1. What is Java?

Java is a programming language and computing platform. It is the underlying

technology that powers state-of-the-art programs including utilities, games, and
business applications.
2. What is Java Front-End?
J2EE Frontend Technologies:
A Programmer's Guide to Servlets, Java Server Pages, and Enterprise JavaBeans
provides developers with a unique approach to understanding the profound
relationship between servlets, JSPs, and EJBs.
Developers will gain a clear understanding of all three and will be able to harness this
knowledge for their own real-world applications.
3. What is Java Back-End?
A "back-end" application or program serves indirectly in support of the front-end
services, usually by being closer to the required resource or having the capability to
communicate with the required resource.
The back-end application may interact directly with the front-end or, perhaps more
typically, is a program called from an intermediate program
4. What is SQL Server?
Microsoft SQL Server is a computer application used to create desktop, enterprise,
and web-based database applications. It is used at different levels and with various
goals.
5. What is Visual Studio?
Microsoft Visual Studio Express is a set of freeware integrated development
environments (IDE) developed by Microsoft that are lightweight versions of the
Microsoft Visual Studio product line. Express Editions were conceived beginning with
Visual Studio 2005.
The idea of Express editions, according to Microsoft, is to provide streamlined, easyto-use and easy-to-learn IDEs for users other than professional software developers,
such as hobbyists and students.
6. What is .Net?
.NET is both a business strategy from Microsoft and its collection of programming
support for what are known as Web services, the ability to use the Web rather than
your own computer for various services. Microsoft's goal is to provide individual and
business users with a seamlessly interoperable and Web-enabled interface for
applications and computing devices and to make computing activities increasingly
Web browser-oriented.
C# is also similar to .net, you can submit a C# candidate for .net position.
The .NET platform includes servers; building-block services, such as Web-based data
storage; and device software. It also includes Passport, Microsoft's fill-in-the-formonly-once identity verification service.
7. What is Share Point?
Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed by Microsoft. First
launched in 2001, SharePoint is typically associated with web content management
and document management systems, but it is actually a much broader platform of
web technologies, capable of being configured into a wide range of solution areas.

8. What is BizTalk?
BizTalk is an industry initiative headed by Microsoft to promote Extensible Markup
Language (XML) as the common data exchange language for e-commerce and
application integration on the Internet. While not a standards body per se, the group
is fostering a common XML message-passing architecture to tie systems together.
BizTalk says that the growth of e-commerce requires businesses using different
computer technologies to have a means to share data.
Accepting XML as a platform-neutral way to represent data transmitted between
computers, the BizTalk group provides guidelines, referred to as the BizTalk
Framework, for how to publish Schema (standard data structures) in XML and how to
use XML messages to integrate software programs.
9. What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted
services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories:
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-aService (SaaS). The name cloud computing was inspired by the cloud symbol that's
often used to represent the Internet in flowcharts and diagrams.
10.
What is Web Development?
Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for
the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network).
This can include web design, web content development, client liaison, clientside/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, and ecommerce development.
However, among web professionals, "web development" usually refers to the main
non-design aspects of building web sites: writing markup and coding.
Web development can range from developing the simplest static single page of plain
text to the most complex web-based internet applications, electronic businesses, or
social network services.
11.
What is Database Development?
A database is a collection of data that is organized so that its contents can easily be
accessed, managed and updated.
Databases contain records of files, such as sales transactions, product catalogs and
inventories and customer profiles.
Different Kind of Database
There are different kinds of databases are there which are as follows.
Oracle Database
SQL Server Database
Sybase Database
DB2 Database
Teradata Database
12.
What is Oracle Database?
An Oracle database is a collection of data treated as a unit.
The purpose of a database is to store and retrieve related information.
A database server is the key to solving the problems of information management.
In general, a server reliably manages a large amount of data in a multiuser
environment so that many users can concurrently access the same data.

All this is accomplished while delivering high performance.

