Interview questions for MBA PM(2009-2011)

[One basic rule for clearing an interview is to get details of the

company in advance as well as of their competitors. Edit your CV as per fields they work in(each time for every company).Give them business opportunities, thats what they like. Be realistic and dont go for wild guesses. Say sorry if u dont know. Admit your mistakes (if any.]

Compiled by: Aman Joshi & Subharth Saha (MBA PM )

Caliber is not just clearing an interview, it is the knowledge which is applied to justify yourself..so increase your level of knowledge, level of company will automatically increase.Anil Kumar(HOD, MBA PM)

TABLE OF CONTENT Company Name ABPS INFRA PAGE 3 6 9 9 11 14 14 15 16 16 18 20 26 28 29 32

GENSOL CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD L & T INFOTECH INDIAN ENERGY EXCHANGE RAYCHEM RPG EMERSON GLOBAL DATA GREEN HORSE POWER RE CONNECT SHREE CEMENT LTD CESC LTD. TORRENT POWER LTD ACCENTURE GMR LTD BSES RAJDHANI POWER LIMITED LANCO TRADING

GREENKO GROUP LTD SEW INFRASTRUCTURE OPG POWER CROMPTON GREAVES ENKING ENERGY INDIAN SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM KNOWLEDGE GROUP NARC CONSULTANCY

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ABPS INFRA Consultancy

Candidate 1 ABPS WRITE-UP TOPIC: JNNSM key issue for implementation & suggestions (only suggestive points) Land acquisition is the main problem.

Serious players are less as many try to get advantage of 80% accelerated depreciation on first year and dont think about future revenues. So govt. should keep an eye on future generation output by all players.

Loan disbursement problems from NBFCs & Banks, on time. So Clearance time and disbursement process should be made easy

Technology problems related to their unproven & expensive nature. So more national manufactures to be encouraged so as to reduce cost.

Interview questions About yourself and Internship project details: told about engg background, job details n internship project details with conclusion SIP related questions: debt, equity financing definition; risk factors involved in project; hydro policy 06 that included perspective in internship report ; ratios used ; findings Why MBA: earlier it was for good job n money but during job n CAT preparation found that MBA is more than money.
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MBA-Power: suits my background i.e. Electrical Er. & was interested in technical-management education Why UPES and not NPTI: NPTI was first choice but as not able to go through GD/PI process Past Job Experience and environment of work in job: told everything in detail & explained all projects done during that time Whats hydro tariff in Uttarakhand?? Where do you see yourself 5 years from now: dont know about 5 years but after 10 years I see myself as an entrepreneur Why consultancy what you have for us : my last job was in consultancy so I am aware about work culture and according to my seniors in job, I have good reasoning and critical skills that are essential for consultant. Family background.. Are you aware about Mumbai living conditions and bond details of ABPS: yes and I dont have any problem with bond and its time period. Candidate 2 I had my interview for the job profile of analyst in ABPS Infrastructure Advisory , a Mumbai based consultancy. Mr. Ajit Pandit and Mr. Suresh Gehani took my interview. Tell me about yourself My name is chhavi chauhan and I hve done b.tech in electronics and instrumentation and currently m pursuing mba in power mgmt from upes. I m a hard working person with an optimistic approach towards everything in life. Tendering & bidding process and its contents Details of tendering and bidding process , how it is carried out, the details of the tender document of the EPC contract( GCC, SCC, LD, defect liability period, BG, ),process of evaluation of bids( in short the detailed knowledge of the summer internship project) Why you want to join a consultancy Sir as a fresher I need a platform that would give a start to my career as well as shape my future and ABPS can be the best suited organization for the same. Infact with my personal interest in the field of consultancy at this point of time I have no other name in my mind other then ABPS to start with.
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Why consultant should take you As an organization you need people who are hard working, deterministic and have an optimistic approach. Sir it is a symbiotic approach wherin both the parties are working for the mutual benfit of each other and same is the case here if I am getting the best platform to give a start to my career so is your organization getting a person who would give her 100% for the growth of the organization and adding credibility to its name. DPR concepts It included the details as to what a dpr is and what are it contents n it was a thorough discussion from the summer internship report. Tariff of hydro in Sikkim & Uttrakhand (I didnt knew the answer for this ques I simply accepted it and said sorry) Comfortable in Relocation to Mumbai or not Ofcourse that is not at all an issue. Rather while coming for this interview the only four words that were striking my mind were A B P and S. n Mumbai was nowhere around . it only struck my mind when u just asked about it . in this regard I can assure you that the relocation factor wont hamper either your decision of choosing me n neither mine to join your organization. Family background I gave the details of my family

Candidate 3 Write-up: Open access 1. About Yourself 2. Internship Answer: I described my SIP. 3. Case1/Case 2 Bidding. 4: NPV: Net present value. Sum of present values of all cash flows. IRR: Internal rate of return. Rate at which NPV is zero. Candidate 4 Essay on solar mission where I wrote about Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission and my suggestion for implementation of plan and to achieve the objective.
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Interview: 1) Tell me about the summer internship? Infrastructure project on National Highway where I was supposed to find the opportunity for project finance by private and foreign banks. 2) Do you financial Modelling? Yes 3) Where do get the reference error? While calculating DSCR which was wrong. 4) Have you calculated IDC? Yes 5) What was the conclusion of the summer internship? Right now the banks should wait for annuity based project as it would be fruitful for the lenders in recovering funds. 6) But there are projects which are financed by government banks? The purpose of the project was to find opportunity for private and foreign banks. 7) Disagreement on financing of projects and said there are projects which have been financed by government banks? The purpose of the project was to find opportunity for private and foreign banks. All the projects till now in road sector have been funded either by NHAI or some government banks. 8) Will you be comfortable working in Mumbai? Yes

