IIT M.Tech Admission: Test and Interview preparation

Most of the students are confused about this phase of admission. The reason for conducting written test and interviews is to select the best students. As GATE is a multiple choice test, there is some probability of getting good percentile if some of the blind guesses are correct. To avoid these outliers, IITs and IISc conduct a written test and interview.

Written test:

1. Usually this test includes multiple choice questions and has around 10% weight for admission. As many students appear for exam and in a single day IITs have to finish whole process of admission, they feel comfortable with multiple choice questions. Multiple choice type test help the administration to quick evaluate and process the results.


2. There can be very few analytical questions, so prepare accordingly.
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4. Prepare with short note material which you used for GATE.


5. Have a good insight into difficult subjects.


6. Don’t worry if can not do as per you expectations, as it counts only 10%.

Interview:
It is little scary to face professors from IITs for the first time, as you don’t know their expectations and your career depend on their decision. But follow these tips things will be great..

Read interview tips at Inspire 'n' Ignite.

Do remember, interview is a chance to prove that you are better than what your score shows. Mostly they try to analyze your understand of some problems and analytical skills to solve them. So try to understand the question and frame your answer based on logic. On the same time it is a good way to know, how good you are in subject. Bluffing something may lead to bad conclusions. Be polite, don’t be afraid. Show that given tips you will solve problems and ready to learn rather than arguing. Interview has around 20% weight, and can change many figures if you do well. I wish you a great luck out there, and waiting to welcome you a tradition called IIT, which I m part of and remain rest of my life…

M.Tech admission in IITs: Tips and Advises

One of my friend got 99 + percentile in GATE and an all India rank between 280~290. He was all jumping and very happy and came to me that now he can go to any IIT for M.Tech. He is from computer science, and I did PhD from computer science and worked closely on M.Tech admission process with admission committee for more than two years. Visited and appeared for tests all over IITs, IISc and ISI Kolkatta. I found it difficult for me to find some information desired for getting into IITs. I visited al most all the campuses over time and learned these.

So here I go with few quick advises. For details do have a look at Complete M.Tech guide :)

1. Marley a good Gate score does not guarantee your admission to M.Tech at IITs, especially to Computers, Electronics and Electrical Engineering.


2. Apply all IITs and IISc don’t loose it because of over confidence.


3. Wait for call for a written test and interview.


4. Prepare well for exam as it is not like gate (multiple choice) most of the IITs give some descriptive and analytical questions too.


5. Interview play the most important role, as they see you problem solving. Whenever get a chance tell them the subject you are very strong in.


6. Importantly plan you schedule, as soon as you get a call book train tickets. You can cancel them latter on if you don’t go there.


7. Two IITs may call you around the same time or very close to each other so be mentally prepared for this and make a priority.


8. There are few other courses where you easily get seats in IITs. You can play a safe too if want.


9. If you are unlucky and average in all aspects of admission and could not make it, you can look for some good alternatives.


10. Enjoy your travel all over India 

Check out every tip in detail and don’t hesitate to post your doubts and questions for this all admission process. Let’s make it useful for coming generations.