TUM MSPE Interview questions

By Zain Haider on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 5:58am

Following are the questions which were asked during the MSPE interview. Keep in mind that the
technical questions are just for having an idea about your basic knowledge. I think the decisive factors
for your selection in interview would be how effectively you convince them about your motivation to
come to MSPE, TUM and Germany. Your confidence and attitude matters a lot. If you have cleared the
first stage, 75% of your work is done. You need to be positive for clearing or scoring good on the
interview.

Dont expect that if you are from mechanical background you will only be asked mechanical questions
or vice versa. They expect you to have a very basic idea of the other related subjects also.

General Questions

These are the most important questions and they should be answered confidently and precisely.

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1- Your motivation to come to germany

2- Your motivation to select the Power & Energy sector

3- Your motivation to select TUM and MSPE

4- Why should you be selected?

Other questions related to your CV and your motivation letter. Write down the answer of the above
questions on a piece of paper and while giving interview on skype, you can keep that with you in
order to answer the questions confidently and in a prepared style.

Technical Questions

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These are also from your cv and the basic concepts of important terms of the subjects related to your
degree. Last time there were also questions from Mathematics regarding integration or derivaties of
very common funtions.
- Mechanical

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1- Rankine cycle

2- Combined cycle

3- Renewable energy sources

4- Power Generation capacity in Pakistan / Germany

5- Share of conventional and renewable energy in total generation capacity for Pakistan / Germany
(see wikipedia for all the statisctics)

6- Modes / Sources of Power production in Pakistan / Germany (in terms of fuel)

7- Carnot efficiency and Rankine cycle efficiency

8- Problems in integration of Renewable into main grid.

9- Vibration system

10- Newtons law of mechanics

11-Laws of thermodynamics

- Electrical / Electronics

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1- Ohm's law

2- Difference b/w synchronous and asynchronous machines

3- Basic electronic devices and their functions (transisitor, diodes, thyristors etc.)

4- Power factor (its correction)

5- reactive, active, apparent power

6- Components of control system

7- poles and zeroes and how the stabilty of the system is defined by poles

8- How to change the direction of a running motor?

9- Photovoltaics and Fuel cells (just operating principles)

10- What is transfer function? (control systems)

11- Main Component of Control Loop.

12- Main electrical component of the model of transmision line

13- Resonance Frequency

14- Difference between Induction motor and synchronous motor

15- Nominal voltage level in Pakistan

16- PID controller

17- Servomechanism

18- Generator principle

19- What is the working principle of Solar panels?

20- What is the power rating of Automobile battery?

21- Why do we use batteries in solar panels?

22- What type of battery is used in solar power panels and in automobiles?

23- What is the output of a solar cell, current or voltage?

24-What is the highest voltage of transmission line in Pakistan?

- General Mathematics

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1- Integration of (1/x)

2- Derivative of (e^x)
3- Fourier Transform

4- Integral of cos x

5- How to check whether the square matrix has inverse ?

6-Laplace transform