Interview Experience
The interview was conducted on 7th December Online.
There were three professors on the panel. One of them was Dr. Preeti Ranjan.
At the beginning, one of the professors asked: “Deepak, you have also applied for MS(R) CSE. What is your preference?”
I clearly stated that my preference was CSE.
They then asked about my preferred subjects, and I answered: Operating Systems and Computer Architecture.
Technical Discussion
One of the professors started with an Operating Systems question:
On a uniprocessor system, if an infinite while loop is running, what will happen?
I explained the concept in detail and was able to handle all the follow-up questions confidently.
C Programming Questions
The discussion then shifted to C programming.
I was asked about Dynamic Memory Allocation and Dangling Pointers.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to answer this properly as I had not revised these topics recently.Then I was asked about malloc and calloc.
I was able to answer partially, but I missed one follow-up question.
Data Structures
Some questions were also asked on data structures:
- Difference between Max Heap and Binary Search Tree (BST)
I was able to answer this correctly.
Conclusion
The interview concluded shortly after that.
The professors said “All the best” and “Good luck.”
Overall, the interview was a mix of confidence and missed revision.
It highlighted the importance of revising core C concepts along with OS fundamentals.
Verdict
Not Selected - May be because I was already selected in MS(R) CSE.