LINQ is one of my favorite interview topics for many reasons. It allows me to check a candidate's ability to define logic, use SQL skills, showcase lambda expressions, distill the problem into easy steps and of course, see some code in action. Also, since LINQ code is generally quite compact, it is perfect...

I have had a number of users ping me asking about writing interview questions on LINQ. I actually have a 8 detailed posts on LINQ interview questions. Here is a compilation of the posts: LINQ interview questions part 3 LINQ interview questions part 2 Entity Framework interview questions ...

Entity Framework 5 introduced support for Enum’s amongst other new features. This was a long awaited feature by the community.To learn how enums work with entity framework, how can you code them, how to use them, how they are represented in the database, head over to my Explain ENUM usage in EF5...

Entity Framework allows you to create a model (either using code-first approach or modeling tools) which can target an existing database or create a new one. So what are the different ways you can use to configure which database to use? How to name it? Read my blog post on my programming interviews blog...

Learn about loading text from a file into a database table on my latest blog post on SQL read text from a file at my programming interviews blog (Direct link: http://www.programminginterviews.info/2013/03/sql-read-text-from-file.html )

One of my favorite interview questions that tips even seasoned SQL guys (maybe because it's too simple) is around querying data that involves a self join. Question : Given an Employee table which has 3 fields - Id (Primary key), Salary and Manager Id, where manager id is the id of the employee that...

Here is a refresh of my posts on advanced programming interview questions and answers Lost in a Forest of Trees The Ins and Outs of a Binary Search Tree Simple Patterns: Singleton Pattern Simple Patterns: Repository Pattern Simple Patterns: Factory Pattern Implement a basic Stack...

If you wanted to learn about the key difference between distributed vs parallel computing, check out my new post http://www.programminginterviews.info/2013/01/distributed-vs-parallel-computing.html on my programming interviews blog.

Having confidence is a very important part of your life. As a human, a developer, a leader you need to have confidence in yourself. Read more on how to boost your self confidence on my programming interviews blog - http://www.programminginterviews.info/2013/01/how-to-boost-your-self-confidence.html ...

Urmila Singhal has written very detailed and interesting posts on how to interview for a technical program manager role. Interviewing to become a Program Manager from a different role: Introduction to what are the skills needed to become a Program Manager - http://www.urmilasinghal.com/2012/11/interviewing...

A simple post explaining a few different ways you can write a JavaScript function on my programing interview series blog.

Continuing the LINQ interview questions series, I have posted a third article on LINQ interview questions on my programming interview series blog.

Read my post on how to time a function on my programming interview series blog at http://www.programminginterviews.info/2012/07/how-to-time-any-function.html .

Based on popular demand, LINQ interview questions part 2 is a follow up post to my first LINQ interview questions article.

Having a bit of time in the last few weeks, I managed to hammer out some more detailed posts on my programming interview series blog. Here is the table of contents for easy reference: Introduction Introduction to technical interviewing Technical Interview Process – 30,000 feet overview So, what can be...

Regular expressions are a favorite interview topic. I have recently started writing detailed interview questions and answers on regular expressions. This is the third in the series of programming interview posts on regular expressions . You can read all of them here on my programming interview blog ...

Continuing on the programming interview series on regular expressions, here is the next installment at http://www.programminginterviews.info/2012/07/regular-expressions-interview_27.html . Regular expressions interview questions–Part 1 Regular Expressions interview questions–part 2

I recently started a new programming interview question and answer series on regular expressions. The first installment at Regular expressions interview questions–Part 1 talks about regular expression character sets, groups, quantifiers, shorthand and gives a full solution to matching a a 10-digit, US...

For those who have been waiting for the next installment of programming interview questions and answers, well, the wait is sort of over. I have added a bunch of fresh posts on my Programming Initerview Series blog. Here is the table of contents for easy reference: Table Of Contents Introduction...

  Reached a milestone today on my quest to make better interview questions with answers. Here is the latest list of programming interview questions on my Programming Interviews Series blog. Introduction Introduction to technical interviewing Technical Interview Process – 30,000 feet overview So...