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Tip to prepare for interview -- Part II

This post is written having final year students in mind. The first part of this series! is here . So if at all you haven't read it before, I suggest you have a look at it also. Apart from your regular preparation for the final year exams and projects, it’s always better to do the following: 1. Spend time on group discussions 2. Work on Quantitative aptitude and reasoning questions again and again. Some of the famous authors in this topic are listed below for your easy reference. a. George Summers b. Shakuntala Devi c. R.S. Agarwal d. P.S. Agarwal e. Barrons GRE 3. Spend time on websites to know more about Interviews. For example: www.freshersworld.com 4. If you are informed by the company for an interview, collect data regarding the company (visit their website first without fail) 5. Prepare a write-up on your own vernacular. Try to translate it. Practice it in-front of your friends or your lectures or mirror and fine tune it. 6. Prepare a neat CV. Interview Telephonic: 1. Provide...

Tips to prepare for an interview …

Off late, quite a few people are asking me about interview tips!! Though I don’t have any best prescription to follow before attending an interview, I thought would give it a try. What I used to do when I was attending interviews? I used to maintain a diary where-in I would take notes of imperative points while studying. Also after attending an interview I used to scribble down all those questions which were asked irrespective of whether I already know the answer or not. Later I would sit down and find answers for those questions which I wasn’t aware of. So this diary would contain all important points of a subject and FAQ of that subject (with answers). Once I get an interview call, the first thing I would do is to run through that diary completely. It really worked for me, because I noticed that questions gets repeated after few interviews The next thing I used to do is to collect FAQs from the internet and go through it WITHOUT fail. To my knowledge, for initial level of screening, ...

SQL Server Interview Questions ...

I was cleaning my room the other day. Only then i found my old diary which I have used in my earlier days to prepare for interviews. I found few links which I have made note of relating to SQL Server interview Q&A. I thought of logging it here for the benefit of others (who weren't aware about this). 1. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/iq.htm 2. http://www.techinterviews.com/?p=161 3. http://www.dotnetspider.com/kb/Article1659.aspx (this I found it recently only) 4. http://vadivel.blogspot.com/2005/11/list-of-my-sql-articles-tips.html :)

List of my SQL Articles / Tips ...

Last Updated on October 10, 2007 * Latest articles are added at the end of this post. Articles relating to SQL Server 7.0 / 2000 1. [MSDN] Database documentation 2. Returning comma seperated details from a table ... 3. Quick search within ALL stored procedures ... 4. Find whether a column is identiy or not 5. Encryption in SQL Server 7.0 6. About sp_readerrorlog 7. Useful TSQL code snippets for beginners 8. Copying database diagrams ... 9. Query to display Null values at the bottom ... 10. Alternate rows ... 11. Running number !! 12. Doing case sensitive searches 13. Easiest way to add comments to your SQL 2k code ... 14. Listing records from 10 to 15 (for ex) without using where clause 15. Is sorting possible in Views? 16. Creating thumbnails from binary content 17. Saving an image as binary data into SQL Server 18. Reclaim Unused Table Space 19. Encrypting ALL SP's ... 20. Database Compatibility ... 21. About TimeStamp datatype of SQL Server ... 22. Grouping Store...