A. Introduction & Academic Background

1. Could you please introduce yourself briefly?
2. Why do you want to leave your current institute and join IIIT Hyderabad?
3. What specifically attracts you to machine learning and research over an industry-oriented curriculum?
4. What is your current CGPA?
5. Which subjects or topics have you prepared for this interview?

B. Probability & Random Variables

1. What is a random variable?
2. What do you mean by a discrete random variable?
3. Can you name some commonly known discrete random variables?
4. Have you studied the geometric random variable?
5. Can you explain what the geometric random variable represents?
6. Do you know any probability distribution that has the memoryless property?
7. Suppose you repeatedly toss a fair coin - how many tosses are required, in expectation, to observe both a head and a tail?
8. What is the expected value of a geometric random variable?

C. Relations (Discrete Mathematics)

1. Have you studied relations in discrete mathematics?
2. Can you define reflexive and symmetric relations?