Project Coordinator Interview Preparation Guide

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There are different Requirement Gathering tech:
1. Brainstorming
2. Questioning
3. Interview
4. Prototyping
5. Workshops
6. Observation
7. Checklist

There will be 2 combinations of the incorrect labeling.

lets suppose A,B,C are three jars and A has white, B has
Black and C has both of them.

now possible labeling will be A:B; B:B&W; C:W or A:B&W; B:W,
C:B . There cannot be other combinations...try it.

now in either of cases you choose the jar labeled with B&W
i.e mixture. and see which color of marbles are there. It
wont have both as it is incorrectly labeled. So it will be
the jar of such type of marbles and the remaining jars can
be easily identified with the justification of incorrect
labeles.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace InStr
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//test case 1, should return -1
string txt = "this is a test";
string searchString = "ae";
Console.WriteLine(InStr(txt, searchString));


//cast case 2, should return 2
txt = "this is a test";
searchString = "is";
Console.WriteLine(InStr(txt, searchString));

Console.Read();
}

//return the position of the first occurrence of one
string "searchString" within another "txt"
//return -1 means cannot find
static int InStr(string txt, string searchString)
{
return txt.IndexOf(searchString);
}
}
}

Assume tha tvending machine can provide tea, coffee and
milk, without taking any money or coin.

Firast we have to create finite state diagram for the test
case solution.

initial state ---->> coffee ------>> tea--------->> milk

this is the one test case where user can first ask for
coffee from initial state and then ask for tea and milk.

Now we have to take all the +ve test cases where user can
move from one state to another state.

This is what I came up with (C#):

PSEUDO:
-Craete a list of numbers uptill n number - n being int
parameter
-Pass this list into a function to check for primilaty for
the number and then print primes wile we count for primes

BACKGROUND OF THIS SOLUTION:

THEORY:
- we know primes are the numbers starting from 2 are
divisible with 1 and themselves only i.e. n being a prime
number can only be divisble as n/n or n/1. testing from a
prime is called "primilatiy test" for a number...
-the simplest primality test is to see if given a number n
is divisible by an integer m from 2 to n-1. If n is
divisible by n then n is a composite number otherwise its a
prime...

TO SPEED UP THE COMPUTING WE CAN ALSO:
Rather than testing till n-1 we can test the number till
Square Root of n i.e. if n is a prime number it can always
be factored into 2 values.

REFERENCE:
See here if you want to be a mathematician ;-).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primality_test

THE CODE:

I would assume you know how to deal with lists in c# so I
will not get into that. Just create an integer based items
list "list<int>" etc. in C# which adds digits to the list
till number n. HINT: use a for loop ...LOL!!

public void CountPrimes(list<int> c)
{
list<int> primes = c.FindAll(
delegate(int a)
for (int i = 2; i <= Math.Sqrt(a); i++)
{
if (a % i == 0)
return false; //is not a prime
return true;//is a prime
}
//list primes in a list box and get the total count
label1.Text = "Total Primes = " + Convert.ToString
(p.count);
for (int count = 2; count < p.count; count++)
{
listbox.Items.Add(Convert.ToString(p[i]));
}
}

Phase-I Feasibility Study: Input - Customer Requirement,
Budget and Timeframe / Output - Cost Benefit Analysis Report
Phase-II Requirement Analysis: Input - Customer
requirements given in different formats (BRD, FRD)/
Output - SRS
Phase-III System Analysis and Designing: Input - End User
Information / Output - ERD, DFD, Design Documents
Phase IV Development and Coding: Input - DB structures,
Coding and Programming / Output -developed modules
Phase V Integration and Testing: Input - Module
Integration, Test Plan, Test Cases / Output - Defects,
Issues, Interoperability Analysis Report
Phase VI Acceptance and Deployment: Input - Completed
Required System, User Guidance Documents / Output -
Acceptance Report, Deployment Issues

1. Identify whether its under scope or not ?
2. If its with in the scope, then there is a mistake on effort/cost estimation or in the planning.
3. Here the case.. we should delivery with in the budget or estimated cost.
4. Revise the plan and make it strictly.
5. When you revise the plan, you will identify the resource who is lead and lag.
6. Have meeting with the team mates and let them know the situation and increase the work time.
7. According to ur revise plan ( allocate the idle resource and lead resource ) start doing the work.
8. Make sure the daily review and work towards the revised plan which you made against your requirement ( Delivery with in the cost is the purpose).

