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1)You want to run a java program in unix but somehow it refuses to run , what are the steps you will take to resolve , Interviewer wanted to know about classpath . 2) What is a group by function 3) How to change permissions in unix for a file. 4) What is synchronous vs asynchronous messaging in Jboss and which one is preferred. 5) How will you do thread dump analysis via command line and other tools. 6) Have you ever tuned JVM? 6) How will you handle a high priority incident alone.
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Senior Applications Support Engineer

Interviewed at Fannie Mae

3.6★
Aug 23, 2016

1)You want to run a java program in unix but somehow it refuses to run , what are the steps you will take to resolve , Interviewer wanted to know about classpath . 2) What is a group by function 3) How to change permissions in unix for a file. 4) What is synchronous vs asynchronous messaging in Jboss and which one is preferred. 5) How will you do thread dump analysis via command line and other tools. 6) Have you ever tuned JVM? 6) How will you handle a high priority incident alone.

In 2nd Round First Part - Critical thinking questions(3) including 2 riddles like 'A ping pong ball tangled in a narrow pipe of half meter long embedded on a concreate. how to get the ball out when a paddle, some chewing gum and water provided' / 'A man and his son were in an car accident. The man died on the way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The surgeon said "I can't operate, that's my son!" How is this possible?' Second Part - Customer centric questions (2 or 3) like 'when a client reported an incident with urgent and you couldn't still look in to it and the client tag you and asking for a update how would you respond ' Third Part - questions from C# code (if condition for an array with a return value function) like what would be the output for a given input , Would this code run if not how could you implement it to make it runnable (have to re-write the code) Fourth Part - SQL/ schema given , query (with a join clause) out put , construct a query joining three tables for a given criteria - use with group by and having clause, optional query to build for a advance scenario.
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Senior Software Application Support Engineer

Interviewed at Pearson

3.5★
Sep 17, 2024

In 2nd Round First Part - Critical thinking questions(3) including 2 riddles like 'A ping pong ball tangled in a narrow pipe of half meter long embedded on a concreate. how to get the ball out when a paddle, some chewing gum and water provided' / 'A man and his son were in an car accident. The man died on the way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The surgeon said "I can't operate, that's my son!" How is this possible?' Second Part - Customer centric questions (2 or 3) like 'when a client reported an incident with urgent and you couldn't still look in to it and the client tag you and asking for a update how would you respond ' Third Part - questions from C# code (if condition for an array with a return value function) like what would be the output for a given input , Would this code run if not how could you implement it to make it runnable (have to re-write the code) Fourth Part - SQL/ schema given , query (with a join clause) out put , construct a query joining three tables for a given criteria - use with group by and having clause, optional query to build for a advance scenario.

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