Interview Questions

- The process of combining data from different resources.

- The combined data is provided to the users with unified view.

- Information from different enterprise domains are integrated – known as Enterprise Information Integration.

- Useful for merging information from different technologies among enterprises.

- The sub areas of data integration are 

1. Data Warehousing.

2. Data Migration.

3. Master Data Management.

Monkey testing is a type of Black Box Testing used mostly at the Unit Level. In this tester enter the data in any format and check the software is not crashing. In this testing we use Smart monkey and Dumb monkey.

- Smart monkeys are used for load and stress testing, they will help in finding the bugs. They are very expensive to develop.

- Dumb monkey, they are important for basic testing. They help in finding those bugs which are having high severity. Dumb monkey are less expensive as compare to Smart monkeys.

Example: In phone number filed Symbols are entered.

The LMHOSTS file is a static method of resolving NetBIOS names to IP addresses in the same way that the HOSTS file is a static method of resolving domain names into IP addresses. An LMHOSTS file is a text file that maps NetBIOS names to IP addresses; it must be manually configured and updated.

An Interactive report allows the user to participate in retrieving and present data at each level.while classical report doesn't have access to interact.

The ServiceInstaller class, also known as the project installer class, is used to install a Windows service.

The following are the usages of the Command object in AD0.NET:

The Command object in AD0.NET executes a command against the database and retrieves a DataReader or DataSet object.

  =>  It also executes the INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE command against the database.
  =>  All the command objects are derived from the DbCommand class.
  =>  The command object is represented by two classes: SqlCommand and OleDbCommand.
  =>  The Command object provides three methods to execute commands on the database:
  =>  The ExecuteNonQuery() method executes the commands and does not return any value.
  =>  The ExecuteScalar() method returns a single value from a database query.
  =>  The ExecuteReader() method returns a result set by using the DataReader object.

What are your strengths?

Purpose - The question is asked by the interviewer to understand your key selling point and get to know if it is relevant and helpful to handle the responsibilities that the person will handle if hired.

Note - All Most all Interviewers/Hiring people in management who assign tasks and responsibilities feel that a person is productive in work if his strength matches to the responsibilities of the role. So expect this question in most interviews. Also, be aware Strengths give clues on your interest.

Approach - Pick 2 or 3 strengths and give examples for each 1 to demonstrate how you used it in the previous job or in life. You can identify Some of your strengths from below list.
Continuous learning
Problem solving
Multi-tasking
Self learning
Flexible
Team Player
Hard working
Like Challenges
Quick Learner
Self Motivated
Communication, Oral and Written
Process Oriented
Analytical

Pre-work -Understand the job requirement in detail and get to know in advance what are the responsibilities the role you are applying and accordingly pick your strength that is relevant to the role. It would be advantageous to know the problems are issues the company is facing and what was the reason for the opening. You should be prepared for this question. It is one of the most commonly asked interview question.

E.g.: Communication and presentation - Communication and presentation is my strength.
In my previous job, I was given additional responsibilities to present and facilitate project status meetings with executive management and team building activities across departments.

USING HOST VARIABLE we can pass data from COBOL to DB2