1. Create the WBS of the project.
2. Assign TeamMember for each Task
3. Prepare the schedule of the Project.
4. Calculate the Effort based on the schedule & Number of
Team members

For example:

Project Shedule is 2 Month with 2 Team Member( Considering
8 Hrs per day)

That Means Effort is 4 Manmonths

Assume that Per Hour cost is 20$
One day cost per resource is 8 * 20 = 160$
One day Cost for two resources are 165*2 = 320$


Number of Working days in one Month is 22 days.
Number of Working days in 2 Months are 2* 22 = 44 days.

Add 4 Hours of Project Management that means Number of
days for project Management is 22 Days.

Total Number of days = 44+22 = 66 days

The Total Poroject Cost = 66 *320$ = 21120$

( Note: I have Assumed cost per hour is 20$ for Project Management Also. This cost may be diferent
I have Considered this Project executed @ offOsore
Onsite Cost will be more.
If the project is executed in ofshore/Onsite model , cost
will be diferent))

Agile methodology is used to minimize the risk or surprise at the end of the project.
A project is divided into a small projects which has its own SDLC. In case of any failure, the impact will be very minimal i.e. impact will be only on that specific bit of the project.

Scrum is to maintain the transferancy of the progress with the stake holders and to cross check the achievements of the milestones.

yes.

Dll Hell proble is windows register cann't supports the
multiple version of COM Components is called DLL Hell problem.

When ever the user presses tab key after entering the
password the program has to check all these scenarios---

1)The password should not appear in the URL once you press
enter after entering the password, it sometimes gets into
the URL
2) Minimum length of the password is adhered to
3)Maximum length(limit of characters) of the password is
adhered to
4)Copy/Paste function should not work for the password field
5) Password should not accept white spaces
6) Password should not accept special characters
7) With username entered but not the password, a validation
pop up should appear that "you need to enter the password)

Rarely is an inexperienced person taken in as a project manager. Any project manager would have at least two or three years of experience either as an employee or as a project manager. Therefore, this is one of the basic questions asked. Make sure that you give a brief and concise answer to this question, without going too much into the details. Also, make sure that everything you say as an answer to this question is factual and true.

As an experienced professional, you are bound to have a portfolio, and this is the right time to share such a portfolio with the interviewer. Make sure that the portfolio you share is authentic and has all the work that you have done. Your previous portfolio will decide whether the interviewer will be interested you or not.

Software life cycle simply contains
1) Requirement gathering
Output: BRD (Business Requirement Document)
2) Requirement Analysis
Output: SRS (System Requirement Specification)
3) Design (High level and Low level)
High Level: Implementation, Technology
Low Level: Software design
4) Unit Testing & Coding
Unit Testing: Break the functionality and do the test
cases for each sub functionality
5) Testing
Unit Testing
Integration testing
UAT: User Acceptance Testing
6) Maintenance

No job is without its disappointments. The disappointments can be anything, from an employee who left for personal reasons or the project that you did not bag because of the financials involved.
Make sure that you provide a quick and factual answer for this question.

These and other questions are randomly asked for the interview of the post of a project manager.
Make sure that you read about the job description well before you opt for a project manager interview.

Apart from the portfolio, everyone has some project or aspect of their jobs that they hold close to their heart. This is the time to inform the interviewer about what your favorite project was and why. Of course, you have to make sure that you do not go on a ramble and genuinely discuss some of your favorite projects.

Regardless of the reason, do not bad mouth your current employer. Negativism will always hurt you. Good answers include: "There is no room for growth at my current employer. I am looking for a company with long term growth opportunities". "Due to a company restructuring, my entire department is relocating to Florida. I was give the option of moving, but do not wish to relocate". "My current company is not doing well, and has been laying off employees. There is no job security there, and more layoffs are expected".

"My long term goals are to find a company where I can grow, continue to learn, take on increasing responsibilities, and be a positive contributor".

"I find that I work better under pressure, and I enjoy working in an environment that is challenging." "I am the type of person that diffuses stress. I am used to working in a demanding environment with deadlines, and enjoy the challenges."

I've definite examples of your skills and accomplishments. Be positive, and emphasize how your background matches the job description.

It is very important to give a strength that compensates for your weakness. Make your weakness into a positive. "I consider myself a 'big picture' person. I sometimes skip the small details. For this reason, I always have someone on my team that is very detail oriented." Another good answer: "Sometimes, I get so excited and caught up in my work that I forget that my family life should be my number one priority."

Focus on your ability to delegate in a fair and practical way, how you clearly defined project roles and responsibilities, kept personality clashes and conflict to a minimum and monitored and fed back to the project team. Outline your management style and why it worked.

In easy words, The stages in a SDLC are:
1) Requirement analysis.
2) Coding
3) Testing
4) Maintainence

In this situation,following things must be think and tested

1) Impacted area should get tested
2) Should run all High priority test cases related area where changes has been made.
3) if gets time then run medium priority test cases
4) do sanity test around the impacted area.