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Wells Fargo
Marketing Database Analyst was asked...April 28, 2010

Explain to me what NPV means?

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Net present value - sum of the present values of individual cash flows

CorVel

Are you detail oriented

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I answered yes, and I am quick to notice things that don't fit

American Tire Distributors

Explain way to improve their current 15 hours database backup.

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rman incremental backup

Two Sigma

Write an efficient stored procedure to allocate unique integer ids.

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CREATEPROCEDURE [dbo].[AllocateUniqueIntIds] AS BEGIN SelectABS(CAST(CAST(NEWID()ASVARBINARY(5))ASBigint))as UniqueIntegerId END Go /* Test the store proc */ Exec [dbo].[AllocateUniqueIntIds] //Not sure if this is the correct answer Less

Haver Analytics

What are four economic factors used to mark economic progress

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physical capital, natural capital, hum,an capital, and technological advancement

G/O Digital

There were a lot of questions in relation to the inner workings of the files and file groups.

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Thanks for your inputs. I feel very confident about SQL Server questions with 9 + years of experience.My worry is about the 1 hour online analytical test which is part of the f2f. Did you had them and any inputs you have on how to prepare for same. Less

This was a pretty straight forward SQL test where you have to determine the output of some code or write some basic code based on table examples provide. There are a few pattern recognition questions as well. Less

Was this position for MSSQL or Mysql?

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Comscore

How do java deal with hash collision?

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link them

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Charles Schwab

Do you need sponsorship for this position?

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No

No

no

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CMSS Private Limited

1.find second max salary hint using count

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SELECT max(salary) FROM emptable WHERE salary < (SELECT max(salary) FROM emptable); Less

SELECT max(salary) FROM emptable WHERE salary < (SELECT max(salary) FROM emptable); Less

select max(Emp_Sal) from Employee a where 1 = ( select count(*) from Employee b where b.Emp_Sal > a.Emp_Sal) Less

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Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development, Uganda

can you briefly tell us your home back ground?

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Names: Mugyenyi Raymond Age: 37 years Gender: Male Date of Birth: Feb 20th 1979 Permanent Address: Kanungu District, Kanyantorogo Sub-County, Nyamigoye Parish, Nyabihoko Village Less

Name:Semujju Derick Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of birth: 12th May, 1996 Home District: Luwero, Luwero subcounty, kabakedi parish, nsanvu village. Less

Name:Semujju Derick Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of birth: 12th May, 1996 Home District: Luwero, Luwero subcounty, kabakedi parish, nsanvu village. Less

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