Madhulika Reddy

Define vs declare a variable, formal vs actual arguments, getchar vs scanf, break vs continue

April 26, 2009 C

Question.61 (main function), Question.62 (define vs declare),Question.63 (formal vs actual arguments) test whether the candidate knows basics of C programming. Question.64 (getchar vs scanf) tests basics of io. Question.65 (break vs continue) tests whether candidate knows the subtle differences using ‘break’ and ‘continue’ in loops. <Previous Questions(55-60) | All C Language Interview Questions (61 to [...]

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C Interview Programs to print number patterns

April 8, 2009 C

This post has few of basic number pattern programs in C. Question.56(multiplication table) tests the ability to convert an elementary algorithm into a program. Question.57, Question.58 are programs that test the ability of candidate to use nested while/for loops to print special number patterns. Question.59, Question.60 test ability of using simple while/for loops and basics [...]

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C interview questions – recursion, unions vs structures, storage allocation of variables.

October 26, 2008 C

Below are six of the most frequently asked C language questions in an entry level / experienced interview in software companies. Question.6 (recursion & factorial program) is frequently asked in fresher’s or entry level interview in C language. Recursion and factorial are interviewers’ favourite to start off in an interview. Question.7(binary to hex) is not [...]

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C interview programs: even or odd, prime or not, greatest number

October 23, 2008 C

Here are few of the frequently asked programs in C language interviews. Each of the questions have been answered with code and , output and explanation.Question.27(even/odd) is a good starter in an C interview for selecting entry level resources. Question.28(greatest of three) tests whether interviewee candidate is able to write a simple program using control [...]

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C interview questions – command line arguments and dynamic memory allocation

October 16, 2008 C

This post has few of the frequently asked C questions in an interview for the entry level or the experienced. Some of the Questions below are related to the C standard library. Question.22(argc, argv) is a good way to test the programming knowledge of a candidate in a C language. Question.23(malloc vs calloc) is an [...]

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C interview questions – pointers, storage classes and bitwise operations

October 9, 2008 C

This post has few of the frequently asked C interview questions. Questions below are related to storage classes, bitwise operators in C language. Question.17, 18 test whether the interviewee candidate is aware of storage classes in C language, their default values, scope etc. Question.19 is an open ended question that tests the knowledge of usage [...]

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C interview programs – swap numbers, palindrome or not

October 7, 2008 C

Here are more of the frequently asked C language programs in an interview. Each of the questions have been answered with code and , output and explanation. Question.31(swapping using temp variable) is a good starter in an IT interview. Question.32(swapping without temp variable) takes the interview further to test the candidate’s usage of variables. Question.33(swapping [...]

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C interview questions – pass by value, pass by reference, enumeration

October 2, 2008 C

This post is a set of five of frequently asked interview questions at entry level. These questions have been attempted below. Care has been taken to make answer simple and clear. Question.12, 13 test whether the candidate appearing for interview in C Language is aware of pass by value and pass by reference concepts. The [...]

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C interview questions – static variables, pointers structures

June 19, 2006 C

Question.1 tests whether the interviewee is aware of significance of a static variable and whether is able to differentiate between a static variable and an automatic variable. Question.2 is about pointers in C language. Question.3(structure) is also a good starter, may be used to test whether the interviewee is aware of structure variables. Question.4(program to [...]

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