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ASKED IN GENSOL CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD. Candidate 1 My interview was taken by Jignesh, the business head and Swati fromHR. Jignesh: So Sweta how are you doing today? Are you nervous about the interview? Me: Thank you Sir, I am good. No I am not nervous about the interview, but yeah excited as to how it will go. Jignesh : You are throughout an 80% student, if we take you, will you stick to the company, as it is a small company.
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Me: I will join the power industry as a fresher, and therefore, I am looking forward to a stable career. Moreover, to me it does not matter whether the company is big or small, till the time, I get to learn and grow. Moreover, I am very impressed with the way Gensol is growing and diversifying and in such a small time span it has prepared an esteemed list of clientele. So I will definitely like to join Gensol and learn its success secret. Jignesh: What projects have you done during your MBA? Me: Gave a brief about the projects that I have done. Swati: What are your positive points? Me: I am aconfident and optimist person. I am strongly convinced about my caliber and put in my 100 percent in every task without bothering about the outcome. Swati; And what is your greatest weakness? Me: I trust people easily. Swtai; Do you really think that is a weakness? Me: Of course yes, because when a person trust others easily, he becomes very vulnerable. Jignesh; OK Sweta, will you be happy if we offer you the profile of research analyst? Me: Sir, can you please brief me on the role before I can answer to that. Jignesh explained the details about the Knowledge Centre and Research Analyst profile. After which I agreed to it. But we negotiated over the package. Finally Swati said that she will have to confirm about the package from the HR head. GENSOL CONSULTANTS- AMAN JOSHI NOTE- One basic rule for clearing an interview is to get details of the company in advance as well as of their competitors.Edit your CV as per fields they work in(each time for every company).Give them business opportunities,thats what they like.Be realistic and dont go for wild guesses.Say sorry if u dont know.Admit your mistakes(if any). GD Round- consisted an article on shortcomings in commonwealth games.Insult faced by country. Asked about how to overcome negative image created in the world about various issues involved.
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INTERVIEW ROUND 1.Tell me about yourself??-This question wins u half d battle.Be positive,confident but not egotistic.Be honest as it is still d best policy. 1.Have you done all aptitude questions urself??-No, Ive asked 50% from my frends. 2.Looking at my CV,tell me any two projects I should ask you??- I chose Internship and Solar PV DPR 3.Asked about Internship at NDPL(DSM& EE),Measures to save electricity and cost savings achieved.How to calculate cost savings. Asked about various govt programs under DSM,Municipal,BLY,ECBC,Stanard and labeling scheme. Equipments on which we can save energy.-HVAC,Ligting etc ESCO concept. 4. SOLAR PV DPR About college solar plant.All details. What factors you considered before constructing the plant. What technology selected ?Why?- Monocrystalline,as easily available and panel efficiency 19-23%. What conversions take place in the energy till it reaches grid? Different type of solar technologies we could go for?Adv n disadvantages of all Basic terminologies in solar like DNI,Global insolation,Peak watt Indian solar radiation Insolation range and bands-1600 kwh/m2/yr- 2400 kwh/m2/yr Why u chose rajasthan for plant location-as agricultural land is not acquired and solar radiation is high in that region. How much land per MW for solar pv- 7 acre/MW aprox DSM & EEAgricultural

5. Whats carbon footprint??

NOTE-You can ask questions in an interview other than the package(unless they ask u to ask)related to the companies and opportunities in a way that you make the interviewer go in the direction you want him to go.ie,the topic you already know.But should make sense with companies business.
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6.I asked why arent ur company getting into REC market???Then he asked what do you know about REC?? -I gave all details.Types.Impact.Beneficiaries. 7.In case u r selected what would u chose-HR,STRATEGIC,BD 8.Do u have location constraint-no

. L & T Infotech 1 round: Aptitude round 2 round: GD (Copenhagen Summit) 3 round: PI (based on summer internship) I. Describe your internship in detail. Ans. Scope of merchant power plant in India. I tell about merchant power plants and how they are making profit. II. What are the managerial decisions that you had applied for your project? Ans. I have done financial modelling and found that, it is making profit after 5-6 years. III. What was your recommendation? Ans. Merchant power plants are use as 60:40 i.e.60% use as long term power and 40% as merchant power. 4 round: Technical interview (based on Dissertation) I. What is the topic you had chosen for dissertation? Ans. Power line carrier communication II. What are the modes of research and data collection? Ans. primary and secondary research III. How PLCC is better than GSM technology? Ans. Use existing infrastructure, no extra cost, less distortion, saves money. IV. Give the cost benefit analysis

