On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:53 AM, pawan kumar <pawan.be.ku...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > I am BE(CSE) fresher.I got a call for interview and openings is in perl.I > know the basics of perl.Please let me know what i have to prepare for > interview.Any link for frequently asked scripts?? > -- > K.V. PAWAN KUMAR > Good one... I fear that it totally depends on the company and what they do. You will certainly get the basic loops and a open file question. Then likely a print to a file handle some juggling about with arrays and hashs, but other then that who knows. I found that the questions often depend on what the team you are interviewing for is working with most. A team that parses a lot of log files will have more questions related to grep regular expressions (forgot to mention those there will/should be a question about that) where as a team that plays with databases over lunch will usually ask more questions related to SQL, DBI and things like that. In general the best thing to do is make sure you know the basics well enough to be able to code some simple scripts unless they are looking for a perl guru you usually are fine with just the basics. Besides they have your CV they know you are not a perl expert yet... The most important thing is not to try and talk your way out of it. If you don't know the answer to a question try to explain conceptually how to deal with it rather then in code. In the end the main thing they will be looking for is your skill as a coder and your understanding of programming/scripting languages not your years of experience with perl. I have yet to walk into an interview where I have to write some real code (beyond a one liner or something similarly short) so personally I would not worry about that to much, though it might be different in different parts of the world but in Europe I have not seen a request like that yet. Good luck with the interview, Rob
