Category: General

Common 101 Interview Questions

Common 101 Interview Questions

1. Why did you decide to enter the field of library and information science? OR What motivated you to seek a library degree? 2. What kind of position are you looking for when you graduate? 3. Why did you decide to apply for this position? 4. What are your strengths and...

Designing Interview Questions

Designing Interview Questions

How would you design a server that has to process a fair number of good number of requests a second. What if you didn’t know how many requests you’d be getting? What if requests had different priorities? (I always think of the Apache design for this question) Design malloc and free....

Non-Technical Questions

Non-Technical Questions

All of the following are very common. It’s best to have canned answers. What do you want to do? Describe your perfect job? How did your interview go? How did you like the group you interviewed with? Rate your C++ proficiency on the scale of 1 to 10. What have you...

Puzzle Based Interview Questions

Puzzle Based Interview Questions

You have 2 supposedly unbreakable light bulbs and a 100-floor building. Using fewest possible drops, determine how much of an impact this type of light bulb can withstand. (i.e. it can withstand a drop from 17th floor, but breaks from the 18th). Note that the ever-popular binary search will give you...

General Interview Questions

General Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself The most often asked question in interviews. You need to have a short statement prepared in your mind. Be careful that it does not sound rehearsed. Limit it to work-related items unless instructed otherwise. Talk about things you have done and jobs you have held that...