
What is watch dog timer ?
SCADA questions
What is P&ID?
Draw all the symbols you familiar in P&ID and explain ?
How you differentiate signal to PLC in a P&ID diagram ?
Instrumenation
2 wire Vs 4 Wire
Transducer Vs Sensor
PLC Vs Safety PLC
How to do calibration ?
RTD Vs TC
RTD measurement ranges ? and different types 1?What would be the OP of RTD signal range
TC measurement ranges ? and different types?What would be the OP of TC and signal range