Interview queries for civil students in software companies : Tell me about yourself Where are you from?

self Where are you from? Tell me something about your native What is your goal in life? Why did u choose this college? Being a civil student why do you want to join in a software concern? Dont you feel it is unfair to join in a software company? What are all the programming languages you are familiar with? What is the difference between C and C++? Write a simple C program What do you mean by inheritance? What is polymorphism? What is overloading? What is class, object? What is compiling? What compiler is used nowadays? Do you have a pc at home? What OS you are using? Tell me the advantages of your OS Do you think software people are spoiling our culture? If you were a software engineer, how will you attract a civil related customer? What is the importance of software in civil field? Who is the chairman of cognizant? Where is the head quarters?

Total number of employees Where can you find the application of computer in civil? Tell me about the paper you have presented Tell about your project Dont you feel that your 4 years of education in civil will be wasted when you enter into software field? What is your strength and weakness? What are all the skills you need to have to shine in a software industry? What are all your hobbies and interests? Have you completed any course in software? Any of your family members working in software field? Are you a team worker? Have you faced any problem while working with a team? What was your role in that team? Are you interested in sports? Who is your favorite sports person? Do you think you can manage in a software company? If you are given a software job and also a core job in hand, which one will u choose? How good are you in class? Write a program on Fibonacci series What do you mean by tools and technologies in computer? What is functions and user defined functions? What is an array, pointer? What do you mean by header files? for what it is used? Do you know anything about our construction related clients?

There are CSC and IT students available, why should I hire you? Have you organized any event? What was your part in it? What do you expect from our company? Why do you want to join our company? Will you be able to work in night shifts? Which place do you prefer to work in? Do you have any questions to ask me? I introduced myself at the beginning, do you remember my name?

Core questions civil engg

1. How will you provide support for simply supported beam in staad.pro? Ans. Fixed but support 2. What do you know about CPM and PERT ? 3. What is a benchmark? Where it is in India? 4. What is azimuth in surveying? 5. Which type of foundation is suitable for sand? 6. What is the minimum grade of concrete used for water retaining structure as per IS 456? 7. Which IS code is used for Concrete mix design? 8. What is the mix ratio for M20, M30, M25 ? 9. What is the difference between plasticizers and superplasticizers? 10. 11. 12. What is the use of influence line diagram? What are static and kinematic indeterminacies? What is a plate girder?

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What is quick sand condition? State the processes involved in water treatment? What is ruling gradient? What is a transition curve? Where do you provide super elevation? What is back sight, fore sight, intermediate sight? what is web buckling and web crippling? What is T beam?