Indian Energy Exchange: Candidate 1 1)Who takes care of power flow in India? Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 2)Who takes care of trading?PTC 3)What is the demand-supply in the state where u belong to? Dont Know 4) Where would u get the information about the demand supply and deficit of power in a particular state? Respective ERC website
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5)What is the function of cerc? Overall planning and Monitoring 6)What is the difference between cea and cerc? CEA is the planner and CERC is the monitor 7)What is open access? Non discriminatory access to transmission based on availability. 8)How is trading done? Buyers and Sellers bid is matched to come to MCP 9)What are the ways of trading? Bilateral and Closed auction on exchange 10)Tell me about the journey u have covered since 05? BD in ING investment Management 11)Family background? Father retired from JSHB and mother a housewife. 12)Why such a fluctuation in academics? I was more interested in outdoor games. 13)What would be the cost that u or the company have to bear to bring u here? Didnt know 14)What is the future plan? Help develop Bihar 15)What is the target for next five years? To acquire as much knowledge as I can 16)What would u be doing if selected? Help IEX grow 17)What would be ur choice about the profile? Operation however am flexible 18)Why don't u want to go abroad instead of being here? Want to do more for India by being here Candidate 2 Group discussion Role of renewable energy and the energy security for future. a. Tell me about yourself. b. Describe your summer internship. c. What is Load forecasting? d. What are the factors that should be considered while doing a forecast? e. What is the load nature of DELHI? f. Current situation of BIHAR and change after NITISH KUMAR? g. How SCADA is helpful in forecasting? Candidate 3 1. Tell me something about you. 2. What was your score in entrance exam? 3. Why did you select power management and UPES?

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Answer: Because this is a domain specific course and there is huge scope in this sector and most importantly, I love this field. 4. What you did in your SIP? Answer: Described my SIP project. 5. Differentiate between CASE1/CASE2 bids. Answer: Case1: In this type of bidding procurer (person inviting the bids) does not specify location of the plant, technology to be used and does not provide any clearances. Case 2: Procurer specifies the location, technology to be used and provides all the clearances required. 6. Tell me something about transmission pricing? Answer: There are three main types of Tx pricing: Postage Stamp Method Megawatt-Mile method Nodal Pricing:I described all of the above. 7. Risks of a generator.: Answer: * Regulatory risk *Increase of fuel prices in Future * Political risk *Operational risk * Demand risk 8. Some financial concepts like NPV, IRR, Equity IRR, Risks etc. 9. Which profile would you like to opt in IEX? Answer: Market Operations. RAYCHEM RPG: Candidate 1 a. Tell about your summer internship in detail.
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b. c. d. e. f. g.

What are the recommendations that you had given in the SIP report? Are your recommendations applied? Why you had selected SCADA implementation for your project What is OHMs law? What are the types of transformers? Are you interested in cultural activities and which club you had joined in the college? h. How many friends do you have, which are girl? i. Why did you choose power management? Candidate 2 a) Introduce yourself. Ans. Self introduction given. b) What is the difference between B.Tech and B.E. and which s superior? Ans. According to me both are same but in the market B.Tech grabs more credits as compared to B.E. c) Why your graph is declining in academics? Ans. It is declining because with the academics I got bundled with other management flavored responsibilities which I believe give more exposure as compared to what we get in books and as far as my technical knowledge is concerned you can check me on that and I believe I am at par in them. d) Technical Questions over Transformers and Power Management Details of curriculum. e) Research Methodology based questions which came from my own answer of Internship whr I prepared questionnaires, so they asked how many types of questions are thr? Candidate 3 1) Tell me about your self Answer: My name is yakshika I am an electrical engineer o did my engineering from DIT dehradun (Interrupted) 2) If we send you to assam are you ready to go? Answer: Yes, if it is a part of my job I will go.

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3) Define marketing? Answer- the process of getting customer to buy a firms product. This involves from the phase of product idea generation, making arrangements for distribution and advertising of the product to the modification in the existing product so to improve appeal to the customer. This is a crucial process involved in the product life cycle. 4) Explain process of tendering and bidding Answer: Starting from -invitation for the tender including project area, type, who can participate and fee for the tender document a) Requuest for qualification b) Request for proposal 5) Different type of bidding ICB, local Bidding Candidate 4 1. Tell me about yourself? - Myself Praveen kumar kodali, I belongs to Visakhapatnam from Andhra Pradesh, I was born and bought up in Visakhapatnam. I have done by B-Tech in Electrical and electronics engineering from Vignan Institute Of Information Technology affiliated to JNTU. - I had a work experience of 16 months in Shree ram transport finance company Ltd, I joined the company as a Management Trainee and left the company as a Asst. Credit Manager - My hobbies are playing cricket and badminton. 2. What is the difference between sales and marketing? - Marketing means mainly getting the approval of the product in the vendors list, here the product need to meet some requirements do get the approval. - Promotion of the product is also a marketing strategy. - Whereas sales means getting the orders or tenders for the product and to sale the product in the market. 3. What where the recommendations of your SIP? - My SIP consists of 3 projects each project has different recommendations 4. Maslows hierarchy of needs is for an individual or for an organization? - For an individual. 5. Finally are you interested in sales? - yes.

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Emerson 1 st round presentation in a group topic resent Indian delegation visit to china its impact and opportunity 2 nd round case study on team work 3 rd round Personal Interview 1) Tell me about yourself Answer my name is yakshika I did my BTECH in electrical eng. from DEHREADUN INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY , I am pursuing my MBA in Power management from University of Petroleum and energy studies. I am closely associated with Vineet Aashram an orphanage where we help the kids in their studies and overall personality development. 2) f we give you a profile in marketing? Answer: It will be nice if it is related to power industry. 3) Why not selected in RPG? Answer: Not knowing the reason, till now they have not communicated their feedback regarding student performance.

