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Blockchain Developers Interview Questions – Set 2

This page provides quiz (interview questions) for Blockchain Developers. These are questions, primarily, related with Bitcoin Blockchain. Some of the topics covered are following: Merkle tree Block Mining [wp_quiz id=”5366″]

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Blockchain Developers Interview Questions – Set 1

This page covers interview questions for Blockchain developers. It covers some of the following concepts in relation with Bitcoin Blockchain: Blockchain fundamentals Block related concepts [wp_quiz id=”5361″]

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Angular Developers Interview Questions – Quiz 1

This page represents the quiz for Angular developers who are beginning (beginners) to learn Angular.  These questions can be used for interviews. [wp_quiz id=”5332″] In case you are developing web apps using Spring and Angular, check out my book, Building web apps with Spring 5 and Angular. Grab your ebook today and get started.

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Cloud Platform Trends (Oct 2017) – AWS Wins

StackOverflow Q&A trends for Cloud Platforms

This blog represents the cloud platform trends for the month of Octobar 2017 with primary focus on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud platforms. The clear winner is AWS. Indeed.com Job Postings Trends Following represents job posting trends on the popular portal, indeed.com: Google.com Search Trends The following represents Google search trends for cloud platforms: StackOverflow Q&A Trends The following represents Stackoverflow Q&A trends for cloud platforms:

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Key eCommerce Job Responsibilities for Back-office Staff

This article represents some of the key job responsibilities for a back-office staff working with one of the ecommerce platforms such as Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, OpenCart, PrestaShop etc. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. List of Job Responsbilities in relation with Ecommerce Platforms Following is the list of job responsibilities for a back-office staff working with one of the ecommerce platforms. Product Sourcing Product research to augment product catalog Getting products details from other ecommerce stores such as EBay, Aliexpress Product Merchandising Edit product images Upload products onto the store Write SEO optimized product descriptions Sanity …

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Top 6 Freelance Jobs Websites for 2016-2017

This article represents top 6 websites (for the year 2016-2017) where job seekers could find freelance jobs, assignments or projects. Those working in IT and software industry (especially web or UI/UX developers and designers)  will find them very useful. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important websites. Also, sorry for the typos. Top 5 Freelance Websites List Following is the list of website (in order) Upwork Fiverr Freelancer Guru FlexJobs PeoplePerHour Find below the Google Trends on above websites:  

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Top 8 Data Science Training Institutes in India

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This article lists down top 8 data science/analytics training institutes from India. Some of them including INSOFE just provide classroom coaching while others such as Edureka provide online training. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following is the list of training institues which are detailed later in this article: INSOFE Jigsaw Academy UReach Solutions AnalytixLabs Edureka SpringPeople SimpliLearn EduPristine   INSOFE International School of Engineering was launched in 2011 with an aim to transform the applied engineering education space in India. Their current focus area is Big Data Analytics / Data Science. Out of all of …

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Key Training Topics for Hadoop Developer

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This article represents key topics that one would want to learn in order to become a Hadoop Developer. One may also check these topics against topics provider by the training vendor. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos. Following are the key areas tof focus for learning/training which are described later in this article: Java Essentials Hadoop Essentials Java Essentials As Hadoop is based on Java programming language, one would want to get expertise of at least intermediary level to do good with Hadoop development. Following are some of the key concepts that one would want to …

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Top 10 Simpler Interview Questions, Architects Find Difficult to Answer

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This article represents my list of top 10 interview questions which I see people, appearing for technical architect position, find difficult to answer. Although these questions seem to be simpler and subjective, I found candidates finding it difficult to answer. Do check the list below and see if you cracked all of them. Please feel free to comment/suggest if you would want me to include other questions. Sorry for the typos.   Top 10 Interview Questions, Technical Architects Find Difficult to Answer Architecture & Design: Questions below are intended to test the candidates understanding on architectural frameworks and their abilities/capabilities to lay down system architecture/design. What are 3-4 most common …

