Steel Authority of India Ltd(SAIL)- Interview Questions
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SAIL Interview questions & details for a Computer Science Candidate is given here...

The Interview will be about 30-40 minutes. There will be 4-5 members in the panel. One person will be from HR department .The questions can come from the entire span of engineering.But if you are a fresher,be prepared to explain about your engineering project in detail.For experienced people,if you are from related field of work,expect questions from your domain.


Some of the questions were...


What are the components of LAN?

How do we connect the systems in a LAN?

What is UTP? (Unshielded Twisted Pair)

How much distance it supports?

How much distance does a Fiber optic supports?

What is the throughput of the Ethernet LAN?

Describe about OSI Layers?

In which layer encryption can be done? And other than presentation layer?

What is the function of Bridge? Router?

Which layer is responsible for end 2 end connection?

What is RAID? (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)


For what it is used for?

How can achieve fault tolerance through RAID?

Where the Static variable stored in C?

What are the functions of the OS?

Which OS you are familiar with?

What is the process?

What r its attributes?

How the process interacts with each others?

What r the mechanisms for inter process communication?

What is semaphore?

What is critical region?

How can semaphore avoid conflicts?

What is a virtual function?

What is late binding?

What is scope resolution operator?

Differentiate between testing and debugging?

Distinguish black box testing and white box testing?

What is unit testing?

How can u control the lost acknowledgement issue?

Is there is any difference between switch and hub? Which is good?


Principle behind the working of zenor diode?


Give examples for 8 / 16 / 32 bit Microprocessors?


Why an 8 bit processor is called so?


Define HCMOS?


What is a Compiler?

Differentiate between Compiler and Interpretor?

What are the various interrupts in 8086? Explain each?

What is SIM and RIM instructions?


The above were the Technical Questions,then the HR person took over.
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What do you prefer to be a team leader or team member?

What are the qualities you have for being a leader?

How can you solve the conflicts in a team?

How can you react if some one else competing with you in your
team for promotion?

Can you tell me a instance in your college that insists your leadership attitude?


The most important point is that you should be confident.

Also for technical questions,don't bluff.

If you don't know the answer,just say that you don't know.

Nobody can answer the entire range of questions so be honest and confident.


All the best.....