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Computer Science Interview Question & Answer
Interview Tips
Job Interview is the most important thing for a job seeker. If you go for an interview you
must be well prepared for this because you don't get a second chance to make a great
first impression. Here we provide some strategies to improve your interview skills:

1) Practice for good non-verbal communication

The non-verbal communication is used to demonstrate confidence. You should follow
these instructions strictly:
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Stand straight
Make eye contact while answering
Make a firm handshake
Feel confident

2) Dressing Sense
Power dressing is very important to impress the interviewer. It also improves your
confidence level. You must be well-groomed. It is better for you to find out company
dress code before going for interview.

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Wear formal dresses

Black leather shoes (must be well-polished)
Have a professional, simple and nice hair cut
Cleanly Shaven

3) Listen carefully
From the beginning of the interview you should listen to every word of the interviewer
very carefully. If you are not listening properly, you are missing an opportunity to
impress him because sometimes there is a hidden answer in the question already. So
you should improve your listening power.

4) Don't talk too much

It is not a good practice to speak unnecessarily. Your answer must be to the point.
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Speak less but to the point

Don't ramble (You must be well prepared to avoid this situation)
Focus on your strong skills
Speak appropriate sentences

5) Don't be too familiar

All interviewers like to talk in professional manner. You should not try to make a false
familiar atmosphere. They are smart and catch all your cunningness in just a minute. So,
don't try to be over smart and speak appropriately.

6) Ask questions
Generally when the interviewers ask that if you have a question? Most of the candidates
say no. It is a wrong practice. You should ask questions also according to the situation, it
shows that you are listening properly and have a keen interest. Asking questions also

gives you an opportunity to find the right place for you in the company. But always
remember that it should not look artificial.

Top 10 questions that can be asked by candidates

This is a list of top 10 interview questions which can be asked by the candidate when the
interviewer done. Generally an interviewer gives a chance to the candidate to ask some
questions at the end of the interview. The following questions are written for that
situation. These questions make you able to get as much insight as possible into the
position and the employer.
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Can you please describe the responsibilities of the position?

What are the biggest challenges of this job?
Is this a new position?
Can you please describe the company's management style?
What are the prospects for the growth?
When can I expect to hear from you?
If I want to extend the job offer, how soon would you like me to start?
What is the best part of working for this company?
Is there any possibility for relocation?
How much travel is expected?

Note: Although these are the possible questions to ask an interviewer but you should ask
these questions according to the situation, experience and the job profile. Always
remember that this is not mandatory to ask questions to interviewer. If you are fresher
then it is better to shut your mouth or say only some words of appreciation for the
interviewer.

List of questions that should not to be asked

Following is a list of questions that you should avoid asking because they would not
present you in a positive zone.
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Did I get this job?

Can I change my schedule if I get this job?
What are the working areas of this company?
If I get the job, can I take a vacation?

Competency based Interview Questions

The competency based interview questions are asked to judge the capability of the
candidates. These questions may be asked to know about your weak points, decision
making capacity, teamwork skills, responsibility, communication skills, problem solving skills
and your managerial decisions etc.

How to answer competency based questions

You must very alert while answering these questions. Firstly, choose some of the key
competencies stated in the job description and think of some examples for each one. You
should answer according to the intensity of the question.
For example: If the company is looking for someone with excellent team work and
leadership skills, you should think of a scenario in which you have demonstrated this. You
can also describe a group presentation you have undertaken at school or college level.

1) Give me an example of your sales skills and convincing power.

I believe to emphasize the features of the product or service that reduces costs and solves
problems of the customers. It works wonder and most of the times they make their mind to
buy the products.
For example: If I have to sell woolen uniform, I don't only emphasize the wool's durability
and lasting value of it otherwise I mainly focus on the look and feel of the product.

2) Why did you choose your university and what are the main
factors influenced your choice?
I was very happy to be accepted to my first choice, BHU. It is a very prestigious university.
I had some friends and some seniors who were a few years older than me that attended and
they seemed to have a good experience on that college. I was familiar with that city and
have local contacts so I chose.

3) How did you deal with stressful conditions in your previous job?

I think, it is better to work under pressure but the pressure should be good. I always love to
work with a deadline and enjoy working in a challenging environment. Generally, I react to
situations rather than to stress and that's way the situation is handled and doesn't become
stressful.
For example: When I find an unsatisfied customer, rather than feeling stressed, I focus on
the task on hand. I believe my ability to communicate effectively and satisfy the customer.

