First of all, it is common for all colleges and majors to fail in the second interview, but it may be more serious in the soft school of HKUST. Secondly, the reason why HKUST Soft School is strict is that the re-examination interview teachers of HKUST Soft School are all senior professors from various colleges in HKUST, and they are all mixed with teachers from various majors. Third, there are too many enrollment places in the soft institute itself, and because of the history of being criticized for reducing the overall quality of HKUST, the soft institute has always been strict and lenient, which is very different from other majors.
The degree of being beaten does not represent the result of your second interview.
Every year, when waiting for the second interview on the stairs, you can see students crying and snot, and even students who start vomiting when they go out. Of course, in the end, many of these students were admitted.
Part of the reason for rejection is that the requirements of students and tutors do not match. The tutors for the second interview here are all professors from various colleges. This is because a large proportion of students apply for the exam, so the team composed of interview teachers is very mixed. If you are not a computer major, it is very likely that one of your three teachers is a professor of your major. You think you are a computer major, but in fact you are both a computer major and your own major, and the difficulty of both is 985/2 1 1.
Secondly, there are some stress factors in the second interview, but I'm not sure whether it's intentional or unintentional. Because, according to the situation of chatting with classmates every year, most of them are beaten, and only a few are not beaten. The reason is that from the professor's point of view, most students, whether non-computer majors or computer majors, will not delve into it, so they can only recite and answer questions in the exam, just like the examples in some answers. Seriously, as a computer major, whether it's architecture, operating system or other professional courses, since I chose to go to graduate school, I should at least have a certain depth, at least, the professors think so. As for non-computer majors, don't worry or worry too much about whether you have been beaten in computer major, because as long as you can answer this question, whether the professor delves into it or not will not affect your score.
Students who apply for cross-majors should also pay special attention. Don't think that the tutor doesn't understand your major, you can answer questions about this major at will. I am automatic myself. In the first year, I drew an automatic problem and a single-chip microcomputer problem, both of which were my majors, but I was complacent at that time and of course I was swept away. Later, I actually felt that I really didn't answer correctly or well. Later, I asked my classmates and found that all the students in the group were automation majors. The one who wants three interviewers to ask me must be a professor majoring in automation, because he told me "Don't pretend you don't understand, just say no if you don't understand".