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* Interview days and times (see the email invitation for possible days and times) that would work for you | * Interview days and times (see the email invitation for possible days and times) that would work for you | ||
| − | * Solutions to the following problems on hackerrank.com. You should solve at least 4 of the 5 problems before replying to the interview invitation. You can use whatever programming language you look. Note that you should understand your solutions and be able to answer questions about them. | + | * Solutions to the following problems on hackerrank.com. You '''should solve at least 4 of the 5''' problems before replying to the interview invitation. You can use whatever programming language you look. Note that you should understand your solutions and be able to answer questions about them. |
** https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/30-hello-world/problem | ** https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/30-hello-world/problem | ||
** https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/30-loops/problem | ** https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/30-loops/problem | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 29 August 2019
This page contains details on the Phone/Skype interview that is used by the department for graduate admissions.
Summary
All applicants who have a complete application for the CS MS program will be invited to have a brief Skype interview with a CS faculty member. The interview is intended to take 15-30 minutes. We use the interview to inform our decision on admission and consideration for assistantship positions. The interview includes technical questions related to data structures and algorithms, and a portion of doing some basic coding on the computer.
Standards
Admission For admission, the following is the minimum standard we are looking for: (a) can communicate clearly in English, (b) can do basic programming from scratch, (c) basic understanding of data structures and algorithms.
Assistantships For consideration for an assistantship the standards are much higher - very good programming skills, very good knowledge/mastery of data structures and algorithms.
Before the Interview
We require that you reply to the interview invitation with the following.
- Current resume or c.v.
- Skype id
- Interview days and times (see the email invitation for possible days and times) that would work for you
- Solutions to the following problems on hackerrank.com. You should solve at least 4 of the 5 problems before replying to the interview invitation. You can use whatever programming language you look. Note that you should understand your solutions and be able to answer questions about them.
The Interview
We will ask you about your recent background (when was your degree finished, what major, what have you been doing since, etc.). We will ask you questions from data structures and algorithms. We will also ask you to share your Skype screen and have you do some coding on problems we ask about (possibly some of the above, possibly others).
See our Interview Evaluation Form for what we are looking for; note that there are sample questions starting on page 2.