A database server also prevents unauthorized access and provides efficient solutions
for failure recovery.
13.
What is Pl/SQL?
PL/SQL (Procedural Language/Structured Query Language) is Oracle Corporation's
procedural extension language for SQL and the Oracle relational database. PL/SQL's
general syntax resembles that of Ada or Pascal.
PL/SQL is one of three key programming languages embedded in the Oracle
Database, along with SQL itself and Java.
PL/SQL is available in Oracle Database (since version 7), Times Ten in-memory
database (since version 11.2.1), and IBM DB2 (since version 9.7)
14.
What is Ms SQL Server Database?
Microsoft SQL Server is the high-performance relational database engine from
Microsoft for its Windows Servers and development tools.
Microsoft SQL Server is widely used in many businesses, from small to large, for a
wide variety of applications.
It is an excellent backend database for web server applications and software, and is
highly recommended for active web sites.
15.
What is Sybase Database?
Sybase is a computer software company that develops and sells database
management system (DBMS) and middleware products.
Sybase as the first enterprise DBMS for the Linux operating system.
16.
What is DB2 DATABASE?
DB2 is a family of relational database management system (RDBMS) products from
IBM that serve a number of different operating system platforms.
According to IBM, DB2 leads in terms of database market share and performance.
Although DB2 products are offered for UNIX-based systems and personal computer
operating systems, DB2 trails Oracle's database products in UNIX-based systems and
Microsoft's Access in Windows systems.
In addition to its offerings for the mainframe.
17.
What is Teradata Database?
Teradata Corporation is a vendor specializing in data warehousing and analytic
applications.
Its products are commonly used by companies to manage data warehouses for
analytics and business intelligence purposes.
18.
What is ETL?
ETL stands for extraction, transformation and loading.
ETL is a process that involves the following tasks:
Extracting data from source operational or archive systems which are the primary
source of data for the data warehouse
Transforming the data - which may involve cleaning, filtering, validating and applying
business rules
Loading the data into a data warehouse or any other database or application that
houses data
19.

What is Data Warehouse?

A warehouse is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant and non-volatile collection

of data in support of management's decision making process

Tools of Data Warehouse & ETL

The tools of Data Warehouse/ETL are as follows
Informatica
Data Analyst
Data Modeler
Data Architect

20.
What is Informatica?
Informatica is a widely used ETL tool for extracting the source data and loading it into
the target after applying the required transformation.
21.
What is Data Architect?
Data Architecture in enterprise architecture is the design of data for use in defining
the target state and the subsequent planning needed to achieve the target state.
It is usually one of several architecture domains that form the pillars of an enterprise
architecture or solution architecture.
22.
What is Data Analyst?
The Data Analyst is the professional whose focus of analysis and problem solving
relates to data, types of data, and relationships among data elements within a
business system or IT system.
23.
What is Data Modeler?
Data modeling is a process used to define and analyze data requirements needed to
support the business processes within the scope of corresponding information
systems in organizations.
Therefore, the process of data modeling involves professional data modelers working
closely with business stakeholders, as well as potential users of the information
system.
24.
What is Network?
A network support engineer focuses on the maintenance of an existing corporate
network, either as part of the organization's internal IT support team or as technical
support staff of a third-party network technology provider.
Network support may extend from testing and troubleshooting problems to regular
maintenance. Support engineers contribute high-level support such as strategic
planning of network upgrades and high-level network performance analyses.
25.
What is Security and Information Assurance?
Information security means protecting information and information systems from
unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection,
recording or destruction.
26.
What is CCNP?
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) is an intermediate-level certification in
the Cisco certified professional program.
This certification is aimed at full-time network or system administrators, or those who
work with local and/or wide-area network (LAN/WAN) infrastructure.

27.
What is Scripting Language?
A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming
language that allows control of one or more applications.
"Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written
in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the end-user.
Scripts are often interpreted from source code or byte code, whereas the application
is typically first compiled to native machine code.
Scripting Languages are as follows
C#
C++
Perl
28.
What is C#?
Pronounced "see-sharp." A hybrid of C and C++, it is a Microsoft programming
language developed to compete with Sun's Java language.
C# is an object-oriented programming language used with XML-based Web services
on the .NET platform and designed for improving productivity in the development of
Web applications.
C# boasts type-safety, garbage collection, simplified type declarations, versioning
and scalability support, and other features that make developing solutions faster and
easier, especially for COM+ and Web services.
Microsoft critics have pointed to the similarities between C# and Java.
29.
What is C++?
C++ is an object-oriented programming (OOP) language that is viewed by many as
the best language for creating large-scale applications.
C++ is a superset of the C language.
30.
What is Perl?
Perl is a scripting language which uses syntax similar to C/C++.
It is commonly used by Web programmers to create scripts for Web servers.
Perl is especially good at parsing text, so programmers often use it for reading and
searching through text files.
31.
What is UNIX?
UNIX is a multiuser, multitasking operating system that is widely used as the master
control program in workstations and servers.
32.
What is Linux?
Linux is a Unix-like operating system that was designed to provide personal computer
users a free or very low-cost operating system comparable to traditional and usually
more expensive Unix systems.
Linux has a reputation as a very efficient and fast-performing system.
33.
What is ERP?
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a system which brings all the decision making
information from all the departments in a company into one single place in order to
increase efficiency, productivity and profit of the company. Before the introduction of
ERP, each department in a company was considered as an independent entity.
This meant that each department was only concerned about their work and once it
was done, they paid no attention to what happened after.

