What to Prepare for Campus Interviews?

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As many of you have started asking as "How to prepare for the Campus and which books to study?" I thought to list out some of the books. Hope you will find this informative.

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Subject: C

1) Exploring C (Yashavant Kanetkar)
2) Test your C Skills
3) C under Dos Test
4) C by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie (K & R)
5) Let us C

Books 1,2,3 are for written test. These books contain multiple-choice questions. You need to buy the Book no: 1 and revise it for at least 4 times and you may just scan through books 2 and 3. Book no 4 is for fundamentals and concepts in C. The programs at the end of the chapters in books 4 & 5 should be practiced. You may be asked to write very small programs in the personal interview. Don't get moved away by your desire to try some of the hard and good programs. If you do, you are just wasting your time. Not less precious than anything, we think, we have. Right? AGREE!!  Brilliant.

Subject: C++

1) Teach Yourself C++ (Herbert Schildt)
2) Object Oriented... (E Balagurusamy)
3) Complete Reference C++ (Herbert Schildt)
4) C++ (Bjarne Stroustrup)
5) Let Us C++ (Yashavant Kanetkar)
6) Test your C++ Skills (Yashavant Kanetkar)
7) C++ FAQs

Book 1 is sufficient for all the concepts in C++. You should have sound knowledge in Virtual Funcions, Virtual constructors, Virtual Destructors, Inheritance, polymorphism, etc. Book 2,3 & 5 are for additional revisions and references. Book 4 is for those of you who would like to say C++ as your area of interest. Book 6 contains objective type questions. And Book 7 is like a tool to test how good you are at your concepts. You should have this one.

Subject: Computer Networks

1) CN (Andrew S. Tanenbaum)
2) TCP/IP (Douglas E. Comer)
3) Unix Network Programming (W. Richard Stevens)

Book 1 is for concepts. Book 2 and 3 are for those, who would like to give CN as your area of interest. It is good if you have a project in Networks.

Subject: Operating Systems

1) OS (Abraham Silberschatz & Peter Baer Galvin)
2) Os (Tanenbaum)
3) Unix Operating System (Maurice J. Bach)

Book 1 is essential for concepts. You have to study chapters at least up to 9 in Galvin. Book 2 is for reference. If you have enough time, go for this for more concepts. It is good to have knowledge of a specific operating system such as Windows, Linux or Unix. Do not go for a very hifi book. The chapters at the of the book 1 is sufficient. Book 3 is for those of you who would like to put OS as the area of interest and would like to choose  Unix as your special subject of interest. It would be good if you have knowledge of the differences between Unix and Linux.

Subject: DBMS

1) DBMS (Navathe)
2) DBMS (Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth & S. Sudarshan)
3) SQL (SSI material)
4) Your Term Project ( 6^th semester Project)
5) SAD
6) Software Engineering (Pressman)

Book 1 will be sufficient for most of the concepts. You should have knowledge in Normalization and should get all the terms such as schema, dependency, cleared. You should be able to write SQL querries and have enthusiasm to explain everything about your project work. Be sure of what you are speaking in project work. Have the ER diagram and DFDs of your project work at your fingertips. You should be familiar with the Testing Methods in book 6. Also the different project development cycles (Win-Win Model, RAD model, Waterfall Model, Spiral Model. etc.)

Subject: English

1) Word Power Made Easy (Goyalsaab Publications)
2) All About Words (Goyalsaab Publications)
3) Students Companion (Goyalsaab Publications)
4) Word Origins (Goyalsaab Publications)
5) GRE (Baron - 12 or 14 Editions)

Some companies test your vocabulary skills and analogical skills in English. Though learning English is a continuous process like every other subject, book 1 will give you a very good launch towards your success. Revise it for at least 2 times. The second revision will not take more than 8 hours. Believe me!

Subject: Written Test

1) Objective Arithmetic (R.S. Aggarwal)
2) GRE (Baron - 12 or 14 Editions)
3) Verbal Analytical Reasoning (R.S. Aggarwal)

It is good to have some practice in books 1,2 and 3 much before the exams however confident you may be in this area.

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