The Written Test consists of total 4 sections to be completed in 1hr,
The Sections were divided as follows:
1. 20 Q on C (Refer Test ur C skills by Y.Kanetkar)
2. 15 Q on C++(Refer any C++ good book)
3. 15 Q on UNIX(Refer any UNIX book)
4. 15 Q on General Aptitude. (Logical Reasoning, Complete the series, Work done etc..)
The interviews are held for more than 3 years experience in JAVA, J2EE. The interviews are held in TCS building in Habibullah Road, Chennai. (TCS and HP have collaboration center in Chennai)
There are 3 interviews :
1. Technical interview2. Program Manager interview3. HR interview
I wrote here all the questions I remember. I think I almost covered most of them.
______________________Technical Interview______________________
1) What is 'Open System' and 'Closed System' in Computer terminology ?
2) What is meant by Open Source ? Is Java Open Source or not ?
3) Explain MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture ? What acts as controller ? How views get updated ?
4) What are design patterns ? Explain 'FACADE Design Pattern' ?
5) What's the difference between CMM and CMMI ?
6) What is 'Requirements Development' in CMMI ?
7) How do you capture requirements ? Using what method you make sure that requirements are properly captured?
8) What is UseCase ? What is the template to write UseCases ?
9) How do you perform testing ? Do you use any automated testing tools ? If so, what are they ?
10) I have a Web Server, Application Server, Servlet Engine, Database - all located on separate systems behind firewalls. How will you design an application using 3-tier architecture in this case ?
11) What is 2-Phase Commit and 3-Phase Commit in database terminology ?
12) Will the 'View' get refreshed immediately when you update a database table. If it doesn't get refreshed immediately, what method you use to refresh it ?
13) Some websites will have hierarchical display of items. (For eg, on click of a '+' symbol, all items under this item gets listed.). How do you store such structure in database (Note: You can store as XML object. But how do you store in database tables without using XML) ?
14) What are interfaces, abstract classes. What is their purpose and differences ?
15) What is 3 rd level of normalization ?
16) How do you implement TREE in Java ? How do you implement the same using C or C++ ?
17) What is the difference between Application and Web servers ?
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Remarks on Technical interview : The questions are mostly analysis and design related rather than coding related. You should have clear idea of analysis & design in J2EE, how various J2EE components fit into various layers.__________________________
__________________________Program Manager Interview__________________________
1) Tell about yourself ?
2) What is the most challenging situation faced in your professional life ? How you faced it ?
3) What are the reasons you are leaving your current company ?
4) Do you have any objection for working completely at off-shore or working in a different technology ?
5) Any questions about HP ?
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__________________________HR Interview__________________________
1) How do your collegues describe you ?
2) What is your current and expected salary ?
3) What are the reasons you are leaving your current company ?
4) What do you know about HP ?
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