Monday, November 23, 2009

DRDO interview experience Nov 2009 CSE

I had my DRDO interview at Defence Lab Officers Mess, Hyderabad on 17th Nov 2009 for scientist B computer Science.There were a total of 13 candidates who were called for interview that day. The reporting time was 09:00 am. Initially checking of documents was done and then interviews started around 09:30 am.My number was 10th so had to wait a lot. My interview started at 3:15 pm and finished around 3:40.
Here are the details:-There were 5 members in the panel including chairman. The chairman asked about my schooling and college and why I want to join DRDO. The other members asked me about the subjects I prepared for interview. I told Data Structures and algorithms and OS.

After chairman, the next member of the panel started with the technical questions. His questions:-
1) 3 things you will look for while purchasing a new PC.
I told Processor speed, RAM and Hard Disk capacity. Then there was some discussion.
2) What is 17 inches in 17 inch monitor?
I told Measurement from top left to top right. But its actually top left to bottom right (diagonal).
3) What is port?
Explained.

Next member:-
1) Given a screen of 1024 * 1024 pixels, how much memory It will take to store this information?
1024*1024*3 = 3 MB.
2) Different modules in O.S?
Explained about proces management, memory management, File system, I/O etc..
3) Functions of Process management unit.
Process creation and suspension.

Next member:-
1) Write a program to swap two numbers in C.
simple program.
2) Difference between Hub and Switch?
Explained but could not get into much details.

Next Member:-
1) Optimization techniques in compiler.
named only 3 of them could not recollect much.
2) What is Risc processor?
could not explain in detail.
3) What is pipeline processor?
Explained with all the stages.
4) What Problems does a compiler face in generating code for a pipeline processor.
Explained about branch prediction and pipeline flushing.
5) Name any non intel processor.
AMD.

It was around 25 minutes interview. It was a good experience. The interview panel was supportive. All the best for your interview.
Leave your comment for any queries.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

great effort yaar
bol for ur future

prateek bhushan said...

gr8 effort...all da bst

phoenix said...

hi... gud job man !! i need some help from u!!i wanna knw abt the cut-off in d writen exam ,do u have any idea,plz let me knw ....and if u have some previous year papers then plz mail to me as well at ----> got2bmaneesh@gmail.com

Play Hard said...

@ phoenix......There is no cut-off in the written exam....they call around (vacancies * 6) no. of people for interviews....so u hv to get into the top list...
All the best.....

Unknown said...

hey that's really cool man.
I had my interview next day... CS.
same story... however out of 14 called, around 11 turned up.
Please let me know too on my email address if u get any info regarding selection. My email's attached to my google a/c and is < my google a/c > [ at ] gmail . Hope u get selected.... Best of Luck to both of us! :-)

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u cam mail me - navalvir@yahoo.co.in

Viraat said...

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Anonymous said...

Hello, I am ashish. I am applied for STA-B computer science. What type of interview is there for computer science people. What documents they verified before interview. Please explain me interview details for STA-B.

Anonymous said...

HEY Rajesh Gawas
U"R EXCELLENT,THANKS FOR GIVING THIS GOLDEN WORDS. I HAD SELECTED WRITTEN TEST CONDUCTED ON 07-02-2010 . I HAD INTERVIEW DRDO (SENIOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANT) (DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING) ON 21-04-2010 08:45AM AT DELHI ....
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shivakumar said...

wat was the result wer u selected finally

Sujit Kumar Nath said...

sir, I have cleared the written test for sta-b computer sci & engg. actually i persued my diploma of 2 years from sliet, longowal, which is equivalent to 3 year diploma after 10th. will drdo recognise my diploma?? \
email me asap..
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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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venkat said...

sir i was selected for sta 'b' electronics and communication. explain me how can i prepare and what questions they ask me.

venkat said...

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Unknown said...

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