Hi All, I recently appeared for an interview for a multinational and came across questions like What are the new features of JDK5? What are the advantages of using Enums? Why would you use Serializable? What are the concrete implementations of the List interface? I missed LinkedList. ...and a few other fact based questions followed...
I recently interviewed for an S.E. position with a major software company and didn't get the job. I really wanted this position, and eventually hope to find one very close to it, so it's important to me to know what went wrong. I asked the (in-house) recruiter for some feedback and was basically shot down, citing "privacy terms" (surpr...
I have an interview on Tuesday for a PHP job. I've been programming in PHP for about 6 years, but mostly ad-hoc self-built systems, it wasn't until about a year ago that I started to adopt frameworks and get more OOPy. These are familiar concepts from other languages though. What can I do to brush up and ace my interview? ...
I'm a senior CS major currently applying for software and web development jobs. As much as we talk about development best practices in the software community, I've heard plenty of horror stories about companies that don't really apply them. (For example, see this SO thread) So, in a job interview (or in the research I conduct before app...
For example, given an integer array and its two consecutive sequence 's beginning position which are 'b1' and 'b2', furthermore provided with the position 'last' which indicates the second sequence's ending position. From array[b1] to array [b2-1] and from array [b2] to array[last] are both in order separately, how to merge them in place...
I have just applied for a Java developer job and the recruiter told me he wanted me to take an online Java test to see how my Java knowledge was. Fact questions with multiple answers. Does anyone have idea what site it could be? Tips on what should i prepare? -- So, i got to make this test: Java 2 - Non-GUI Which consisted of questi...
I got an interview for a DB2 C++ developer internship at IBM. I have the option of doing it over the phone or in person. Which would you recommend? Is it appropriate to say in my reply email "What will be the nature of the interview so I can best prepare for it?" so I can found out just how technical and code-based it will be. But in ge...
I've got about 2/3 years C++ experience but I've spent most of my career doing Java. I'm about to go for an interview for a C++ programming role and I've been thinking about the best way to brush up my C++ to make sure I don't get caught out by any awkward questions. What would you recommend? ...
This is a question I was asked in an interview: I have class A with private members and Class B extends A. I know private members of a class cannot be accessed, but the question is: I need to access private members of class A from class B, rather than create variables with the same value in class B. I hope I am clear with this questi...
Particularly for PHP and Linux server admin. ...
My company is looking for a new web developer and we are eager to find someone that would be efficient as soon as hired and capable of making quality code. I will have to take interview and I would like to give them an assignment, so I can see their general programming skills if they are able to use CSS the general quality of what they...
I was tasked to conduct my first interview and would like to pose my question to this world for both their feedback on my question and also on their solutions. Question: I have a legacy system with users and files, the info of all files pertaining to a user are stored on a flat file. I want to upgrade this system by s...
I have taken a couple of coding test lately all timed, but without a limit meaning I could take as long as I want, but they wanted to see how long it took me. Given this criteria i have opted to use the most straight forward style possible while refactoring little in order to solve the problem quickly. I have received a couple of offer...
Hi, What are some common R interview questions? I'm not sure what are the must-know for someone who claims to have working knowledge of R so I'd like to test myself. Also, if you were an interviewer and looking for an R person, what would you ask? Thanks.. -k ...
I am preparing for a software job interview, and I have trouble with in-place array modifications. For example, in the out-shuffle problem you interleave two halves of an array, so that 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 would become 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8. This question asks for a constant-memory solution (and linear-time, although I'm not sure that's even possi...
here's the job description: Experience with data mapping/extracts tools such as Monarch and VorteXML. Familiarity with XML documents and schemas. Minimum 1-3 years of data analysis in SQL Server environment. Working knowledge of TSQL and SQL Server 2000 tools such as Enterprise Manager, SQL Query Analyzer, Profiler, DTS and BCP. Working...
I have a job interview next week that requires me to be able to demonstrate the following skills: C C++ SystemC 3D Video Digital communication RTL (register transfer level) Usually before an interview, I create a quick application just to refresh my knowledge of all the skills required, but I can't think how to combine all of these i...
I've had a few instances where I've been asked about my approach to software design both in job interviews and in less formal settings. Lots of buzz words invariably come up: waterfall model, agile development, design patterns, UML, test driven development, requirements documents, user acceptance testing etc. etc. ad infintium. My answe...
Hi guys! I recently graduated with MS in CS and I am excited because I just received a job offer from a company I really like for an entry-level sw engineer position. The thing is that, although the salary is not my priority and I care way more about gaining experience, their offer unfortunately is way below of what I expected. Actually ...
Different websites are giving different opinions. My understanding is this: To clean up or reclaim the memory that an object occupies, the Garbage collector comes into action. (automatically is invoked???) The garbage collector then dereferences the object. Sometimes, there is no way for the garbage collector to access the object. The...