Global Data 1. Tell me about yourself Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi.I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. 2. What do you know about power sector? Tell me about some upcoming power plants? Ans: Indian power sector is a growing sector. There is a huge demand supply gap. Power sector has been divided in three parts namely: power generation, power transmission and power distribution. Power sector also includes power trading, in which power is being traded at a platform. There are a lots of power plants coming in India through public and private parties. Some examples are jindal power plant at tamnar, Visa power plant at raigarh, RGTPP-Hisar, 7 UMPP has been introduced out of which 3 has been allocated to TATA power and 1 is to Reliance power and many more. 3. Tell me some power plants using their own coal.
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Ans: Jindal power plant at tamnar, Monat power plant at raigarh. 4. Which is your fav subject in PM? Ans: Econometrics 5. What is co-relation? Ans: Co-relation is the relation between any two nos. co relation tells that these two parameters are co-related but what is the relation, it is tell by regression. 6. What is the equation of co-relation? Ans: y = m1x1 + m2x2 + c Green horse Power Candidate 1 ) Tell me something about yourself. b) Power scenario in India. c) Contribution of Biomass in Indian Power sector. d) Project description. e) Ways of procuring Biomass. f) Fieldwork is a challenging task, how do you find yourself fit for it? Candidate 2 1. SIP project & detail 2. What is biomass? 3. How produce electricity from biomass? 4. Component of biomass? Candidate 3 1. About Yourself. 2. SIP 3. RECs: Renewable energy certificates 4. REC is given for generating 1MWh of electricity from renewable. 5. Types: Solar, Non Solar.
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6. Can be traded through exchanges only. Helps in meeting RPOs. 7. Your salary expectations. RE Connect Candidate 1 1. SIP Report 2. Why promote Renewable energy 3. Electricity Act 4. What is REC 5. Process of achieving REC 6. Potential available in uttarakhand of hydro power 7. Re allocation yourself 8. Package expected 9. Deference between REC and CDM Candidate 2 1. SIP Report 2. Why promote Renewable energy 3. Electricity Act 86,1,(e) 4. What is REC 5. Process of achieving REC 6. Potential available in uttarakhand of hydro power 7. Re allocation yourself 8. Package expected 9. Deference between REC and CDM SHREE CEMENT LTD Candidate 1 a. Tell me about your SIP? b. How load forecasting at DELHI is done? c. Why you had chosen power management in place of trying for IAS. d. Your favourite IPL team and why? Candidate 2 a. From which topic we should ask questions b. Answer Regulatory c. Who is responsible for providing the clearances? d. CERC e. Ques-Open Access Candidate 3
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1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi.I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. my interest is in project management. 2. Why do you want to join our company? Ans: Because of lots of opportunity. As you said in your ppt that your company is much diversified and you can switch from one profile to other, hence it will be great experience to work with a great company like shree. 3. Tell about EPC. Ans: EPC i.e engineering, procurement and contraction. It is a common form of contracting arrangement within the construction industry. Under an EPC contract, the contractor will design the installation, procure the necessary materials and construct it, either through own labour or by subcontracting part of the work. The contractor carries the project risk for schedule as well as budget in return for a fixed price, called Lump sum or LSTK depending on the agreed scope of work. 4. Ready to join in remote area? Ans : yes, my interest is in project management hence I know that it would be a field job. Hence I am mentally and physically prepared for it. Candidate 4 1. Where do you belong from? 2. What is your hobby? 3. SIP report 4. Hydro power policy of Uttarakhand? Candidate 5 1. Tell me something about yourself. 2. Career Interest. 3. Why Project management. 4. What is scheduling.
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5. How is Power Trading done. Candidate 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. About my SIP. Where do you belong from? What is your hobby? SIP report Hydro Policy of uttrakhand

Candidate 7 1. Why do u join your earlier job? - My earlier job profile is no where related to my B-Tech background, I had been selected in open campus in the month of December, 2007. - The main criteria of being selection was B-Tech /B.E degree - The company was looking for the start of overseas operation, so they required minimum a qualified undergraduate. 2. Why do you came so long ( south to north)? - During the time my job period I was keen looking forward to do my MBA, so in that process I was in search of what the course I need to take n where to do from. On my way I came across the management course in the power sector, which would be more beneficial to me holding a B-Tech degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. 3. Previous job profile? - It was purely a field oriented job where I need to take care of the 1) Problematic cases 2) Recovery of the pending monthly dues 4. Why power trading? - I was passionate about making my carrier in trading where it was the one the upcoming vertical of the power sector. - In power trading I may up to date of all the present level of demand and supply gap, also the all the latest regulations in the power.

CESC Ltd. 1st Round: Physcometeric Test. It included a Physcometeric test where we had to connect numbers in serial. 2nd Round: Aptitude test
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3rd Round: Group Discussion: it was based on situational case study given on spot 4th Round: Personal Interview Q1) tell us about yourself Q2) where do you see yourself after 5 years Q3) Discussion about my SIP Q4) what do understand by distribution franchizee Q5) what are the important factors to be considered for setting up a distribution franchizee in a region Q6) what are the components of distribution tariff Q7) what are the factors which can affect the lowering of distribution tariff Q8) why did you leave your job Candidate 2 Round 1: It was the written test round consists of Psychometric test Aptitude test

Round 2: Technical and HR interview 1. Tell me about yourself? - Myself Praveen kumar kodali, I belongs to Visakhapatnam from Andhra Pradesh, I was born and bought up in Visakhapatnam. I have done by B-Tech in Electrical and electronics engineering from Vignan Institute Of Information Technology affiliated to JNTU. - I had done my intermediate from Vignan Jr College, from Visakhapatnam. - I had a work experience of 16 months in Shree ram transport finance company Ltd, I joined the company as a Management Trainee and left the company as a Asst. Credit Manager. 2. Where did you do your summer internship, what do you done? - I had done my internship in Raychem RPG Ltd. - My internship consists of 3 projects a) Market research on the PPE, and finding the way for the Raychem to enter in to the market of safety equipments. b) Customer satisfaction survey of the existing customers of the company. c) Finding the business opportunities for Raychem in the field of solar power generation. 3. What was the area of your interest?

