TORM INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Cdt. Ajay Rajan Thomas
Interviewers :Capt.El Roy Dias
Viren Picardo(Training Instructor at TORM)
QUESTIONS:
1. SELF INTRODUCTION
2. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE MERCHANT NAVY?
3. FAVORITE MARINE SUBJECT
4. WORKS YOU DO AT HOME
5. CADTES DAILY DUTIES ONBOARD
6. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT A WORD GM, WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT IT?
7. STIFF AND TENDER VESSEL
8. WHICH SHIP HAS GOT A MORE GM , LOADED OR BALLAST?
9. WHICH ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAILING?
10. WHO FOUND MERCATOR PROJECTION?
11. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MERCATOR AND A GREAT CICRLE SAILING?
12. IF YOU ARE GOING FROM COCHIN TO CHENNAI ,WHICH TYPE OF
SAILING WILL YOU CHOOSE AND WHICH ALL COUNTRIES WILL YOU
GO NEARBY?
13. WHICH ARE THE COUNTRIES CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN WAR AND
HOW SHIPPING IS GETTING AFFECTED BY THAT?
14. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE IMU KOCHI? WHAT DIFFERENCE IS THEIR
FOR IMU KOCHI COMPARED TO ALL OTHER IMU CAMPUSES?
15. PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA?
16. WHAT KIND OF VESSELS TORM HAVE AND THEIR SPECIFICATIONS?
Cdt. WAYNE MATHIAS
Interviewers :Capt.El Roy Dias
Viren Picardo(Training Instructor at TORM)
GIVE AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT YOURSELF
• WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS CAREER ?
• WHO IS YOUR INSPIRATION TO CHOOSE THIS PATH ?
• YOUR FATHER IS A CHIEF ENGINEER , WHY YOU DIDN’T JOIN ENGINE
SIDE ? WHAT MADE YOU JOIN THE DECK DEPARTMENT ?
• YOUR BROTHER DID ENGINEERING ; WHY DIDN’T YOUR FATHER TOLD
HIM TO COME TO SHIPPING FIELD ?
• QUESTIONS ABOUT FAMILY BACKGROUND :- WHAT DOES YOUR
MOTHER DO , WHAT DOES YOUR SISTER DO , ETC
• DO YOU HELP YOUR MOTHER AT HOME ? HOW DO YOU HELP OR , OR
WHAT OTHER ACTIVITIES YOU DO AT HOME TO HELP YOUR MOTHER ?
• TELL ME ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES ?
• WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN THIS FIELD ?
• DEFINE METACENTRIC HEIGHT ?
• YOU SAID YOU LIKE HIKING ; WHAT ALL MOUNTAINS OR TREKS DID
YOU DO TILL NOW ?
• DEFINE POLE STAR . CAN YOU SEE POLE STAR FROM THE SOUTHERN
HEMISPHERE ?
• WHY IS CELESTIAL NAVIGATION USED IN SHIPS ?
• QUESTIONS ABOUT SEXTANT . WHAT DOES A SEXTANT HELP TO
CALCULATE ?
• TELL ME ABOUT THE CURRENT WARS GOING ON RIGHT NOW ? WHAT
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE RED SEA WAR HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ?
• YOU ARE GOOD AT SPORTS AND STUDIES , BUT ARE YOU FIT FOR
MERCHANT NAVY ? PEOPLE LIKE YOU LEAVE THIS FIELD EASILY BECAUSE
THEY GET BORED , WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS ?
• HOW WILL YOU SPEND YOUR TIME OR COPE UP YOUR EMOTIONS IN
SHIPS ?
• TELL ME ABOUT TORM COMPANY ?
• WHAT TYPE OF SHIPS DOES TORM HAVE ?
• WHAT TYPE OF CARGO DOES TORM CARRY ?
• WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ?
• THE CARGO WHICH TORM SHIP CARRIES , WHERE IS IT USED ?
• WHERE DOES TORM COMPANY HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS LOCATED ?
• CAN YOU NAME SOME PORTS OR CANALS ?
• TELL ABOUT THE ROUTES OR PATHS THAT THE TORM SHIP GOES ?
• QUESTIONS FROM CV
Cdt. KETAN SUYAL
Interviewers :Capt.El Roy Dias
Viren Picardo(Training Instructor at TORM)
1. Self introduction
2. Your favourite subject in 12
3. Questions related to fav subject
4. About Panama canal
5. Suez canal
6. Questions about my state( like bordering countries)
7. What is GM?
8. favourite subject now
9. How did you come to know about this profession?
10. Why did you choose this profession?
11. Do you know how much physical and mental work you have to
do onboard ship and will you be able to handle all this onboard
and how you are preparing for it?
12. How has your campus prepared you for onboard ship?
Cdt. EBIN MATHUNNI
Interviewers :Capt.El Roy Dias
Viren Picardo(Training Instructor at TORM)
1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF
2. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PROFESSION?
3. QUESTIONS ABOUT FAMILY?
4. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NAVIGATION?
5. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STABILITY?
6. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NAVIGATIONAL BRIDGE?
7. STATE RULE NO 5 AND 13?
8. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ALL AVAILABLE MEANS IN RULE NO 5?
9. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR COMPANY?
10. CANADA IS IN WHICH CONTINENT?
11. NAME SOME PARTS OF SHIPS?
12. TERMS USED FOR THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHIP
Cdt. TWINKLE GEORGE XAVIER
Interviewers :Capt.El Roy Dias
Viren Picardo(Training Instructor at TORM)
1.INTRODUCE YOURSELF
2.WHY MERCHANT NAVY BESIDES UR FATHER BEING AN EX
SERVICE MAN?
3.WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECT?
4.NEAREST INTERNATIONAL PORT ?
5.STATES WHICH SHARE BORDER WITH KERALA?
6 TYPES OF SAILING ?
7.ROR RULE 5?
8.FOG SIGNAL OF ANCHORED VESSEL?
9.WHAT ARE THE DUTIES OF A CADET ON BOARD?
10. IF YOUR CHIEF OFFICER IS SHOUTING AT YOU DAILY WITHOUT
ANY REASON WHAT WILL YOU DO ?
11. IF THERE IS A BUCKET LYING ON THE DECK DURING ROUGH
WHEATHER CONDITION AND CHIEF OFFICER IS ASKING YOU TO
TAKE THAT WILL YOU TAKE IT?
12.DIFFERENT TYPES OF SAILING ?
13.WHAT KIND OF PHYSICAL WORK YOU DO TO IMPROVE YOUR
STRENGTH WHICH WILL HELP YOU ONBOARD?
