IIT Internship Interview Questions

 

The students who are selected for IIT internship are called for face to face/ skype/ telephonic interview with the main professor. The interview questions asked by the professor is mainly based on the skill set and research interest.

The frequently asked IIT interview questions are:

1. Explain about the projects you had worked before.
2. What will be your contribution to this project?
3. How will the internship opportunity help you reach your goals in career?
4. Why are you interested to work in the field you have applied for?

Apart from these questions the students are evaluated by the professors based on the technical knowledge they have about the field and project they have applied for. For example if the students have applied in artificial intelligence field, the questions will be based on the probability, neural networks, interpolation and extrapolation, numerical methods, Matlab and C/C++.

Example of Technical questions asked in the IIT interviews

The example of technical questions which are asked in IIT interviews for web development and mobile field are:

1. What is recursion?
2. Write algorithms used for sorting and binary tree implementation.
3. What is palindrome? Write a palindrome program making use of recursion.
4. How to convert doubly linked list to a binary tree?
5. How to implement stack using queue?
6. How many number of sub arrays is present in permutation of first N natural numbers so that the median is M?

Expectations once internship at IIT begins

Internships at IIT is a case of having fun along with work followed by scrabble and LAN gaming. The students who apply research internship the professors would assist the students and first half of the time will be spent for studying and understanding about the research.

The project work presentation need to be given by the students at the end of internship at IIT.

The students are provided with accommodation in hostel with access to library, workshops and seminars.

Tips by ex-interns at IIT

1. The CGPA more than 8.5 would provide better chances of obtaining internship in the screening process.
2. Main focus should be given to interests in research as importance, contribution in research and previous experiences.
3. Gain more information about the area of interest in research in order to apply for internship at IIT.
4. Before the internship begins in research field the students need to study about the field to survive in the competitive world.