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Power distribution: In fact my dissertation is on the Techno- Commercial Analysis Of The Distribution Reforms of the Andhra Pradesh. 4. What are the main reasons for the poor efficiencies of the Andhra distribution companies? - Lack of proper fund allotment - Poor implementation of the IT tools - Poor metering techniques - Power theft - Highly subsidized tariff for agricultural customers - High political interference.

Torrent Power Ltd Candidate 1 1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi.I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. 2. Tell me about EPC. Ans: EPC i.e engineering, procurement and contraction. It is a common form of contracting arrangement within the construction industry. Under an EPC contract, the contractor will design the installation, procure the necessary materials and construct it, either through own labour or by subcontracting part of the work. The contractor carries the project risk for schedule as well as budget in return for a fixed price, called Lump sum or LSTK depending on the agreed scope of work. 3. How will you help in reducing losses in power system (generation, transmission and distribution)? Ans: In generation: Supercritical technology Regular internal audit
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Standardised equipments

In transmission: HVDC

In distribution: Candidate 2 a. b. c. d. e. f. Candidate 3 a) Power scenario in India. b) Difference between Case 1 and Case 2 Bidding (SIP). c) Favorite subject in MBA (PM). d) Important of healthy distribution sector in India. Candidate 4 a) About Yourself. b) Current situation of U.P. power sector. c) Why this course. Candidate 5 1st round interview Meaning of my name
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Smart meters Joint venture ABC (arial bunch conductor) Prepaid billing

What is SIP all about? What are the factors considered for load forecasting? Make a regression formulae for load forecasting/ What is the topic of your dissertation? What is the mode of research and methodology of dissertation? Tell me about scada system and its importance for distribution?

 Explain ohms law In the conductor when we apply potential difference to its end the current flow in the circuit which is proportional to the potential difference applied to it. I=V/R Keeping all the physical quantities constant like temp., pressure

Where ohms law fail

Wen we apply more than10000 amp current to the conductor at that time ohm law not proves the same. Explain the working of relay Whenever there is abnormal condition in the circuit whether over current or voltage, it senses these predefined condition and send the signal to the C.B for its response.

define business model It is one of the important part of the business strategy which shows what will be the inputs to the business like investment, resources, man force, time etc. , what type of process involved to run the business and what will be the outcome of this business. It gives overall pictures to the stakeholder regarding their queries. What is the demand supply gap for the Uttarakhand It is around 13% in the peak times ( this yr June July) and around 8% average . this due to rapid industrialization and development program but hindrences in various power plant projects of the state. Subject you liked till 3rd sem Answer Distribution Organisational Behaviour

Define AT&C losses It is the difference between energy input units into the system and the units for which the payment is collected. ATC Loss is the actual measure of overall efficiency of the distribution business as it measures both technical as well as commercial losses.
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AT&C losses (%) = (Energy Input energy Realised) 100 Energy Input Level of AT&C losses in Uttarakhand Answer28% overall But higher in some of the areas of Udham Singh Nagar, Roorkee Main reason as the state was came out of UP north region, where the condition of the distribution network was not in good state. So Augumentation and upgradation is one of the area which is needed to be dealt. Also UPCL is not able to meet 100% metering in the state for this they have to give penalty of Rs. 7 million to UERC Regarding DPR on Biomass

If we post you to Somalia Answer- I will go, provided I am assured regarding security . This is a mans world how you will sustain there I dont think so today such thinking exist but if you insist on this so I will say that in my class of 75 students we are only 4 girls and I am comfortable working with boys in different projects and assignment and I think most of our generation people are very much professional so such questions doesnt affect me. And also I believe in doing my work with most sincerity and honesty keeping in mind team work sprit. If your Boss in every situation scold you then what your reaction Answer- if it is my mistake I will try to rectify it as soon as possible and try to not repeat it in the future. (if not your mistake) then at that point of time I will not say anything but later on I will try to put my stand. I cant change others attitude what can I do is to be flexible as per the environment. I am hoping for the best but prepared for the worst.

Final interview (Agra) If some agitated group of people comes to the office how will you deal First of all I will ask them to have a seat assuring them that our first priority is the relation with the consumers. Then I will properly listen to them what are their problems and what type of solution they want from us. And then after analyzing the situation take decision as per companys policy.
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 Why not again lecturer Because lecturer was a job for me and power sector is my carrier Why not MBA after BTECH I wanted to do MBA at that time only but egger to fund my education fee by myself so joined as lecturer in DIT . Your father is in good post so he can afford your fee? It was my conscience which always put me into guilt for financially dependent on my father. My Father has other responsibilities also which he needed to fulfill. So I dont wanted to be additional burden on him knowing that I can earn my education fee. Moreover I am person who wanted to be self dependent. Candidate 6 Torrent Power had 2 rounds of interviews. 1) Tell me about yourself? Ans. I told them about myself, my graduation marks, school marks and about parents.

2) What do you know about Electricity Act 03? Ans. I let them know about the privatization part, sections in the Act including functioning of CERC, SERC, CEA and CTU.

3) Questions related to my engineering project and Summer Internship project as well as soccer world cup. 4) What were the projects in the second semester?

Final Round: 1) Why do you want to join the company? 2) Why did you study in ICFAI, Hyderabad? 3) Where did you do your summer project?
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4) What was your project and tell me about it?

