IT Interview Questions, Programming Interviews, Crack Interviews - (Indian IT Industry)

This is the outcome of experience in this field. The information is useful especially for freshers. Sample question papers for software companies are provided.

I did not talk to anybody while preparing this page because there is nothing great about interviews. Take it easy...Be honest...polite...Don't try to pretend that you know everything...accept your mistakes ...Don't argue with interviews panel...I have seen many guys doing that...

Please don't send me mails asking for question papers of a particular company...or the answers of questions presented out here... Is it ethical to have a question paper before written exam?... it is upto you...I have nothing to say...

If you wish you can send your interview experience to share with us....Current Job scenario is pretty good... Make Hay While Sun Shines !...

Happy Job Hunting....

Basic Interview Preparation

• Programming Interview Questions - Java, OOAD, C++ etc. Interview Questions

• The Ultimate Guide to Job Interview Preparation - Avoid Biggest Mistakes

• How To Dress For An Interview: Dress For Success - Top tips for what to wear at an interview

• Tough Interview Questions - from Monster.Com

• Planet Papers - All kind of questions you are looking for

• Tips For Resume Preparation - Something worth reading

• Assesment Day - Numerical Reasoining, Verbal Reasoning, Interview Questions etc

• 50 Practice Interview Questions - Drill with these 50 questions and you'll be prepped to answer whatever an interviewer throws your way !!!

General Interview Puzzles

Earlier I'd thought of giving a lots of puzzles. Actually the sites given below have everything if you follow the links given out there correctly. You need to face puzzle solving only if you are fresher.

• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles - Fully design in Java and JavaScript - Real Fun to Explore

• Puzzles.COM - Not especially tailored for the interviews but good to explore

• Free Puzzle collection - Geometry Puzzles, Logic Puzzles,Math Puzzles,Weight Puzzles etc.

• Puzzles (My Favorite Page) - Superb

• Puzzles, Mazes, and Quizzes - OK..

• Puzzle Archive and Recent Puzzles - Not many puzzles but worth visiting

• Interactive Fun Puzzles - Some Nice Collections

• Easier Fibonacci puzzles - I like this page.

Programming Puzzles - Job Interview Puzzles

Some companies certainly ask for these things. Specially Microsoft. Here are my favorite puzzles. Don't send me emails asking for the solutions.

1. Write a "Hello World" program in 'C' without using a semicolon.
2. Write a C++ program without using any loop (if, for, while etc) to print numbers from 1 to 100 and 100 to 1;
3. C/C++ : Exchange two numbers without using a temporary variable.
4. C/C++ : Find if the given number is a power of 2.
5. C/C++ : Multiply x by 7 without using multiplication (*) operator.
6. C/C++ : Write a function in different ways that will return f(7) = 4 and f(4) = 7
7. Remove duplicates in array
8. Finding if there is any loop inside linked list.
9. Remove duplicates in an no key access database without using an array
10. Convert (integer) number in binary without loops.
11. Write a program whose printed output is an exact copy of the source. Needless to say, merely echoing the actual source file is not allowed.
12. From a 'pool' of numbers (four '1's, four '2's .... four '6's), each player selects a number and adds it to the total. Once a number is used, it must be removed from the pool. The winner is the person whose number makes the total equal 31 exactly.
13. Swap two numbers without using a third variable.
14. Given an array (group) of numbers write all the possible sub groups of this group.

Interview Articles

Some cool interview articles...

• The Art of the Follow-Up After Job Interviews - by Kathryn Lee Bazan.

• Behavioral Interviewing Strategies - by Katharine Hansen

• Interviewing Do's and Don'ts, - by Randall S. Hansen

• Mastering the On-Site Interview: A Guide to Company Visits - by Randall S. Hansen

• Phone Interviewing Do's and Don'ts - Maureen Crawford Hentz

• When Job-Hunting: Dress for Success - by Randall S. Hansen

Lateral Thinking Puzzles

There are not many puzzles on lateral thinking. My personal opinion...

• Lateral thinking puzzle page - 20+ puzzles

• The Lateral Puzzles Forum - Website devoted to lateral thinking puzzles.

• Paul Sloane's list of Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles - Same old stuff

• Realistic Lateral Thinking Puzzles - Unbelievable...56 Puzzles?

• Nicola's Lateral Thinking Puzzles - One More Surprise !!! 101 Puzzles

These links are more than enough...