Heriot-watt university Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Ques:- When have you demonstrated leadership skills?
Ques:- Tell me something about your last job, other than money, that would have inspired you to keep working there?
Ques:- What is the 12th term of the series 2, 5, 8, …. ?
Recent Answer : Added by Mukesh On 2022-08-14 16:31:48:

a = 2
d = 5 – 2 = 3
Then 12th term is :
This in arithmetic progression
L = a + (12 – 1) d
L = 2 + 11 * 3
L = 2 + 33 = 35

Ques:- I bought a car with a peculiar 5 digit numbered license plate which on reversing could still be read. On reversing value is increased by 78633.Whats the original number if all digits were different?
Ques:- WHICH PROCESS U FOLLOW IN COMPANY
Ques:- Some people believe life is all about ?The survival of the fittest?. Today, others are suggesting, from new biological evidence, that life is in fact all about the '?The survival of the most cooperative?. What do you think?
Ques:- Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
Recent Answer : Added by shivangi sharma On 2022-08-14 16:42:26:

1/x=1/5+1/10+1/30=lcm is 30.
->30/5=6
->30/10=3
->30/30=1
1/x=6+3+1=10
1/x=10/30=1/3=x=3
Ans is 3 hr.

Ques:- How soon can you travel down to start your new job?
Ques:- Regarding experience in same field
Ques:- Are you willing to work overtime? Nights? Weekends?
Ques:- area of triangle=1/2*b*h base incresed by 4 times & height is devided by 2, the net effect of area.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:00:14:

area is doubled.
actual area = 1/2 bh
after increase area = 1/2 *4b* h /2
=bh
1/2 *bh *2 = bh
therefore area is doubled

Ques:- If there is a fixed deadline given by manager, walk through the steps you would take.
Ques:- Why you are looking to change your job?
Ques:- If JOSEPH is coded as FKOALD, then GEORGE will be coded as
Ques:- Do you have the stomach to fire people? Have you had experience firing many people?
Ques:- Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing .The road is straight before the crossing and both are travelling in the same direction.Cyclist travels with a speed of 10 kmph.One day the cyclist come late by 25 minutes and meets the train 5 km before the crossing.What is the speed of the train?
Ques:- Unix basics such as find, grep, pipes tees, wildcards, chmod.
Ques:- In a sports contest there were m medals awarded on n successive days (n > 1). 1. On the first day 1 medal and 1/7 of the remaining m – 1 medals were awarded. 2. On the second day 2 medals and 1/7 of the now remaining medals was awarded; and so on.On the nth and last day, the remaining n medals were awarded.How many days did the contest last, and how many medals were awarded altogether?
Recent Answer : Added by DK BOSS On 2021-07-21 15:26:11:

6*6=36 medals
6 days

1st day=1+35/7=6 remaining 30 medals
2nd day=2+28/7=6 remaining 24 medals
3rd day=3+21/7=6 remaining 18 medals

6th day 6 medals

Ques:- How many years of experience you have in this field?
Ques:- What is the missing number in 56 / 7 = ? – 5
Recent Answer : Added by Hakeem Nazia Begum On 2022-09-22 16:40:09:

13

Ques:- Kailash remembers that his brother Deepak’s birthday falls after 20th May but before 28th May, while Geetha remembers that Deepak’s birthday falls before 22nd May but after 12th May. On what date Deepak’s birthday falls?
Recent Answer : Added by sam On 2021-11-25 15:47:58:

May 21

Ques:- The number of prime numbers between 0 and 50 is
A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17
Recent Answer : Added by narendra On 2022-09-18 09:02:10:

b

Ques:- A train of length 150 metres takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300 metres. What is the speed of the train in km/hr?
A. 13.33
B. 26.67
C. 39.16
D. 40
Recent Answer : Added by Kelvin Chibeti On 2022-10-07 17:19:15:

1km = 1000m
Xkm = 300m
X=0.30km

1hr = 3,600s
X = 40.5s
0.01125hr
Therefore; 0.3km/0.1125hr= 26.6666=26.67km/hr

Ques:- A vendor sold two things at same cost 12 Rs with one item at 25% profit and other at 20% loss, by this transaction he made profit or loss by how much?
Recent Answer : Added by Padala Rakesh On 2022-03-09 16:41:12:

Profit one with 3 & 2 nd 2.4

Ques:- There are 20 poles with a constant distance between each pole A car takes 24 second to reach the 12th pole. How much will it take to reach the last pole
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-29 16:26:22:

Let the distance between each pole be x m. Then, distance up to 12th pole = 11x m

∴ Speed = 11x22m/s

∴ Time to cover total distance up to 20th pole

= 19x×2411x

= 41.45 s

Ques:- My qualification
Ques:- A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is
A. 400 kg
B. 560 kg
C. 580 kg
D. 600 kg
Recent Answer : Added by narendra On 2022-09-18 09:01:29:

d

Ques:- Subhash starts a business by investing Rs.25000. 6 months later Aditya joins him by investing Rs.15000. After another 6 months Aditya invests an additional amount of Rs.15000. At the end of 3 yeas they earn a profit of Rs.247000. What is Aditya’s share in the profit?
A. Rs. 105000
B. Rs. 111500
C. Rs. 130000
D. Rs. 170000
Recent Answer : Added by sujata On 2022-08-24 17:03:53:

117000

Ques:- What are the Academic Facilities of your choosen college/university ?
Ques:- What motivates a person?
Recent Answer : Added by Pratiksha Landge On 2021-12-04 15:01:50:

That person’s struggle and dream to achieve something motivates the person.

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