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Application Developer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 6 Nov 2015

Interview Questionnaire 

7 Questions

  • Q1. Design data structure for Excel sheet
  • Ans. 

    Design data structure for Excel sheet

    • Use a 2D array to represent rows and columns

    • Each cell can contain a string or a formula

    • Include metadata such as cell formatting and data validation rules

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  • Q2. Implement monitors in OS
  • Ans. 

    Monitors are implemented in OS to synchronize access to shared resources.

    • Monitors are used to ensure mutual exclusion and synchronization of shared resources.

    • They are implemented using locks and condition variables.

    • Monitors provide a higher level of abstraction than locks and semaphores.

    • Examples of monitors in OS include Java's synchronized keyword and C#'s lock statement.

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  • Q3. Real time egs for oops concepts ( this is very frequent question that is asked)
  • Q4. One query using self join ­ (ename,mid) display all employee names with their manager  names
  • Q5. How to  delete nth node in linked list
  • Ans. 

    To delete nth node in a linked list, we need to traverse to the (n-1)th node and change its next pointer to (n+1)th node.

    • Traverse to (n-1)th node and change its next pointer to (n+1)th node

    • Handle edge cases like deleting the first node or deleting the last node

    • Free the memory of the deleted node

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  • Q6. Suppose in an abstract class  a function called x(), AND there is another  function with the same name in its derived class.Now create pointer for the abstract class,  point it to the derived class object
  • Ans. 

    Creating a pointer for an abstract class and pointing it to a derived class object with a function name conflict.

    • Use virtual keyword for the function in the abstract class.

    • Use override keyword for the function in the derived class.

    • Access the function using the pointer with the derived class object.

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  • Q7. PUZZLE : one circle (radius r) is drawn.You are throwing a stone in it than what is the probability that stone lies near  the center?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience:  Apps were  quite tough while technical was easy.
In subjective section they asked the following questions:-
1. ER diagram for a given situation
2. Print Pascals triangle.
3. An Output for stack based question
4. A program using stacks and queues.
    A queue {1,2,3,4,5,6} and was asked to print every  third element  from the last including the first element.
( Condition was given to construct with a class called My Stack, queue called My queue and was allowed to just create stack ,queue , int type and not any other data type).
In subjective i just attended 3 questions and got selected type.

Round: Technical Interview
Tips:  Make sure u do your written well.And do not keep intention to get shortlisted alone,but to be one among the top three or four.

Skills:
College Name: Anna University Chennai

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Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: The questions asked by this company were tough. The interview experience was good and you get to learn. Don't panic and answer confidently. If you don't know the answer don't say some random answer, just say I don't know but I would like to learn.
Questions were challenging. They weren't picked directly from geeksforgeeks or some other website. The guys taking your interview know stuff so don't try to fool them. Its a great learning experience, enjoy it till you can
Skill Tips: C books, C++ books, www.geeksforgeeks.com
Revise concepts for OS, DBMS, Computer Networks
Focus on Puzzles more.
Questions won't be as direct as other companies.

Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: The questions asked by this company were tough. The interview experience was good and you get to learn. Don't panic and answer confidently. If you don't know the answer don't say some random answer, just say I don't know but I would like to learn.
Questions were challenging. They weren't picked directly from geeksforgeeks or some other website. The guys taking your interview know stuff so don't try to fool them. Its a great learning experience, enjoy it till you can
Skill Tips: C books, C++ books, www.geeksforgeeks.com
Revise concepts for OS, DBMS, Computer Networks
Focus on Puzzles more.
Questions won't be as direct as other companies.

Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

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  1. PUZZLE : one circle (radius r) is drawn.You are throwing a stone in ...read more
  2. Suppose in an abstract class  a function called x(), AND there is an...read more
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