MODEL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

➢ Self introduction.
➢ Why do you want to work in MAERSK.
➢ Tell me the reason why you join this course?
➢ Tell me about your friend & family.
➢ What are your strengths & weakness.
➢ Why should I hire you.
➢ Tell me about company.
➢ Tell me about your short term goal & long term goal.
➢ For vegetarian – can you able to eat non vegetarian food on board during
emergency?
➢ If company is giving six month waiting during your job is it ok for you?
➢ Prepare 1-2 question as a stand by, sometimes interviewer could ask “ do you have
any question to ask me”.
➢ What you will do if a senior lady propose to you in ship.
➢ Will you save yourself first or ship during sinking.
➢ What will you do if you see any unconscious person on road.
➢ What will you do when a person get affected by electric current.
➢ What experience you think you will have on board.
➢ When ship is rolling will you do ballasting or deballasting?
➢ What are the precaution to be followed before entering enclose spaces.
➢ What you will do if you saw your superiors are fighting with each other on board?
➢ What you will do if you saw any stevedore stealing any object from ship?
➢ Will you save yourself or captain during vessel sinking.
➢ Your immediate action when you saw any crew is fainted inside the tank.
➢ If you like captain daughter will you propose her or not.
➢ During shore leave if any senior officer ask you to bring one bottle of beer from
port will you bring?
➢ If you saw your captain is walking on deck without PPE during cargo operation will
you stop him ?
➢ If interviewer is asking you to perform like dancing , singing will you do ?
➢ Practically you should have knowledge about knots and there uses.
➢ You should have basic knowledge about sea route
Eg – what the oceans & sea you are going to face when your ship is going from
Chennai to Mexico
➢ Tell me about your place coordinates.
Eg- Lat. & long of Chennai
➢ Where do you see yourself in 10 years.
➢ How well do you handle a situation during pressure
Eg – pirates on board
➢ Core value of Maersk.
➢ Define pirates.
➢ Man overboard actions?
➢ Meaning of 7 star in Maersk symbol.
➢ 1st year basic Math and physic syllabus.
➢ Full form & name 5 parts of STCW
➢ What to do in blackout situation, steering failure and any medical emergency.
➢ Classes of fire & extinguisher with practical example.
➢ What is the policy of Maersk regarding alcohol and drugs.
➢ About MLC 2006
➢ Types & basic parts of ship
➢ Highlight rules – R 3,5,6,7,8,13,14,15,19.
➢ Basic knowledge about LSA & FFA.
➢ Vessel 6 degree motion.
➢ Boxing of compass.
➢ Define seamanship
➢ Difference between heel & list.
➢ Basic knowledge about sextant.
➢ SINGLE LETTER SIGNALS ( A to Z)
EG :- H – Hotel means “ I have a pilot on board”
Highlight are – B ,E,G,H,I,O,P,Q
➢ Basic knowledge about AMET like when it started, our honourable chancellor name,
full form of AMET etc...
➢ NAVIGATION – basic formula, definition, types of charts ,what are the methods to
find a position, for what purpose we use Norie’s table, types of sailing etc...
➢ For other subject go with basics

➢ 10th/12th definitions – Newton’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, Doppler effect, Bernoulli

theorem
➢ Full form – GMDSS, EPIRB, ECDIS, RADAR,AIS,ROTI,RPM,ARPA,GPS,VHF,VDR,DSC,
SCBA,STCW
➢ Basic knowledge about “BAY PLAN” container types and size.
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