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EXL Service Mainframe Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 25 Jan 2017

EXL Service Mainframe Developer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

I appeared for an interview before Jan 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What is the scripting language used on IBM mainframe operating systems? What are the steps in Job processing? What happens if an error is found in Job Queuing in JCL by JES? What is the Abend Code when you...
  • Ans. 

    The scripting language used on IBM mainframe operating systems is JCL (Job Control Language).

    • JCL is used to define and control the execution of jobs on the mainframe.

    • It is a set of statements that specify the input, processing, and output requirements of a job.

    • JCL is used to submit batch jobs, which are sequences of programs and data that are processed without user interaction.

    • JCL statements are written in a specific f...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: The HR called me up to inform me that my resume had been shortlisted (which she obviously revealed at the end.) First I was asked to talk briefly about my education and past job.
Tips: Do not beat about the bush.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 1. JCL or Job Control Language
2. Submission, Conversion, Queuing, Execution, Printing, Purging
3. The job is not scheduled into the job queue due to the error.
4. S913
5. Moving non-numeric value to numeric field or not initiating the numeric fields shows this Abend Code
6. U1056
7. EXEC SQL DECLARE CS1 CURSOR FOR
SELECT EMP_ID
FROM FINAL TABLE (INSERT INTO EMPLOYEE_PHOTO_RESUME (EMPNO)
SELECT EMPNO FROM EMP)
FETCH FIRST 5 ROWS ONLY;
8. Outer Join

Skills: COBOL, DB2 and JCL, Communication And Confidence, RDBMS

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Quantitative, verbal, reasoning and basic technical questions.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 50

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: Questions based on data structures, algorithms, and object oriented programming concepts.
Tested basic knowledge in Finance sector especially related to the company.

College Name: Delhi Technological University, Delhi

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Pre-placement offer
Experience: Each intern was assigned a individual project and mentor.
In the last week of internship there was project presentation and interview.
interview was easy .For me 50% of the questions were about project and some questions about algorithms and DBMS.
More emphasis was given to the quality of work on project.

General Tips: Working in company is complete different from working on course project. learning many new frameworks required for the project was really challenging.
Programming : Tree, Btree, Tries ..
Operating System: Memory Management
Networks: OSI model
DBMS : basics. they dint ask me any. Show case your interest in big data, servers and passion for technology
Skill Tips: Be confident, even if you don't know the exact answer don't give up tell your approaches to interviewer. some times they will also help you. Software Developer some question s you can ask are: what technologies do your company works on. how are freshers will be selected to different teams in the company.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. SQL Joins
  • Q2. Swap 2 numbers without 3rd variable
  • Ans. 

    Swapping two numbers without using a third variable

    • Use arithmetic operations to swap the values

    • Add the two numbers and store the result in the first variable

    • Subtract the second number from the result and store it in the second variable

    • Subtract the second variable from the first variable to get the original value of the second variable

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Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1st Round : Long set of Aptitude questions
2nd Round : Technical Interview
3rd Round : Technical Interview and HR questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. How to invoke the xml file using LibXML?
  • Ans. 

    To invoke an XML file using LibXML, use the xmlReadFile() function.

    • Include the libxml/parser.h header file.

    • Use the xmlReadFile() function to read the XML file and create a xmlDocPtr object.

    • Use the xmlDocGetRootElement() function to get the root element of the XML document.

    • Use the xmlNodeGetContent() function to get the content of a node.

    • Use the xmlFreeDoc() function to free the memory allocated for the xmlDocPtr object...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It have some aptitude question and 2 coding question

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic hr question asked like salary and all

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare any one project to describe
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Quant verbal LRDI ,normal question

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Dsa array and 2D array

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About project and resume
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural question
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. All questions based on your resume and recent project you have done including OOPS concept, MVC , Design patterns, SOLID principles
Round 2 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Here test the communications, problem solving skills, Decision making skill, Situation handle, conflict management
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It is pretty good only.

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked about all the basics question,alogirthm,programs
  • Q2. Basic Coding questions like prime number
  • Q3. Acid Properties
  • Ans. 

    ACID properties are a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.

    • Atomicity: Transactions are either fully completed or fully aborted.

    • Consistency: Database remains in a consistent state before and after the transaction.

    • Isolation: Transactions are isolated from each other until they are completed.

    • Durability: Once a transaction is committed, changes are permanent.

    • Example: Transfer of fun...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Logical and reasoning, Maths

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Basic coding Java & C

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Array and types
  • Q2. Inheritance & OOPS

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - For fresher, Prepare basics

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