Interview Questions

Interview Questions on Functions in C

September 10, 2009 C

A set of questions on functions in C, covered in Interview Mantra. What is the purpose of main() function? Explain command line arguments of main function? What are header files? Are functions declared or defined in header files ? What are the differences between formal arguments and actual arguments of a function? What is pass [...]

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Interview Questions on Operators and Constants in C

September 5, 2009 C

How to swap two numbers using bitwise operators? Which bitwise operator is suitable for checking whether a particular bit is ON or OFF? Which bitwise operator is suitable for turning OFF a particular bit in a number? Which one is equivalent to multiplying an unsigned int by 2: left shifting by 1 or right shifting [...]

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Interview Questions on Variables and Storage classes in C

September 5, 2009 C

What is the difference between declaring a variable and defining a variable? What is a static variable? What is a register variable? Where is an auto variables stored? What is scope & storage allocation of global and extern variables? What is scope & storage allocation of static, local and register variables? What are storage memory, [...]

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Interview Questions on Pointers in C

September 5, 2009 C

What is a pointer in C? What are the advantages of using pointers? How is pass by reference achieved using pointers in C? What are the differences between malloc() and calloc()? How to use realloc() to dynamically increase size of an already allocated array? What is the equivalent pointer expression for referring an element a[i][j][k][l], [...]

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Answers to Twitter Quiz -2 on C language

September 4, 2009 C

This quiz is a past event on Twitter. Twitter Quiz is unique format of quiz conducted by Interview Mantra. It is a short quiz of 10 questions. This quiz was on C Language. Read more about Interview Mantra Twitter Quiz> The Quiz questions, answers and their explanations have been consolidated as a blog post for [...]

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What is your greatest weakness?

September 2, 2009 HR

This is a video from collegegrad.com about answering a frequently asked interview question, “What is your greatest weakness?”. In this video, Brian Krueger suggests not to present your strengths as a weakness. Such as “I work too much”, “I work and work and work”. He advices to talk about a true weakness and show what [...]

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Answers to Twitter Quiz -1 on C language

August 26, 2009 C

This quiz is a past event on Twitter. Twitter Quiz is an innovative brain child of Interview Mantra. It is a short quiz of 10 questions. This quiz was on C Language. Read more about Interview Mantra Twitter Quiz> The Quiz questions, answers and their explanations have been consolidated as a blog post for your [...]

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C, SQL, UNIX interview for experienced developer @ AMDOCS

August 25, 2009 C

These questions were asked in a job posting at Amdocs. The job was for developers experienced in C language, SQL and UNIX. This interview lasted for 30 minutes. Answers to these questions would be posted soon. If you wish to answer any of these questions, please comment below, the Section Name, Question Number along with [...]

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Interview for experienced PL/SQL programmer @ Mastek

August 21, 2009 Interview Questions

This post is a recorded interview for a job posting that requires experienced PL/SQL Programmers at a Software Firm, Mastek. The interview candidate is a three year experienced PL/SQL, Cognos developer who works for IT division of financial services giant, Merrill Lynch. He was recruited by the company after successfully clearing all three rounds of interview: [...]

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Java SQL UNIX Interview for 2 year experienced @ AMDOCS

August 16, 2009 Interview Questions

These questions were asked in a job posting at Amdocs, Pune. The job was for developers experienced in Java, SQL, UNIX. The interview lasted for 40 minutes. Answers to these questions would be posted soon. If you wish to answer any of these questions, please comment below, the Section Name, Question Number along with your [...]

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