GENERAL QUESTIONS ASKED IN TORRENT (COMPILED)

.) Tell me something about yourself. Q2.) Rate yourself in class. Q3.)Where do you rate your college(B.tech) Q4.)Which companies came to your campus in your final year of B.tech. Q5.)What are your strength and weaknesses? Q6.)About SIP then follow up questions from that.. Q7.)Draw distribution network. Q8.)Why should we hire you ? Q9) Explain how you would be an asset to this organization Q10.)Being an ECE engg. Where do you fit in our organization? Q11.)Do you have basic Excel knowledge? Q12.)Tell me something about your family background. Q13.)Tell me about something you did or failed to do that you now feel a little ashamed of. Q14.)Where do you see yourself five years from now? Q15.)Describe your ideal company, location and job. Q16.)Will you work at Kanyakumari we are planning to open our Distribution franchisee there. Q17.)What would you say to your boss if hes crazy about an idea, but you think it is not worth ? Q18.)What will you do if every employee is against you but you know that whatever you are doing is right?
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Q19.)What is Project Crashing? Q20.)Draw and show how crashing of activity is done. Q21.)What is PERT? Q22.)What was the toughest decision you ever had to make? Q23.)Who has inspired you in your life and why? Q24.)Why you have choose to go for MBA Power Management after B.tech? Q25.)What are the types Of coal? Q26.)What is your fav. Subject ? Then follow up questions from those subjects. Q27.)How can GIS help in reducing losses? Q28.)What do you know about SCADA? Q29.)Situation based Psychological questions... Q30.) What motivates your best work? Q31.)What is IRR,NPV? Q32.)Are you comfortable working in Excel? Q33.)Name all subjects of MBA Power Management. Accenture Candidate 1 a. Group discussion: Does the utility invest in conventional sources of energy or go for the alternatives? b. Technical i. Tell me about your educational journey? ii. Describe your Internship in detail. iii. What are the factors considered for load forecasting? iv. What are the difference between wind and solar generation?
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v. Plot a diagram of 1 kW solar rooftop panel and approximate assumptions and how much it will cost. vi. What is PLF of solar and wind power plants? vii. What are the causes of outages? viii. How outages can be controlled? ix. What will be done at the time of outages for restoration of power? x. How smart grid is helpful for utilities? c. HR xi. Tell me about yourself. xii. Why you want to join an IT company and why ACCENTURE? xiii. What are your aspirations in life? xiv. What are your hobbies and passion? xv. In ACCENTURE you will not get enough time to spend for your passion and adventure, how will you manage that? xvi. What is the work of a business analyst? xvii. Any questions for us. xviii. I asked As you told that you will not provide any training for this job, then how can I come to know the working environment?

Candidate 2 Round 1: Group discussion on Distribution utilities should invest in traditional fossil fuel generation or in the Non-Conventional energy generation. Round 2: Technical Interview 1. What are the basic requirements of the getting a power connection and the process? - Need to submit a request form for the new connection. - A survey engineer will be survey the site or the house locality to make sure it was as per the request forum. If there are any violations in the survey we need to pay a penalty for getting the connection 2. What was energy auditing? - Measure of total power been consumed by any machine or any instrument, what was the rated power the machine generally consumes and it was consuming any excess power. - If it was consuming any excess power what was the reason for it, and how to reduce this excess losses
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Prescribing the methods for correction of machine or else going for a new a machine in case of no further option. 3. Whether it was feasible to set up a tidal power generation in Visakhapatnam? - Not feasible because of lack of proper maintenance of the sea shore in Visakhapatnam - For tidal power generation a isolated sea shore is necessary which is not available . 4. What are the different technologies in solar power generation? - Solar PV - Solar thermal 5. What was your final project? - Techno Commercial analysis of the distribution reforms of the Andhra Pradesh. 6. Which distribution company of Andhra Pradesh is one of the top distribution company having low AT&C losses? - Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. Candidate 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. About yourself About SIP About use of instrumentation in power sector. About SCADA About Implementation of SCADA in power sector. About my possible role in the company as a manager.

GMR ltd Candidate 1 A. Written Test Qualified B. Interview round 1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi.I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player..
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2. What is power trading? Ans: Power trading is a process for trading power on a platform. According to EA 2003 trading is a process of purchase of electricity to resale it. Power trading is of three types a. Bilateral b. Intermediaries / licensee traders c. Power exchange 3. What is interest area? Ans: Project management. For this I have learnt MS Project by my own. Candidate 2 1. About SIP 2. About Latest news related with Power trading 3. Why should I take you. Candidate 3 1. OA regulations, 2. engg projects 3. SIP BSES Rajdhani Power Limited: Candidate 1 It basically consisted of 3 roundsa) Group Discussion. b) Technical Interview (including case study discussion). c) HR Interview

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The topic for Group Discussion was REGULATING THE REGULATORS, in which we talked about the development of some governing bodies for regulating the regulating bodies. The Forum of Indian Regulators as discussed by me was one strong point that led to my selection to the second round. We even talked about the working of CERC n SERCs including their functions. The second round was that of Technical Interview. We were given different case studies to go through before going for the interview round. The topic of my case study was regarding Managerial accounting. One had to go through the topic and answer the questions that followed. Questions in the Technical Round: 1) Tell me about yourself? Ans. I gave them a brief description about myself starting with my name, post-

graduation marks, graduation branch and marks, about family, projects done (if any).

2) What did u understand from the Case Study? Ans. I let them know about the details given in the case study with answers to all the questions of the same.

