Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI)

MBRDI offices in Bengaluru specialize in end-to-end capabilities in product development and IT services. The satellite office in Pune focuses on interior component designs and IT engineering.

Eligibility Criteria:

Job Role: Graduate Engineer Trainee(GET)

Education Qualification:

• 10th Standard-65%
• 12th Standard-65%
• Graduation-65% or 6.5 CGPA

Qualification: B.E/B.Tech(CS/IS,ECE)

Work Location: Bangalore

For the batch 2022 onwards we had two different sections:

One for cars-MBRDI(Mercedes-Benz Research And Development India)

Other for Trucks-DTICI(Daimler Trucks Innovation Center India)

Number of Rounds: 3 rounds

• Round 1- Online assessment
• Round 2- Technical Interview
• Round 3- Managerial + HR

Round 1 (Online Test) ( Medium level ):

Round 1 (Assessment) Aptitude questions are of type Verbal, Quantitative & Logical reasoning questions along with branch-specific questions like coding MCQs and mathematics (for CSE).

The questions were divided into:

15 Aptitude, 5 Verbal, and 20 technical MCQs.

• Aptitude consisted of questions based on Profit and Loss, Average, Permutation and Combination, Data analysis, Data Sufficiency, Time and Distance, and Puzzles based on numbers and alphabet series.
• Verbal Questions were very straightforward and could be answered easily consisting of error detection, fill in the blanks.
• Technical MCQs consisted of concepts based on OS, differentiation, completing the coding sequence, data structure, and OOPS.

For example, a Simple piece of code is given and we have to find the right output among the given options.

All together 40 questions in 60 mins.

Round 2- Technical Interview (medium level but depends on the panel)(1 member in the panel)(30 min):

Initially, we started with a casual talk on problems faced during Online classes, and covid situation, and so on. (2-3 min)

Then the interviewer saw my resume and started asking some questions.

Most of the time technical interview depends on the candidate’s resume.

If the panel finds the resume strong and unique then the questions will be based on the skills and projects mentioned in the resume else the questions will be on core CS concepts(Coding, DSA, DB, OS, SE, Cloud).

My resume was based on Machine Learning and I also did my internship (training from Internshala) on the same. They interviewed me with basic to medium-level questions on ML.

Some questions that were asked:

Explain ML in Brief.(detailed explanation for 5 mins)

Basic algorithms. (5 mins)

Internship & project (5 mins)

How you can implement your ML knowledge in our company. (5 mins)

At the end, he asked me some basic questions on Java, C, and DS like:

• Static vs dynamic binding
• Stack vs heap memory
• Call by reference and call by value
• Name any 5 libraries/headers in C programming.
• OOPS Concept – explain in brief with example.
• Garbage Collection in Java.

(no coding only theoretical questions).

This round lasted about 30 mins and it was easier than I expected.

My suggestion would be:

Have strong fundamentals of your domain and know all your projects well.

Round 3- Managerial + HR

It may be 50% technical or 50% HR or both depending on the panelist.

• First I was asked to introduce and then we discussed my experience with previous rounds(please do remember the names of the panel members throughout the process) (2 min)
• Again I was asked about the project and internships.
• Was asked about my hobbies and what did I do in my covid time and how did I utilize it.
• And also About my strengths and weakness
• Finally, he asked me about relocation.

Then,

He asked me to solve 2 logical questions(5 min)

i. Number series question: Given a series of 4 numbers, I had to find the 5th and 6th number(easy)

ii. Letter series question; Given a series of 3, I had to find 4rd and 5th letter(medium)

After solving these, he asked me to explain the solution in detail and further asked me to find a general formula to solve the first problem(same number series question) (2-3 min).

Last 5 min we discussed:

• my future plans
• his experience working in this company
• my views on working remotely vs working in an office
• This round is basically to test communication skills and logical & analytical skills.

My suggestion would be:

• Good communication skills are a must.
• Be confident.
• Try solving complex problems using very basic operations.
• Improve your problem-solving approach.
  
  

But unfortunately, I didn’t clear final round and but it was a good interview experience.

How to Prepare for MBRDI:

• Hop into the aptitude questions and be sound in your technical knowledge which includes DS, OOPs, and OS.
• Don’t fake your resume and be prepared for all types of questions which an interview might ask based on your resume.
• And for coding questions, they will be asking basing questions and try to practice those like swapping numbers without the third variable, the Fibonacci series, reverse a string kind of questions.
• During the managerial round be confident enough to answer and tackle the questions asked by the panelists. Don’t be afraid and try to be real while answering the questions.

Good Luck. And be confident during the Interview. Sending You all Good Wishes. ALL THE BEST.