This led to a number of complications, and resulted in chaos and unsatisfied

customers.

Different Types of ERPs

The Following are the different types of ERPs
SAP
Oracle Apps
PeopleSoft
JD Edwards

34.
What is SAP?
System Analysis and Program Development or SAP is a business application that was
introduced by a German company called SAP.
In an organization it is essential for all the departments to function properly in order
for the enterprise to reach the optimum level.
Due to globalization the competition among different enterprises is increasing and it
is imperative that each organization to reach the topmost level.
In SAP there are a set of modules that help in the smooth and efficient functioning of
an organization.
With SAP the managing of the different resources such as production, sales, finance,
distribution, supply, human resources, etc can be made easier.
35.
What is JD Edwards?
Configurable Network Computing or CNC is JD Edwards's (JDE) clientserver
proprietary architecture and methodology that implements its highly-scalable
enterprise-wide business solutions software that can run on a wide variety of
hardware, operating systems (OS) and hardware platforms.
Now a division of the Oracle Corporation, Oracle continues to sponsor ongoing
development the JD Edwards Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
While highly flexible, the CNC architecture is proprietary and, as such, it cannot be
exported to any other systems.
While the CNC architecture's chief claim to fame, insulation of applications from the
underlying database and operating systems, was largely superseded by modern webbased technology, nevertheless CNC technology continues to be at the heart of both
JD Edwards' One World and Enterprise One architecture and will play a significant role
Oracle's developing fusion architecture initiative.
36.
What is PeopleSoft?
PeopleSoft is a leading provider of e-business application software and claims to be
the only software company to provide e-business solutions purely over the Internet
for Fortune 1000 corporations.
PeopleSoft originally offered human resources and finance applications. Over the
years, it has developed tools and applications for general business processes such as
materials management and e-business in addition to applications for specific
industries, such as the automotive, communications, and higher-education fields.
37.
What is Oracle Apps?
Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business software of Oracle
Corporation. The term refers to the non-database parts of Oracle's software portfolio.

Oracle sells many functional modules which use the Oracle RDBMS as a back-end,
notably Oracle Financials, Oracle HRMS, Oracle Projects, Oracle CRM, Oracle
Procurement, etc.
Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business software of Oracle
Corporation. The term refers to the non-database parts of Oracle's software portfolio.
Oracle sells many functional modules which use the Oracle RDBMS as a back-end,
notably Oracle Financials, Oracle HRMS, Oracle Projects, Oracle CRM, Oracle
Procurement, etc.
38.
What is Business Analyst?
A Business Analyst (BA) analyzes the organization and design of businesses,
government departments, and non-profit organizations.
BAs also assess business models and their integration with technology.
39.
What is Business System Analyst?
A person who works directly with management and users to analyze, specify, and
design business applications.
The Business Systems Analyst develops detailed functional, system, and program
specifications using structured design methodologies and CASE tools. He must have
strong business sense and communications skills.
He works with both the information systems team and the strategic planning
business group.
40.
What is Project Management?
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing
resources to achieve specific goals.
A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end (usually timeconstrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables), undertaken to meet
unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added
value.
The temporary nature of projects stands in contrast with business as usual (or
operations), which are repetitive, permanent, or semi-permanent functional activities
to produce products or services.
In practice, the management of these two systems is often quite different, and as
such requires the development of distinct technical skills and management
strategies.
41.
What is reporting Tools?
Reporting tool is a sophisticated GUI based application that enables users to view,
create and schedule reports on data warehouse

Different types of reporting Tools

Business Intelligence
Business Objects
Cognos
Crystal Reports
Hyperion
Oracle Business intelligence (OBI)

42.

What is Business Intelligence (BI)?

Business intelligence (BI) refers to computer-based techniques used in spotting,

digging-out, and analyzing business data, such as sales...
43.
What is Business Object (BO)?
SAP Business Objects business intelligence (BI) solutions can empower your teams to
achieve remarkable results by allowing anyone in your organization self-service
access to relevant information.
And by helping business users transform their decision making by providing factbased, quality information regardless of where the data resides
44.
What is Cogons Reporting?
Congos is IBM's business intelligence (BI) and performance management software
suite.
The software is designed to enable business users without technical knowledge to
extract corporate data, analyze it and assemble reports.
45.
What is Crystal Report?
Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application used to design and generate
reports from a wide range of data sources.