3) What is the functioning of CERC? Ans. i) to regulate the tariff of generating companies owned or controlled by the Central Government. ii) To regulate the tariff of generating companies other than those owned or controlled by the Central Government. iii) To regulate the inter-State transmission of electricity. iv) To determine tariff for inter-State transmission of electricity. v) To specify Grid Code having regard to Grid Standards.

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4) What is the functioning of CEA? Ans. i) specify the technical standards for construction of electrical plants, electric lines and connectivity to the grid. ii) Specify the safety requirements for construction, operation and maintenance of electrical plants and electric lines. iii) Specify the Grid Standards for operation and maintenance of transmission lines. iv) Promote measures for advancing the skill of persons engaged in the electricity industry. v) Make public from time to time the information secured under this Act, and provides for the publication of reports and investigations.

5) Why did you do your engineering from ICFAI, Hyderabad and why not from any college in Orissa? Ans. I told them about the benefits of studying in Hyderabad than in Orissa without saying any bad about my home state, the benefits and the change in outlook one would get when studying with a wide variety of students all over the country.

6) Tell us about your project? Ans. I let them know about the project title and the training company name. Like, I did my training from IMaCs, Noida and had been given a live project from FOIR on Feasibility of applying kVAh tariff to domestic consumers. Then I told them the way I proceeded with the project work even answering the difference between kWh and kVAh tariffs.

7) Would you be able to survive in Delhi? Ans. I was confident enough to say a YES to this question, supporting my answer with my ability to relocate in Hyderabad, Noida and Dehradun. 8) Tell us about your family?
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Ans. Here, I let them know about my father, his profession, my mother, her profession and last about my sister.

Questions in the HR Round: 1) Do you know about the profile being given? Ans. I told them about the profile being offered confidently with a need to accept the same. 2) Would you be able to relocate? Ans. I gave them the same answer as earlier regarding my ability to relocate. The other questions were the same as telling them about my family.

Candidate 2 A. GD round Qualified Topic: which method is good between grading system and percentage system? I supported percentage system B. Interview round 1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi.I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. 2. Situation given I have to make customer (poor farmer) agree to make bill payments. I gave my points but one of them was not satisfied.

Lanco First round:

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1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi.I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. 2. They have asked about trading department of lanco called as ------ but I was not aware of that. 3. Ready to join anywhere in India, ready to join in TN? Ans: yes 4. Tell about your teaching experience, which subjects you taught there. Why you left that job? Ans: I was lecturer in BITS Bhiwani. I was taking three subjects. I left that job because I wanted to do MBA. Hence after giving MBA exam I have joined BITS as lecturer. I taught there for six months and then I joined MBA power management in UPES. Because doing masters is a must in todays time and I choose power management because of huge scope. Second round: (MD interview) 1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi.I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. 2. What do you know about power trading? Ans: Power trading is a process for trading power on a platform. According to EA 2003 trading is a process of purchase of electricity to resale it. Power trading is of three types a. Bilateral b. Intermediaries / licensee traders c. Power exchange 3. Are you ready for doing a kind of work in which you have to do work over nights?
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Ans: yes, not a issue 4. Welling to go ludhiana? Ans: yes

Greenko group Ltd 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What is your SIP? What is the hydro power policy of hydro power in Uttarakhand? How calculate the water potential in hydro power case? What do you mean by head of water? Formation of DPR Main chapter in DPR Potential available in north east?

SEW Infrastructure Candidate 1 1. SIP project & detail 2. What is biomass? 3. How produce electricity from biomass? 4. Component of biomass? Candidate 2 1) Tell me about yoursef 2) SIP 3) project Management OPG Power Candidate 1 1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my
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intern TTC Hisar and Delhi. I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. 2. What did you did in your internship? Ans: my internship topic was Coal to Electricity. I was in operation and maintenance department. It was my visit to any thermal power plant, hence I was quite excited in it. Being a thermal power plant Jindal power plant, tamnar was not look like a thermal power plant. There I could explore my knowledge area by visualizing and understanding the various plant equipments and their procedures. 3. What is the unique thing about JPL, Tamnar? Ans: the unique feature of JPL, tamnar is its CCPC (cross country pipe conveyor), the system which is used for transporting coal from coal mine area to plant site. This is the life line for plant. Coal first crushed into crusher and then transported to plant area i.e CHP (inside). The conveyor forms a pipe shape inbetween for protecting coal from rain and dust etc. Second benefit of this pipe is that, it is environment friendly. Firstly it was designed for two way communication i.e for transporting coal from coal mine to plant site and then transporting fly ash from site to coal mine area for refilling the mines. But due to life line of the plant, it is used in single communication i.e for transporting of coal. 4. Weither it a cost effective process? Ans: yes, definitely this is. It also reduces the environment pollution, fuel saving, time saving, less human interface hence more effective process. 5. Can you provide some data regarding CCPC? Ans: yes, why not. Candidate 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What is summer internship project & Detail? Opportunity of hydro power in north east? What is the advantage of hydro power over thermal plower? Area of Interest SIP questions. Expected package How many type of clearance in hydro power project?
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Candidate 3 1. ERP systems 2. electrical engg basics, 3. SIP Candidate 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. What is summer internship project & Detail? Opportunity of hydro power in north east? What is the advantage of hydro power over thermal plower? Area of Interest SIP questions. Expected package How many type of clearance in hydro power project?

