I applied online. I interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
HR review of resume background, current projects, phone interview with some technical questions. Why apply to this job? Tell about yourself, What is expected salary etc? When can you join? Require sponsorship? Willing to relocate? Work in office? Travel?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are different levels of zones in distance protection.
I interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (Barrie, ON)
Interview
1at step HR phone call - why r u interested. sEL values and which relays I worked with and basic qualifications and visa. Related
2nd step 1 hour online interview, with 4 team members and akse me technical questions and past experience. And also they asked me about why we need protection and why we need CT short while we open it in live condition , asked me about damage curve of the equipment, asked me I am comfortable with presentation and teaching and handling large audience
3r round - ppt presentation of SEL 710 application guide, tour of office , meeting with all other people, lunch and hr meeting for Benifits explanation.
After that hiring manager Email me for 15 minutes short call on Friday afternoon and I was at work and my current shift is afternoon. I have no phone policy at current job I could not reply same day. And on weekends I felt unprofessional to reply so I reply on monday. After that no response or feedback yet and most likely a rejection. But they could have handled professionally while considering SEL values.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SEL 710 motor application guide is the reference manual for presentation
- Asked me about negative sequence current and how it affects and what part of the more is more affected
- ask me about fail safe mode of the relay what happens
- ask me about the cases when negative sequence current flows and what happens
- u give presentation to customer after explaining customer not ready to buy SEL relays what will u do?
- what is my working style like individual or team
- what 1 thing that I get irritated by other people and what 1 thing of mine that irritated other
- what is RTC and
- what happens when motor frequently start and stop it is the required application
- what happens when motor is tripping
- asked me about product selling point like what will I explain customer that they will buy our products
What will I do if the product u took for customer is defective and u nend to complete on the same day
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (Pullman, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
The first round was an HR round, which lasted for about 30 min. The HR lady was like a robot asking questions one after the other. She asked some questions about relocating, traveling, visa status etc after which she asked some basic HR questions regarding SEL, values of SEL, my previous job, one good and bad thing about my previous job and why I left my previous job .After this she moved onto the technical round, these were some basic questions the Hiring manager had given her.
