First interview: Interview went on for some 1hr and this is the summary of my first interview: All the

questions are based on algorithms, datastructures, Operating systems and computer networks(this was because i mentioned it as one of my area of interest). Yahoo mostly concentrates on alogorithms, datastructures, programming, Operating systems unless you specify some other area as your interest. Second interview: Interview went on for some 45 minutes and this is the summary of my second interview: Even in this interview all the questions were based on algorithms, datastructures, Operating systems and computer networks. I dont exactly remember all the questions but i'll put up some questions which i remember 1) Explain about virtual memory 2) Explain how ftp works 3) Explain about threads, differences b/w threads and processes, how do you create threads and so on 4) Align a string using the characters in the second string 5) A question on graph 6) few other questions on algorithms Third interview: Interview went on for some 1.30hr and this is the summary of my final interview: 1) Tell me about yourself 2) Explain about your project and few questions on project 3) Explain any challenge that you have faced and that you have solved recently(related to project or any other) 4) Explain all the background work that goes on when you type a url in a browser(basically a http request) 5) There are two arrays A of size m and B of size n (m<<n), find the intersection of these two arrays in an efficient way A) I suggested sorting of smaller array and binary serach of larger array elements in the sorted arry /or by hashing(if range is fixed) 6) What is index in database 7) He asked me to explain what all happens when you run a c/c++ code i.e what all contain in header files, when are they linked, from where etc etc. 8) If you have n players in a tennis tournment, how many matches do you need to crown a winner. This discussion went on for some time. 9) He then asked few questions based on my resume That was his last question, he then asked me if i have any questions. Fourth Interview: Interview went on for some 45min and summary is as follows: Questions were mostly concentrated on programming ability.

1) He started with asking about design patterns. He asked me how do you ensure that the class can be instantiated only once(singleton). He also asked me to implement the class(write the code) and explain him 2) He then started asking me c++ concepts, how do you implement copy constructor, few more questions on copy constructor 3) explain the implementation of virtual functions etc etc Sandeep Kumar CS10M057