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Behavioral 1. Why do you think you are a good fit for the position? What can you offer us and what attracted you to apply to this position? 2. What is your weakness? Most technical questions were from basic power systems theory. 1. What is a Transformer? What it is used for? Different types of transformer? 2. Describe line losses? 3. Power factor? 4. Voltage regulation? 5. What would happen if less than rated voltage was applied to a machine? 6. How are capacitors and inductors used in transmission? 7. Why are transmission lines aluminum instead of copper? 8. Overhead vs Underground? Business type questions 1. What some considerations when investing in equipment, how would you present it to the managers? Situational 1. If you were offered a promotion, but you are not qualified, would you take it? 2. What qualities should a manager have? For improvisation question, they asked me to sell them a freezer considering a situation where they were living in the Arctic.
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Asset Management - Electrical Engineer

Interviewed at Hydro One

4.2★
Mar 14, 2016

Behavioral 1. Why do you think you are a good fit for the position? What can you offer us and what attracted you to apply to this position? 2. What is your weakness? Most technical questions were from basic power systems theory. 1. What is a Transformer? What it is used for? Different types of transformer? 2. Describe line losses? 3. Power factor? 4. Voltage regulation? 5. What would happen if less than rated voltage was applied to a machine? 6. How are capacitors and inductors used in transmission? 7. Why are transmission lines aluminum instead of copper? 8. Overhead vs Underground? Business type questions 1. What some considerations when investing in equipment, how would you present it to the managers? Situational 1. If you were offered a promotion, but you are not qualified, would you take it? 2. What qualities should a manager have? For improvisation question, they asked me to sell them a freezer considering a situation where they were living in the Arctic.

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