Nokia Interview Questions

Excerpts from Interview #1:

• State two differences between serializable and externalizable interfaces.
• What is the best way to handle disturbed databases and to merge their results?
• Write a function to shuffle a deck of 52 cards.
• On which layer of OSI model does JVM works?

• Why Nokia?
• Are you nervous?
• What do you do in your free time?
• Which is the first personality that comes to your mind when I say corruption and why?

Excerpts from Interview #2:

• Tell us about the projects you have written about in your resume.
• What are the S.I. values of inductance, capacitance and resistance?
• Draw the architecture of 8086 microprocessor?
• Explain the working of DMA controller 8237.

• Introduce yourself.
• Tell us about your family.
• If it were to your last day on this planet, how would you spend it?
• Why did you sit for the interviews for this company?

Excerpts from Interview #3:

• How many registers are there in a 8086 microprocessor?
• Given a set of numbers find a consecutive subset of numbers whose sum is maximum. What is the complexity of your algorithm?
• What are the differences between C++ and Java?

• Describe yourself in 3 words.
• Why should we hire you over other candidates?
• What are your weakness?
• What do you know about our competitors in the market?

Excerpts from Interview #4:

• Explain how a mobile browser application works.
• What is placement syntax?
• Can a constructor be virtual? Why?
• Explain 2-phase locking protocol in DBMS.

• Tell me something about yourself that is not mentioned in your resume.
• Have you ever held an important post in this college or your school life?
• If you were given two tasks, one by your immediate superior and one by his immediate superior, which one would you complete first?

Excerpts from Interview #5:

• What are the various layers of TCP/IP and OS protocols?
• What is the difference between 80486 and 80386?
• What open source projects have you worked on?
• What is ATM and what are its features?

• How was your day?
• Were the interviews difficult?
• What is your opinion about Nokia phones?

Excerpts from Interview #6:

• Explain your project on Visual Basic..
• Explain the working of a 2-pass assembler.
• What is the difference between Data Hiding and Data Abstraction?
• Which is better: Hardwired Control Unit or Software Control Unit in the design of a microprocessor?

• Why are your marks low in 10th standard?
• How has college life changed you?
• Do you have any difficulty in relocation?
• Why Nokia ?