Interview questions: WCF

Question

What should every WCF developer know ?

Entry Level

What WCF stands for (Gary)

Define the ABCs of WCF -- address, binding, contract. (D Hoerster)

Mid Level

Senior

Answer 1

Have them define the ABCs of WCF -- address, binding, contract.

Answer 2

Very broad question....

Here are the topics covered in the MSFT certification for WCF... make sure at least these are known about.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-503&locale=en-us#tab2

Answer 3

Bharath Radhekrishna's blog has some good base WCF Interview questions you should be ready for:

Interview Questions on WCF - Part 1

Personally I would sit the candidate in front of a computer, hand them a class, and have them create me some specific services (different bindings, security, serialization, endpoints, etc.).

Answer 4

How do you enable SSL access to WCF services. (Set the binding's <security mode='Transport'>)

Answer 5

What circumstances/scenarios would you use these bindings: basicHttpBinding, wsHttpBinding, webHttpBinding, netTcpBinding and netMsmqBinding.