Computer Associates Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: Normal apti ques has given in it and cube related prob is the famous one in it 2) in english, paragraph questions and
prepositions , articles , and meanings asked 3) I opted for C++ out of the choice given( C, C++ and Java) -> in this they asked abt the classes , virtual classes , copy constructor object oriented programming etcc ->has to hav good command over c++ other wise better to opt for c 4) reasoning is icet range questions like substitute, conversions
Tips: After wriiten they hav selected 20 persons for the interview process -> Total interview is consisting of 3 sections a) two technical rounds and b) onr HR ->they didnt eliminate any one from the three sections and finally they selected 5 persons from the college ..
Duration: 80 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: They asked abt object oriented proging and one puzzle -> finally project explanation played a good role ->OOPs concepts, virtual functions , DS and NetWorks(imp) also played gud role

Round: HR Interview
Experience: During HR they are seeking 4 ur confindence if it s gud then u will select in that process easily

General Tips: Work hard as well as try to solve the puzzles ->c, c++ , DBMS, NetWorks, DS are v imp for this one all the best :)
Skill Tips: Finally they are taking students who ever are gud in proging as well as good technical and logical things it seems to be that they are not looking at pointer so low level pointers has to concentrate on this especially
College Name: NIT Warangal

Round: Test
Experience: Quantitative: easy questions which we can do in exact given time. Analytical/reasoning:easy but time taking can't do in given time. Verbal English: average but people who prepared for CAT can easily do it. Technical: 60% hard with large codes and miscellaneous questions in C. One written test,Two technical Interviews and one HR interview. I did average in writtentest and in technical interviews i tried to answer most of the part in my favourite subject DATASTRUCTURES so he asked me most of the data structures questions.
Duration: 150 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: DATA STRUCTURES:Inorder,preorder,postorder traversals in trees. Basic definitions in trees,graphs. How 2 find
different paths for destinations in graphs. Explain abt the best code written in ur college. IN C,C++: Coding for finding no of times a character repeated in astring, Coding for finding a substring in a given string, Differences in c and c++, About polymorphism and its use in OOPlanguages

Round: HR Interview
Experience: About your family background and depending on the information given on resume.

General Tips: Do all the questions given in Crack the Interview and DENNIS RITCHIE for C thats enough for technical interview and written test, Do W::C riddles from the net so that analatical puzzels doesnot go beyond that it helps the most in interviews, Study or do a large coding program such that it attracts interviewer attention.
Skill Tips: Its very tensionsome in first 3-4 interviews. After that lot of confidence gained in me which helped me to get the job.
College Name: NIT Warangal

Round: Test
Experience: Verbal English :- Queations based on article,prepositions,Synonyms.And gave an passage,based on that 5 questions
Aptitude :- 15 questions Analytical :- Merit trac pattern Technical :- C or C++ or Java .Find outputs and some questions based on unix.
Duration: 45 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Intially written test for 65 minutes.And in that first 3 sections are common to all. The Technical section we have to choos C or C++ or Java.I choosen C. After written exam there are two technical interviews first one for 1hour 15 minutes,second one for half an hour. After completion of these technical rounds,,H.R round is there.That is mainly for conversation with H.R and total discussion was about CA.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Mainly concentrated on Networking like ipv4,ipv6,Routing,Network layers,Topologies. In DBMS queries like finding nth maximum or minimum,Joins,Normal forms,DBMS&RDBMS In DS asked about trees and real time applications of trees. Some questions based on C,C++ and UNIX.Like what are the differences between C and C++. Asked me about the projects what i have mentioned in Resume.And questions on the Subjects mentioned in Resume.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: They asked me about intro.Agter that no more questions,but half an hour conversation takesplace between H.R and I ,that was totally about company .Like what are the training details,and other related questions based on the technologies used in CA.

General Tips: Try to be top position in Written test,then only you can impress them at the intial round. In technical interview be confident on the projects ,what you have mentioned in resume.They will ask more on projects. Networking and DBMS are very important.Any one of C,C++,Java are o.k.And OOPs concepts are very important Some questions on UNIX,Shell programming. If you r going to choose C language then Exploring in C is enough. for the written test.Please see the Merit trac pattern questions
Skill Tips: If we are good at fundamentals and in logic then it is not that much of tough to get CA.I felt very omfortable in Technical rounds. H.R round was very nice,because no questions other than intro.I interaced with him about the Company totally.
College Name: NIT Warangal