4) Give us an example when your communication makes a

difference in a worse condition.
I always love to talk with my colleagues in a decent tone and a loving manner. It always
works and I don't think I have any serious conflict with any of my friend or colleague. But I
remember, this incident was occurred 4 years ago, in my college life. We, four friends were
stuck in a very worse condition. We all falsely charged fine and 15 days suspension for
ragging a new comer fresher student. We all were upset and angry but it was me who take
an initiative and discuss the whole condition with the principal and get rid from the fine and
suspension.

5) What is your biggest failure?

I think my biggest failure was not being selected as an Indian Army officer because I was
diagnosed with night vision problem. I was very determined to go there but I couldn't.

6) where do you see yourself in five years?

In five years, I hope to be working with an employer in an increasingly responsible position,
it is because it wants to utilize my talents and work closely with my colleagues in solving
important problems. I see myself taking on new and exciting challenges in an enjoyable
environment and hopefully this will be with your company.

7) Do you have any questions for me?

First of all, a big thanks to you for giving me this great opportunity. I just want to ask you,
please tell me if I am selected when I can join your company or if .

Business Analyst Interview Questions

A list of top frequently asked business analyst interview questions and answers are given
below.

1) What is a flow chart?

Flow charts are used to show the complete flow of systems through symbols and
diagrams.

2) What is the importance of the flow chart?

Flow chart is important because it makes the system easy to understand for the
developers and all concerned people.

3) What is SDLC?
SDLC is an acronym stands for Software Development Life Cycle. Sometimes, it is also
called System Development Life Cycle or Application development Life Cycle. It is used to
describe the process for planning, creating, testing and deploying an information system.
The SDLC process includes five phases:
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Planning
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Maintenance

4) What are the different types of SDLC models?

Following are the different SDLC models:
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Waterfall Model
Iterative Model
V-Model
Spiral Model
Prototype model etc.

5) What are the most important skills which business analyst

should have?
A business analyst must be:
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A good listener
Quick learner
Good analytical skills
Problem solving approach
Tech Savvy
Thinker beyond the box

Rather than the above stated mandatory skills, a business analyst must have good
communication and written English.

6) What are the main challenges faced by a business analyst?

These are the following three challenges faced by a business analyst:
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Change management: It is the most important challenge because it happens in

real time. It occurs when you get the requirements from the client side and when
development is started client will come up some changes or enhancements.
Cross team management: It is due to conflict between team and individuals. It
requires soft skills and smartness.
Communication problems: Sometimes this type of problem can happen. You
might be good in English speaking and understanding the English language but
sometimes you get difficulty to understand the different kind of English accent.
For example: Americans speak English differently, Romans speak English
differently etc.

7) What is project management? Can you explain?

Project management is the process of planning, organizing, motivating and controlling
resources, procedures and protocols to achieve a specific goal. It is used to organize
scientific and daily problems. The main challenge to project management is achieve all
the project goals. These are time, quality, scope, budget etc.

8) What do you know about Risk and Issue?

Risk: Risk is something which you can forecast and can handle by formulating mitigation
plans.
Issue: Risk which happened is known as Issue. Once the issue is occurred, it is solved
by contingency management or Issue management. Generally issues are not solved but
you can get a lesson from there for other projects.

9) What are the key strengths of a business analyst according

to you?
Business analysis is an evolving profession, so a business analyst must have the
necessary skills for success. He must have the knowledge of technical as well as
nontechnical issues.

10) What is SDD?

SDD stands for System Design Document. It is a middle step dividing between business
users and developers.

11) Tell me about the diagrams mostly used by business

analysts?
These are the mostly used diagram models:
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Activity Diagram
Business Domain model
Data model
Data flow diagram
Feature matrix
State diagram
Sequence diagram
Scope model etc.

12) What is a use case diagram?

The use case diagram is a tool. It is used to explain the entire business environment. It
shows a number of relation events or actions that are performed by a single actor.

13) What is UML modeling?

UML stands for Unified Modeling Language. It is a standard in the industry which is used
for visualizing, documenting, and constructing various component of a system.

14) What are exceptions?

Exceptions are the unaccepted situations or results in an application.

15) What are the roles and responsibilities of a business

analyst?
The main role of business analyst is to organize requirement and document in a clear
format and make sure that the coordination is proper between the client and
development team.

16) What are the mainly required tools for a business analyst?
A business analyst generally uses rational tools, MS World, MS Excel, Power point, MS
project etc.

17) What is INVEST?

