OPEN TEXT Interview Questions

Excerpts from Interview #1:

• Define ACID properties?
• What is write ahead logging in DBMS?
• What are the deadlock avoidance schemes?
• What is clustering index?
• There is a program which inserts and deletes node in a sorted singly linked list. There is a bug in one of the modules, how would you debug it?
• What are the ways in which fault tolerance can be ensured in systems?
• A pair of redundant systems are operating, how would you ensure that when one of them goes down, the other one will take over its operation?
• Define Virtual function in C++.

• Are you willing to relocate or travel?
• What motivates you to do a good job?
• Describe your ideal company, location & job.
• Who is your inspiration in your life & why?

Excerpts from Interview #2:

• Define transaction control statement in SQL?
• Explain access specifiers?
• Difference between TCP and UDP?
• Why we use the concept of pointer?
• Explain waterfall model and spiral model
• Difference between verification and validation?

• Tell us about yourself.
• How much salary do you expect from us?
• Tell me something about our company?
• How do feel about working according to US timings – 1:00pm to 9pm?
• Do you have any questions for me?

Excerpts from Interview #3:

• What do you mean by Quality assurance?
• What do you mean by overiding?
• Write an algorithm for Insertion sort?
• What do you mean by triggers and when they will be executed?
• Difference between Rowid and rownum in SQL?

• Tell us about yourself & family background?
• Are you ready to handle a team under pressure?
• How do you feel about reporting to a younger person?
• How many hours in a week do you normally work?
• How would you handle a customer who is very angry?

Excerpts from Interview #4:

• Difference between malloc and new functions?
• Can a static member function access member variable of an object?
• What do you mean by Garbage Collection?
• What do you mean by dynamic method dispatch?
• What is the use of StringTokenizer class?
• Today is Monday. After 63 days, it will be?

• Tell us about yourself?
• Why have you had so many jobs?
• Walk us through your resume.
• Tell me about a situation when your work was criticized?
• Why did you resign from your previous company?

Excerpts from Interview #5:

• What is abstract class?
• What is the use of ‘super’ keyword inside a constructor?
• Explain different type of inheritance in java?
• What is the meaning of public static void main() in java?
• When should a function throw an exception?
• Which function would be used if you want to access private members of a class?

• Why do you want to join our company?
• Are you willing to relocate or travel?
• What are your strength and weakness?
• Describe your ideal company, location & job.
• If you won $30 million lottery, would you still work?.

Excerpts from Interview #:6

• Difference between operator overloading and function overriding?
• What do you mean by Late binding and Early Binding?
• When do you call copy constructor?
• What is the difference between Structure and a class?
• When will constructor and destructor be executed?

• How was the previous interviews?
• What are your career options right now?
• Would you like to change your domain, if yes why?
• How much salary do you expect?
• What else are you expecting from the company?
• Are you comfortable shifting base?