Caterpillar Finite Element Analysis Engineer interview questions
based on 2 ratings - Updated Apr 11, 2024
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Finite Element Analysis Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Caterpillar with 4.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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You have 20 mins presentation on your past projects. Then 40 mins for them to ask questions. The majority they asked are behavior quesitons, some from the work you presented.
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Describe your past experience on finite element analysis
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About 45 minutes in total. A few questions about my background, the projects I have done and why I apply Caterpillar, followed by technical questions about finite element analysis, Abaqus and data processing.
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What does the two index in stress sigma11 and sigma12 mean?