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Top 5 Interview Questions for Mobile Hybrid Apps Developer

This article represents top 5 most commonly asked interview questions for mobile hybrid apps developers. Please feel free to comment/suggest if you think of another most commonly asked interview questions in relation with hybrid apps development. Also, sorry for the typos.   Top 5 Interview Questions for Mobile App Developers What are hybrid mobile apps? Ans: A detailed answer could be found here How are hybrid apps different from building native apps and mobile websites? Ans: Detailed answer could be found on this page. Why build native apps, when hybrid apps development frameworks are there? Ans: Some of the following could not be achieved effectively using web frameworks: Access to …

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Data Science – 175 Probability & Statistics Interview Questions

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This article presents URL and short description of around 175 probability & statistics objective questions which could prove very useful and helpful for those who are planning to attend one or more data scientist interviews in time to come. These tests/quizzes were created when I was learning probability and statistics some time back and, found various concepts interesting enough to be converted into quizzes for my future references. As probability & statistics form key to data science, it may be worth spending some time on these tests and check your understanding. You may also use this for your future reference. These questions could also be used for checking your concepts …

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Big Data – Free Hadoop Online Training Course from MapR

This article represents quick information on free Hadoop online on-demand training that has been announced yesterday by MapR Technologies, the Hadoop distribution specialist. I took Hadoop Essentials course and I must say that I liked the training session. The downside of these training sessions is that you would soon hit MapR related technologies in relation with MapReduce, HBase, HDFS. However, that said, its worth giving a shot. Please feel free to comment/suggest if I missed to mention one or more important points. Also, sorry for the typos.   Training Courses for Hadoop Developer, Hadoop Administrator & Data Analyst The training includes topics related with a range of Hadoop technologies for …

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Top 10 Interview Questions for Tech-Lead or Senior Developers

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This article represents top 10 tricky coding-related questions for those who are appearing for the position of senior developers, tech-lead or junior architect. Recently, I have been interviewing several candidates for the position of tech-lead. Thought to list down some of them for the readers. Please feel free to suggest additional questions if you come across any.   Name top 5 code smells that you came across while reviewing code of your team members? Name top 5 code refactoring techniques that you suggest to your team to keep it handy when writing code? What is difference between code usability and code re-usability? How do you determine whethar a code can …

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ATG Developer Certification – 100+ Sample Questions

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This article presents summary information and links to the pages related with sample questions, being categorized into different mock tests, that could be helpful to clear ATG Certification exams. The primary reason why I have put up the questions (and shall be adding many more mock tests in near future) is the fact that there are not many pages on web which present questions in well categorized manned such that test takers can get help with their preparation. In past, I had setup my team and have several members clear the ATG certification exams. However, they did find it difficult to take sample tests on web during their preparation period. These …

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ATG Interview Questions – Part 2

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This article lists down a set of 20 interview questions related with ATG Commerce. The help documentation on ATG could be accessed from this page. Please feel free to comment/suggest. Also, sorry for the typos. The questions presented in this article could be taken as online tests (with answers also given) on following pages. ATG Commerce – Free Online Test 1 ATG Commerce – Free Online Test 2 Also, find following pages on vitalflux.com that consists of another set of interview questions on ATG: ATG Platform – Interview Questions Following is the list of questions: Components can be started or stopped using which of the following ACC BCC ATG Commerce merchandising …

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ATG Interview Questions – Part 1

ATG interview questions

This article lists down a set of 20 interview questions related with ATG platform. One may note that ATG is a very popular eCommerce platform that got acquired by Oracle some years back. The help documentation on ATG could be accessed from this page. Please feel free to comment/suggest. Also, sorry for the typos. The questions presented in this article could be taken as online tests (with answers also given)  on following pages: ATG Platform – Free Online Test 1 ATG Platform – Free Online Test 2 Also, find following pages on vitalflux.com that consists of another set of interview questions on ATG: ATG Commerce – Interview Questions Following is the …

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