PhD Interview @ IISc: questions asked
My friends & I jotted down the questions that we were asked during the 2 rounds of our interview for PhD neuroscience at IISc. I also posted a video on YouTube ( scroll down) but that doesn't mention all the questions. Some good places to stay nearby: NestInn, Isnas residency and Akshara regency: all are within 1 km radius from D Gate of IISc. Here u go: The horizontal lines separate the write-up by 4 of us: ________________ Some basic mathematics will be useful, I think Even candidates with no maths background are usually asked to plot simple graphs like y=x, y=x+7, y=x^2, etc And a few questions on probability & statistics Learn some of this stuff from YouTube, I suggest. They asked me mostly physics questions since I come from MSc physics background: Round 1: Gave me a matrix. What you say about the eigenvalues of this matrix without solving it? Can these eigenvalues be complex? What's radioactive decay? Can we predict the no. o...