Interview Questions

Are you a leader or a follower? — Interview Question

March 26, 2010 HR

This questions was asked in interview for position of internship position in a company. Imagine that below question was put to you in an interview. Are you a leader or a follower? What would be your answer to this question? I invite readers to post their answers with justification in comments. I will choose the [...]

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Java Interview Questions @ Amdocs

March 16, 2010 Interview Questions

Here are the questions asked in an interview with the company Amdocs, calling for Java developers with 2 to 5 years of IT experience. Java Questions: Where and why do we use the synchronized keyword? Give an example of polymorphism in java with code? What are the classes and interfaces used in Collection framework, briefly [...]

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Revised edition of ebook – C Question Bank

March 12, 2010 C

In the past, numerous articles on frequently asked C Interview Questions had been posted. All those questions were accompanied with clear answers and supporting code examples wherever appropriate. An ebook named “Favourite 50 – C Question Bank” had been created and posted to the downloads page of Interview Mantra. That ebook was a result of [...]

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Different kinds of interviewers and tips to tackle them

March 11, 2010 HR

Every interviewer has their own style of evaluating a candidate. Some interviewers make the hiring decision within ten minutes, while some of them do an extended and an in-depth interview. There is every possibility that a candidate hired by one kind of interviewer may not be selected by another kind of interview. Interview is a [...]

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C++ Hard Interview Questions – part1

February 27, 2010 C++

1. Why don’t we have virtual constructors? The virtual mechanism, though used without the knowledge of the complete type of the object, works only on fully-constructed objects. But, in order to create an object, the user is required to provide the complete information about the object. Thus, it is not possible for a constructor to [...]

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An excellent resource for C puzzles practice

February 16, 2010 C

I discovered a great website that comprehensively covers puzzles and questions in C language. Gowrikumar.com – C Puzzles What’s special about these puzzles and questions is that some of these questions are asked in interviews of experienced C programmers at Multi National Companies. The standard of the questions and answers at the above site is [...]

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10 Challenging char pattern programs

January 13, 2010 C

Here are 10 pattern type problems statements with solutions. All the programs are written in C language.  This post is a part of the pattern programs series. Write a C program to print the following pattern: A B A C B A D C B A E D C B A

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C++ Medium Interview Questions – part2

January 11, 2010 C++

This post is a part of an ongoing series of C++ Interview Questions. This is Second part of the two parts of C++ interview questions with medium difficulty. These questions were handpicked by the author, who happens to be an active member in one of the largest C++ communities in Orkut which boasts to have [...]

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C++ Medium Interview Questions – part1

December 20, 2009 C++

This post is a part of an ongoing series of C++ Interview Questions. This is First part of the two parts of C++ interview questions. Each part consists of 5 questions along with detailed answers. What’s common in all the questions in this set is that the level of difficulty is Medium. Read Part2 of [...]

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C++ Easy Interview Questions – part2

December 18, 2009 C++

This post is a part of an ongoing series of C++ Interview Questions. This is Second part of the two parts of C++ interview questions(First part here). Each part consists of 5 questions along with detailed answers. What’s common in all the questions in this set is that the level of difficulty is Easy. These [...]

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