46.
What is Hyperion?
Hyperion provides capabilities to offer the most comprehensive system for enterprise
performance management even as customers are increasingly using performance
management and business intelligence together.
Today's enterprises feel the acute need for all-encompassing BI solutions to help
them make crucial business decisions.
These primary business drivers include - financial consolidation; financial, statutory
and management reporting; budgeting, planning and forecasting; profitability
modeling and optimization; and dashboard and scorecard applications.
47.
What is Oracle Business intelligence (OBI)?
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus, also known as OBI EE Plus, is
Oracle's set of business intelligence tools consisting of former Siebel business
intelligence and Hyperion business intelligence offerings.
48.
What is Software Engineer?
Software engineers deal with complexity through modeling, by focusing at any one
time on only the relevant details and ignoring everything else.
The organization and discipline in the activities of the process of developing software
(as well as to the products that result) contribute to the quality of the software and
the speed with which it is developed.
49.
What is Window System?
A windowing system (or window system) is a component of a graphical user interface
(GUI), and more specifically of a desktop environment, which supports the
implementation of window managers, and provides basic support for graphics
hardware, pointing devices such as mice, and keyboards.
50.

What is Mobile Application?

Mobile application development is the process by which application software is

developed for small low-power handheld devices such as personal digital assistants,
enterprise digital assistants or mobile phones.
These applications are either pre-installed on phones during manufacture, or
downloaded by customers from various mobile software distribution platforms.
51.
What is Mainframe?
A mainframe is an ultra high-performance computer made for high-volume,
processor-intensive computing.
They are typically used by large businesses and for scientific purposes. You probably
won't find a mainframe in any household.
In the hierarchy of computers, mainframes are right below supercomputers, the most
powerful computers in the world.
Yet a mainframe can usually execute many programs simultaneously at a high speed,
whereas supercomputers are designed for a single process.
Currently, the largest manufacturers of mainframes are IBM and Unisys.

Candidates back out

Recruiting is a very exciting and challenging profession and even more so when you
recruit consultants. The challenges for an IT recruiter in todays job market are in
convincing and managing IT job seekers to remain committed and not back out
during hiring process. With the current IT market boom, good IT consultant can find
himself with multiple job offers at any given point of time and will get approached
and get head hunted by head hunters and recruiters alike constantly. And because he
has multiple hands at hand he is bound to remain true to himself and not being loyal
to anyone consultant, after all he can only take up one offer at one time. This will also
means that to the other recruiter he is bound to be another case of a back out
candidate.
As the recruiter, the most frustrating aspect of the job is to have in your hand, a
candidate backing out during or after the selection process. For most of us, the
stress that we go through as a recruiter is not so much from the targets and the
deadlines, but the uneasy feeling of not knowing if your selected/ shortlisted
candidate(s) will remain committed to your offer and take up the job.
Types of Back out:
Lets look at what stages of the recruitment process a back out can possibly happen.

Candidate
Candidate
Candidate
Candidate
Candidate

backing
backing
backing
backing
backing

out
out
out
out
out

before the interview.

after interview.
after accepting the offer.
before joining.
after joining.

Probable reasons for back outs:

Varied reasons can be attributed as to why a candidate back out, from my past
experiences below are some of the common ones

Have in hand several offers and will decide on the best offer.
Developing cold feet at the last moment before submitting his/her resignation
letter.
HR/Line manager convinced him/her to stay back.
Was given a very good counter offer by employer, so, decided to stay back.
Not serious about leaving current job and attending interviews just because the
opportunity was presented to him/her.
Learnt of the project which was not to his liking / preference / expectation and is
not keen joining.
The final offer not up to his/her expectation.
Did not agree with some of the clause(s) in the offer letter/ appointment letter.
His/her friends/contacts gave negative feedback about the organization, so
decided not to join.
Required joining time not reasonable.
See what offer he/she can get from the market to negotiate a better salary with
existing employer.
Selection process took too long and has already accepted another offer.
Tired re-negotiating for more salary after selection.
Genuinely have personal/family issue because of which he/she cannot take up the
offer.

How to avoid & reduce candidates backing out:

If you and your candidates are in the same area, it is always advisable to meet
face-to-face.
Be it on the phone or in person spent as much time as you can and dig for
information what motivates him to look for a change, professional and personal
reasons, what are his expectations in terms of money and roles, etc.
It is important to be in control when it comes to recruiter-candidate relationship.
To achieve that it is important that you conduct a thorough pre-qualifying. Get all
the law-down about his background and aspiration.
Always insist on obtaining either verbally or in writing his/her and commitment to
the job offer. You may do this with a direct approach or with great seniority; you
need to make the right judgments.
Constantly update him/her on the process and try keeping in touch on a frequent
basis.
Pay close attention while talking to him/her and listen for those tones and
expressed/unexpressed concerns and look for those signs that might indicate his
intentions.
If any of his/her words, expressions, actions gives you a sense of doubt and
concern, then drop him/her and move on. It is better to drop him/her now that
later have a back out in your hand.
Try and get inside your candidates mind, understand his needs and his
aspirations.