Sony Interview Questions

Excerpts from Interview #1:

• State Advantages of C language?
• What do you mean by data encapsulation?
• What do you mean by a data Hiding?
• What is Function Overloading?
• Explain the key functions of data binding.
• What is the use of pointers in C?
• Can you name some types of inheritance?
• What do you mean by Run time Errors?
• What is polymorphism?

• Introduce Yourself.
• State your three strengths.
• Who is the Prime minister of Japan?
• What is your biggest regret and achievement till now?
• What does success mean to you?
• Where do you see yourself 10 years down the line?

Excerpts from Interview #2:

• What are the components of logical database structure of Oracle database?
• What is static in java?
• How many words can be read by ‘cin’?
• What is the advantage of using cin and cout over traditional scanf and printf?

• Your weaknesses and why we should not hire you?
• Are you willing to relocate?
• Which is your dream company?
• If not, would you leave this if you get an offer from your dream company?

Excerpts from Interview #3:

• What is an Index? What is an Extent?
• Explain the benefits of proper inheritance.
• Write the code to find an element in a BT.
• Explain polymorphism with examples.

• Where do you see yourself 5 years down the line?
• What were the companies you attended previously and why do you think you failed in them?
• Do you have any hobbies that you particularly passionate about?

Excerpts from Interview #4:

• What is divide and conquer in algorithms? Write the algorithm for merge sort algorithm.
• What are the advantages of using friend classes?
• What are virtual functions?
• Difference between inline functions & macros?

• What qualities do you have that make you a person suitable for going into the IT industry?
• Can you work under pressure?
• When do you think you will complete and be able to join?
• Do you have any questions?

Excerpts from Interview #5:

• What are Stacks? Give an example of where they are useful.
• Write a program to insert 5 numbers in a B-tree.
• Concepts of JAVA.

• What has been your greatest achievement till now?
• Why should we not hire you?
• What are your aspirations?
• Any questions for us?

Excerpts from Interview #6:

• What are pre-processor directives?
• Given two singly linked lists of n and m no. of nodes respectively. They merge at a particular node. Write the algorithm to find the position of the node from the end of both the lists.
• What are the various layers of TCP/IP protocol?
• "Everything in Linux is a file". Explain.

• Are you willing to relocate?
• Tell me about yourself?
• Tell me about your internship experience.