GATE 2020 experiences

IIT MADRAS MS BY RESERACH  I have cleared the GATE 2020 exam with rank AIR 970. I was shortlisted for MS interview in IIT Madras CSE department. The cut off for the call is shown in below image. Totally 200 applicants are called for MS interviews on July. I was nervous as most of the candidates have good GATE score than me. They asked for my subject preference before the interview. I selected DBMS as my choice.  On the day of the interview:  The interview is held online through google meet. There are two parts in the interview:  Part 1: They asked a programming question. We should code the solution in C programming language ( They did not give me a choice, otherwise I would prefer python :) ). The question they asked is a very simple one. How to convert a Doubly linked list to a circular doubly linked list . We should write the code for doing this in C programming language. I managed to complete the code in 2 minutes .They did not ask to compile the code , so I am safe :) . Part 2: The