This document contains a list of interview questions related to programming, data structures, databases, operating systems and computer science fundamentals. There are over 100 questions covering topics like Java, C/C++, OOPs concepts, data structures, algorithms, SQL, computer architecture and more. The questions would be useful for someone preparing for a technical interview for software engineering or a related role.

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Tell us something about yourself.
Why do you think you are a suitable candidate for this position?
Do you consider yourself a team player? Give example where you worked in a team
and tell us about your role?
What qualities would you look for in a candidate if you were hiring for this position?
What would you do if your manager criticized your work?
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Will you be Okay with re-location, if required?
Are you Okay with working over weekends?
What do you know about TCS and its business? Can you name some competitors?
What is the difference between a = ++b and a = b++ ?
What is the prime difference between While and Do While Loop ?
A C program is compiled into native (binary) code by the compiler.
Similary what will be generated out of JAVA program source by JAVA compiler ?

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Which is your strongest programming language (Java, ASP, C, C++, VB,
HTML, C#, etc.)?
What are the differences between C and Java?
In header files whether functions are declared or defined?
What are the different storage classes in C ?
What is a class?
What is the difference between class and structure?
What is pointer?
What does static variable mean?
How do you print an address ?
What are macros? what are its advantages and disadvantages?
Difference between pass by reference and pass by value?
What is an object?
What is the difference between null and void pointer?

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What is function overloading ?
What is function overloading and operator overloading?
What is friend function?
What do you mean by inline function?
Tell me something about abstract classes?
What is the difference between realloc() and free()?
What is the difference between an array and a list?
What are the differences between structures and arrays?
What is data structure?
Can you list out the areas in which data structures are applied extensively?
What are the advantages of inheritance?
What are the two integrity rules used in DBMS?
What is Insertion sort, selection sort, bubble sort( basic differences among the
functionality of the three sorts and not the exact algorithms) ?
What is Doubly link list?

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What is data abstraction?
What are the three levels of data abstraction with Example?
What is command line argument ?
Advantages of a macro over a function ?
What are the different storage classes in C ?
Which header file should you include if you are to develop a function which can
accept variable number of arguments?
What is cache memory?
What is debugger?
What is a spanning Tree?
Why should we use data ware housing and how can you extract data for analysis
with example?
Explain recursive function & what is the data structures used to perform
recursion?
Differentiate between Complier and Interpreter?

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What is scope of a variable?
Const char *p , char const *p What is the difference between the above two?
What is Memory Alignment?
Explain the difference between 'operator new' and the 'new' operator?
Difference between delete and delete []?
What is conversion constructor?
What do you know about the garbage collector?
Write a Binary Search program
What are enumerations?
What is static identifier?
What is encryption and decryption?
What exactly is a digital signature?
What is an interrupt?
What is user defined exception in Java?
What is java Applet?

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