Candidate 5 1. About Yourself 2. About SIP 3. Financial Modelling 4. Can you work in Chennai 5. Answer: Yes, I can work. 6. Some financial concepts. Candidate 6 1. Classify different types of Boilers. 2. Why India should go for SHP and other renewable sources and not Nuclear Power. 3. Would you prefer to work in India or abroad? 4. We may get a SHP project in Laos would you like to work there, do you know in which part of the globe Laos is situated.

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5. Are you ready to work in Power generation Sector as Life in Power Plant is not that easy , no specific working hours, and you may get food only 2 times a day, if yes, then how can you made us believe on you on that. QUESTIONS ASKED IN INTERVIEW OF OPG GROUP (Compiled) Q1 ABOUT OPR SOLAR PRICES Q2 PROJECT V/S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Q3 PPA (SINGLE SIDED OR DOUBLE SIDED) Q4 CAPTIVE POWER PLANT (REGULATION,TRADING) Q5 COAL ECONOMICS (EXPLORATION,PRICE,COUNTRIES,GRADES OF COAL) Q6 DPR SOLAR PV CONSIDERATION Q7 FIP FOREIGN TRADE POLICY Q8 EPC AND EPCM DIFFERENTIATE Q9 SWITCHYARD CONFIGURATION Q10 CIRCUIT BREAKER / ISOLATOR Q11 CLEARANCES REQUIRED IN HYDRO POWER PLANT Q12 IDENTIFY OPPOURTUNITIES IN UTTRAKHAND AND ANDHRA PRADESH Q13 FINANCIAL MODELLING Q14 RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY Q15 OUT OF BOILER TURBINE AND GENERATOR WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT Q16 HYDRO SCENARIO OF INDIA Q17 RTU BEST MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF INDIA AND WORLD Q18 PLC SYSTEMS AND SYNCHRONIZATION Q19 REC MECHANISM Q20 WILL YOU TAKE BRIBE OFFERING YOU TO COMPROMISE WITH QUALITY.
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Q21 3G AND 4G Q22 WIRELESS NETWORKS Q23 VSAT VS RELEASED LINE Q24 COST OF PER MW OF SOLAR ENERGY Q25 LAND REQUIREMENT PER MW OF SOLAR Q26 REC REGULATION Q27 RPO OBLIGATION Q28 REVENUE FROM SOLAR REC Crompton Greaves 1. About yourself 2. A Power electronics question, with the figure provided by the interviewer. The basic question was that i had to present the Power factor as a product of two terms. 3. How does Harmonics affects the power transmission system, and how it can be improved. 4. All about SIP 5. Suppose You are an employee of CG, & you have to convince your consumer about to buy the products, although the costs being much high. How will u convince them. condition is u have to think like an engineer. 6. concepts of trading of power. 7. basics about CDM. 8. write the step by step processes, u will need to have before the presentation of equipments of CG before other companies. 9. RTU (Remote terminal Units)- A situation was given and the Algorithm according to the situation was had to provide. 10. In an oscilloscope, if we are given the inputs as a. sine wave in X-axis, Cos wave in Yaxis b. sine wave in both axes with same amplitude. c. sine wave in both axes with different amplitudes. then what the wave would be shown as the output on the screen.

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Enking Energy Candidate 1 1. Tell me about yourself. Ans: my name is parveen sharma. I belong to hisar, haryana. I have done schooling from hisar and graduation from BRCM college of engg & tech Bahal, Bhiwani. Where I did my intern TTC Hisar and Delhi. I have organised many technical and non-technical events like Maisma and Frolic. Apart from this i am a national level basketball player.. 2. What is your interest? Ans: I loved to do project management 3. Are not interested in marketing? Ans: I have no problem with marketing. I can do marketing but project management will always be my first choice. 4. Tell something about Haryana. For which, Haryana is most famous? Ans: sir Haryana is known for its DUDH DAHI KA KHANA. Apart from this Haryana & Punjab are famous irrigation. If talk particularly for Hisar, there are two university, one is CCSHAU and other one is GJU. CCSHAU is world famous university. IMT Rohtak is in under contraction. One IIM is also allocated to Haryana and many more.. 5. Are you interested in project analysis kind of job? Ans: yes, before project erection there is lots of work has to be completed. Hence I am ready for project analysis. Candidate 2 1. Three quality of marketing manager? 2. Job Satisfaction related question? 3. Job responsible 4. Four reasons for quit the job? 5. How long you will join our company? 6. after 5 year where you will see your position? 7. Have you ever taken any responsibility of Job? 8. Name of the 5 quality should present your coworker, which you like Candidate 3
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1. Three quality of marketing manager? 2. Job Satisfaction related question? 3. Job responsible 4. Four reasons for quit the job? 5. How long you will join our company? 6. after 5 year where you will see your position? 7. Have you ever taken any responsibility of Job? 8. Name of the 5 quality should present your coworker, which you like Candidate 4 1.About yourself 2. About 2G scam Answer: Underpricing og 2G spectrum by govt. of india, illegal manipulation of the spectrum allocation process to favour a few select companies. Total loss of rupess176,000 crore. 3. Some HR questions Candidate 5 1. ) Tell me about yourself. 2. How is B2B Marketing different from B2C Marketing (SIP).. 3. What strategy will come handy in selling renewable energy equipment in the Market? 4. What was the most stressful situation in your life and how did you managed to get out of that. Indian School of Petroleum 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Where do you see yourself after 5 years from now. 3) do you have any strategy for selling Energy efficiency and conservation Study Material in the Market.

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Knowledge group 1. -Power trading 2. Section11 ,OA 3. SIP 4. Interests n hobbies

NARC consultancy a) DPR b) Solar market c) SIP d) engg basics

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