INVEST stands for Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Sized Appropriately,
and Testable. It is used to help project managers and technical team to deliver quality
products/services.

18) Which model is better according to you, the Water fall

model or Spiral Model?
You should answer this question on the type and scope of the project. You can also say
that a life cycle model is always selected on the basis of organizational culture and
various other scenarios to develop the system.

Behavioral Interview Questions

A list of top frequently asked behavioral interview questions and answers are given
below.
Behavioral interview questions are the very important part of the interview section.
These questions are asked to candidates to recount the past experience that the
interview can judge them well and access their likely future performance. We can say
that the behavioral questions work very well to judge a candidate smartly because past
behavior is usually a decent predictor of future behavior.
You should follow the STAR method to answer these types of questions.
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S/T: Situation/ Task

A: Approach
R: Result

First, look at the situation or the task given by the interviewer, understand it well and
then apply your approach that how can you fulfill the requirement of the interviewer and
satisfy him. The STAR method always allows you to structure your response.
Let's see some pretty typical behavioral interview questions. The behavioral interview
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Teamwork related
Leadership ability
How to handle conflicts
Failure

Teamwork related
Interviewers are really interested to know about your teamwork ability. Teamwork
question is one of the most common questions asked in the HR round. This question is
quite obvious because the ability to works with others is considered critical for most
positions. Most of the interviewers just want to know that are you appropriate to work
within a team or not. They can ask you questions like this:

Q) Are you a team player? Describe it.

(Or) Tell us about a team project that you worked on.
(Or) Share your team experience of your past company.
How to answer: You should demonstrate your team skills by sharing a relevant
example. First, you should know what interviewers want to know by this question, they
want to find out:
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Are you easy to collaborate with other employees?

Can you communicate effectively with different personalities?
Can you mediate disagreements?

You should answer this question in a very easy manner. We all have team experience on
the job, during school, or in extracurricular role etc. You should better to remember your
team experiences of your past and deliver it confidently. You should choose your recent
experience.

Top Teamwork related interview questions

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Tell me about a team project in which you are involved.

Tell me why you consider yourself as a good team member.
Tell me an example when you had worked as a leader of your project team.
Describe a team experience that you found rewarding.
Give some examples of teamwork.
How do you feel about working on a team?
Describe your ability to work as a team member.

Leadership ability
Many competency based questions come up in behavioral interview questions.
Leadership ability is one of the most common questions which are asked in the
behavioral interviews. There may be a lot of questions on this topic, the theme of the
question are same and based on your leadership ability but these questions are asked in
different manners. Let's take some examples:
Most popular behavioral interview question based on leadership quality:

Q) Give me an example when you show your leadership skills?

(Or) Tell me about a time when you lead an important meeting?
(Or) Tell me about a time when you delegated effectively?
How to answer: This question is asked to find out the candidate's true leadership
potential. This question is asked generally for senior level roles. The best way to reply
this question is to demonstrate that you have done it successfully in the past.
Sometimes for entry level position jobs also, company ask about leadership because they
want to hire people with leadership potential.
You should answer this question with a strong example. You can customize your example
according to the job description and role. Always spell right things. Don't try to reply like
this type of answer:
"I consider myself a born leader and have always sought out leadership opportunities
over the years."

This is the worst answer for a fresher as well as for an experience holder. You should get
specific about what you did.

Top Leadership ability interview questions

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Give me an example when you led an important meeting.

Tell me about a time when you shown your leadership skills.
Give me an example when you led a difficult project.
What is your vision about this group?
Tell me a time when you effectively delegated?

How to handle conflicts

Q) How do you handle conflicts?
How to answer: Most of the case you should avoid to express your conflict situation of
your previous job. You can answer this question like: I don't believe in disputes or
conflicts, generally I prefer to mind my own business and do my own work properly
without a chance of complaint. Conflicts are not a bit beneficial for the company as well
as for the employees, so it is always better to avoid them. But, unfortunately, if I stuck
in any this type of situation, I will use my head calmly and patiently and solve that
problem with a healthy conversation.

Failure
This is the one of the toughest behavioral interview questions. It is very hard for
candidate to open his own secret. It is obviously a difficult and tricky question because
the interviewer wants to know your negative experience.

Q) What is your biggest failure in your past life?

(Or) How do you handle success, failure, and risk in general?
(Or) What is your greatest professional regret?

How to answer: It is totally upon you that how you disclose your failure but always
remember don't express negative things which work as a hindrance in your job profile.
Always answer a positive point with some limitation.