By admin | April 24, 2005
List the files in current directory sorted by size ? - ls -l | grep ^- | sort -nr
List the hidden files in current directory ? - ls -a1 | grep "^\."
Delete blank lines in a file ? - cat sample.txt | grep -v ‘^$’ > new_sample.txt
Search for a sample string in particular files [...]
By admin | April 17, 2005
I understand the company has experienced layoffs within the last two years. Can you review the reasons why they were necessary?
How were the layoffs handled in terms of notification, severance, outplacement services, etc.?
What rewards have you found effective in recognizing and rewarding exceptional work?
Are there formal metrics in place for measuring and rewarding performance over [...]
By admin | April 17, 2005
How do you like me so far?
Do you have any concerns about my ability to do the job and fit in?
Is there anything standing in the way of us coming to an agreement?
Do you have any concerns about my experience, education, skills?
By admin | April 15, 2005
Could you please describe the management team to me?
Does the company have a Net-use policy?
Will I receive my assignments from IT or from the business unit?
Do developers have little contact with the business unit or significant contact?
Can you show or sketch me an organizational chart?
If for any reason you were unable to function as CEO, [...]
A reader went through an interview at eBay and shared the questions asked.
Let’s say you have 100,000 records and you want to delete 95,000 at a time and keep only 5 thousand. But in local memory you don’t have enough space for 95,000 records. What do you do in this case? How do you delete [...]
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Some job interviews result in meeting the group manager and team that you’ll be working for. Here’s a useful collection of questions to ask.
Could you explain the company’s organizational structure?
What is the organization’s plan for the next five years, and how does this department or division fit in?
What specific skills from the person you hire [...]
Usually by the end of the interview the HR person would ask you whether you have any questions. Under the stress of the job interview sometimes nothing comes to mind, but here’s a list of useful questions to ask.
Why do you enjoy working for this company?
What attracted you to this organization?
Can you describe the work [...]
What is ERP? - ERP is a package with the techniques and concepts for the integrated management of business as a whole, for effective use of management resources, to improve the efficiency of an enterprise. Initially, ERP was targeted for manufacturing industry mainly for planning and managing core business like production and financial market. As [...]
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How did you find me?
Is this a retainer or contingency assignment?
Are you dealing with the client’s HR people, or do you have direct contact with the hiring manager?
By admin | March 15, 2005
Tell us about yourself, your background.
What are the three major characteristics that you bring to this company?
What version of Oracle were you running?
How many databases did the organization have and what sizes?
What motivates you to do a good job?
What two or three things are most important to you at work?
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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?
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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 [...]
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