By admin | September 22, 2005
What is the output of printf(”%d”)
What will happen if I say delete this
Difference between “C structure” and “C++ structure”.
Diffrence between a “assignment operator” and a “copy constructor”
What is the difference between “overloading” and “overridding”?
Explain the need for “Virtual Destructor”.
By admin | August 18, 2005
Reader Vinay Solanki faced these questions from Microsoft recruiter, who apparently was hiring straight out of college.
How did you first get interested in Computer Science?
What do you like to do best related to computers now (programming, administration, testing, manage projects, etc)? What is it about that area that you specifically enjoy?
What is your strongest [...]
Also posted in General, Windows |
By admin | August 2, 2005
What are kernel objects? - - Several types of kernel objects, such as access token objects, event objects, file objects, file-mapping objects, I/O completion port objects, job objects, mailslot objects, mutex objects, pipe objects, process objects, semaphore objects, thread objects, and waitable timer objects.
What is a kernel object? - Each kernel object is simply a [...]
Insights of an inverter. Explain the working?
Insights of a 2 input NOR gate. Explain the working?
Insights of a 2 input NAND gate. Explain the working?
Implement F= not (AB+CD) using CMOS gates?
Insights of a pass gate. Explain the working?
Also posted in Hardware |
A reader submitted the interview questions he was asked. More C/C++ questions will be added here, as people keep sending us a set of 2-3 questions they got on their job itnerview.
Q1: Tell how to check whether a linked list is circular.
A: Create two pointers, each set to the start of the list. Update each [...]
A reader interviewed with IBM and sent the following questions in:
I have a scale and 7 balls. 1 ball is heavier than all the rest. How do I determine the heaviest ball with only 3 possible weighing attempts?
What is a linked list?
Name an advantage of linked list over array?
Also posted in General, Java |
By admin | February 24, 2005
A recruiter sent this simple set of interview questions for a programming position.
How can you defined OOP?
How can you use OOP in your projects/products/applications?
What is copy constructor?
How many types of copy constructor are there?
What shallow copy constructor does/behaves?
Does C++ support copy constructor?
Does Java support copy constructor?
(If the answer to the previous question was correct) Why [...]
Also posted in General, Java |
By admin | September 1, 2004
What is a modifier? A modifier, also called a modifying function is a member function that
changes the value of at least one data member. In other words, an
operation that modifies the state of an object. Modifiers are also
known as ‘mutators’. Example: The function mod is a modifier in the
following code snippet:
class test
{
[...]
What is IUnknown? What methods are provided by IUnknown? It is a generally good idea to have an answer for this question if you claim you know COM in your resume. Otherwise, you may consider your interview failed at this point. IUnknown is the base interface of COM. All other interfaces must derive directly or [...]
Also posted in VB, Windows |
The following questions are used for screening the candidates during the first interview. The questions apply mostly to fresh college grads pursuing an engineering career at Intel.
Have you studied buses? What types?
Have you studied pipelining? List the 5 stages of a 5 stage pipeline. Assuming 1 clock per stage, what is the latency of an [...]
Also posted in Hardware |
The questions were asked by Lucent Technologies for Software Tester (in some companies SQA - Software Quality Assurance) position.
What programming language are you using?
What C++ libraries are you proficient with?
A frequent reader of this site sent this in. No answers, but a nice set of questions. Consider getting Kernighan and Ritchie title if you find many things puzzling here.
What does static variable mean?
What is a pointer?
What is a structure?
