Software Developer Mock Interview

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QUESTION 23 OF 30

I’ve heard applications referred to as both software and programs. Which terminology do you use, and how do these differ?

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01 Explain how duplicates are removed from an array without using a library? TECHNICAL 02 What method do you use to find the missing number in an integer array of 1 to 100? TECHNICAL 03 Tell me how you find duplicate numbers in an array in Java containing multiple duplicates? TECHNICAL 04 How do you find the starting node of a cycle if a link contains a cycle? TECHNICAL 05 Based on your experience, what's the best way to find a node that begins with two single link lists? TECHNICAL 06 How do you approach implementing an LRU Cache in your favorite programming language? TECHNICAL 07 What is your experience with implementing a Binary Search Algorithm without recursion? TECHNICAL 08 Can you walk me through the meaning behind a Depth First Search Algorithm for a binary tree? TECHNICAL 09 Describe how do you implement an insertion sort algorithm, and what's the easiest way to do it? TECHNICAL 10 Tell me the difference between a Comparison and Non-Comparison Sorting Algorithm? TECHNICAL 11 Can you list for me the important categories of software development? TECHNICAL 12 Describe at a high level what the software development life cycle process is. TECHNICAL 13 What is verification and validation, and why it is important? TECHNICAL 14 As a software developer, explain the meaning of debugging, and why it's used? TECHNICAL 15 Do you have a preferred language that you like to write programming algorithms? OPERATIONAL 16 What is software scope, and what does the process involve? OPERATIONAL 17 How would you define software configuration management? OPERATIONAL 18 What is your opinion on a feasibility study, and when should it be done? OPERATIONAL 19 As part of software development, were you involved with working on functional and non-functional requirements? OPERATIONAL 20 Talk about the differences between structured English and Pseudo Code? TECHNICAL 21 Making a comparison, how would you differentiate between Quality Assurance and Quality Control? OPERATIONAL 22 What software development process do you prefer to use? OPERATIONAL 23 I’ve heard applications referred to as both software and programs. Which terminology do you use, and how do these differ? GENERAL 24 What are some of the types of development projects you have worked on in your past positions? GENERAL 25 What are some of the software design patterns that you use, and in what situations do you use them? OPERATIONAL 26 Can you describe a challenging software development project you recently completed and the results? GENERAL 27 Are you familiar with Agile and Waterfall? Which of these software development methodologies do you prefer? OPERATIONAL 28 What are some of the QA processes you are familiar with and have worked with in the past? OPERATIONAL 29 What are some of the testing and debugging processes you use in your software development? OPERATIONAL 30 How much do you know about object-oriented programming? TECHNICAL
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