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* Skype id
 
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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.   
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* 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 21:58, 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 to do 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.