i m an IT graduate..going for a few interview veli soon..jst wanna noe wat kind of programming question they will usually ask for VB n SQL?any hot q they will usually ask 2 test the interviewee?hope someone can help me wit this

This post has been edited by jasonlim: Aug 24 2006, 09:49 PM

If you're applying for the position of Test Engineer, they'll look into C and UNIX.

nah,mine they require VB n SQL skill

I faced one question regarding SQL. The interviewer asked me how to show certain fields from certain tables using a general SQL command.

Diff company require diff programming skill. So, it is hard to tell you unless you let us know which company you're going for the interview ?

I think he has already stated that the company is going to ask questions on VB and SQL.

If for SQL, just brush up some fundamental skills on SQL commands.

ya..SQL i think i shud noe wat 2 study..but VB?

I don't know what is the latest approach. During my time, all the did was sit you in front of a computer (loaded with a couple of IDEs, database systems etc) and gave you 4 hours to come up with a fully functional system.

This approach proves effective as you can differentiate who are the real good programmers. But it took too much time, and they switched to paper based questions.

On the threadstarter's topic, have you any idea if this test would be practical (using a real Visual Studio IDE and online SQL Server), or simply paper-based exam?

In my opinion, SQL is more of a standard syntax (with minor variations across the different flavours of DBMS systems). As long as you are clear of how the concepts work, you shouldn't worry about any specific DBMS.

VB, seems like the closest programming language to pseudocode. Looking at the nature of the syntax being close to pseudo-language, they are probably looking at how you would code your logic. Programming, as I have mentioned in other threads, is pretty much about logic, and how you come up with a good solution to a problem. There's no right or wrong, but what separates you from the others is how efficient and optimise your code turn out to be.

I don't think they are expecting you to be a guru in complex topics such as integrating with the Win32 API or using native windows libraries etc.

Hint: Never forget to put comments in your codes. When I interview interviewees, I would take note of programmers who practice good documentation, comments included.

Good luck

i kena once be4 have to sit in front of the computer to do some codings according to their requirements within a time limit of 1 hour.

Then another one is a paper based ques. Where a program is given to me, and i am to understand the whole program and write out the outputs.

Hope this helps.

I not sure about VB...but i kene SQL and PHP before..Wow..they asked all the advanced one..like object ORiented stuff..phewww

STUDY fundamental skills on SQL commands

and programming concept is enough

Good Luck

Ask u perform SQL queries lor. Easy one might be SELECT * FROM table, harder one might be SELECT * FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 and ask u the outcome. As long as u can write in VB to connect to DB and perform sql as requested then u will be able to pass all kind of entry level interview.

Wahahaha, been once like that, gaven me 1 hour, i took 5 mins, question so easy just like looking for fresh ones.

I kena once...they asked me to do Java questions but inside the job scopes didnt mention about java..lol so,it's better to prepare more than just vb..lol

some MCQ questions+some subjective..which u need to write some sourcecodes.

This post has been edited by hfmea: Aug 26 2006, 01:58 AM

damn!!jst came bek from a long 2 hours interview..wondering they wanna hire MD o wat

i was given a test..with VB n SQL question..***!!i was not well prepared..some q cant answer

Hahaha..last time i was offered a job -trainee also need about 2 hours interview..lol