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BlackBerry Embedded Software Developer Interview
Posted Apr 15, 2012 2012-04-15 09:55 PDT — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Irving, TX (US) Apr 2011 – Reviewed Apr 15, 2012
Interview Details I applied online, and received a mail telling to schedule a date for interview. After that, there were 2 rounds on interview. First on Networking and C. Then they mailed me to choose another date for 2nd round. It was on C and OS.
Interview Questions
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Interview 1:
Difference between TCP and UDP.
What is volatile keyword? What does it do? How does a compiler handle a volatile keyword? What problems would happen if we don't use volatile keyword? View Answer -
Interview 2:
static keyword? How does an OS handle it?
What's a module in C? How to write a module?
What is inline function? Advantages? How does an OS/memory handle inline functions?
How does a register work? why is it fast? How many variables can u declare in register? View Answer -
what's the advantage of using pointers? why?
What is an alias pointer? Advantage? disadvantage? How to prevent pointer aliasing?
What is virtual memory? How does memory mapping occur? advantages of virtual memory?
What are semaphores? Why do we use them?
What is page fault? How does it happen? prevention? View Answer
Negotiation Details – No negotiation. The give a pretty decent salary!!
Other Details - I applied online and the process took 2 days.
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