Computer Science Interview Questions

Computer Systems

• What is a computer system?
• What are the components of a computer system?
• What is the difference between primary and secondary memory?
• What is the function of the CPU?
• What are the different types of operating systems?
• What is the difference between a compiler and an interpreter?
• What is a process?
• What is a thread?
• What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous programming?
• What is deadlock?

Data Structures and Algorithms:

• What is a data structure?
• What are some common data structures?
• What is an algorithm?
• What is the difference between time complexity and space complexity?
• What is a big O notation?
• What is the difference between a linked list and an array?
• What is a binary search tree?
• What is a hash table?
• What is a graph?
• What is Dijkstra's algorithm?

Programming Languages:

• What are some popular programming languages?
• What is the difference between a compiled language and an interpreted language?
• What is object-oriented programming?
• What are the four pillars of OOP?
• What is inheritance?
• What is polymorphism?
• What is encapsulation?
• What is abstraction?
• What are data types?
• What are variables?

Software Engineering:

• What is the software development life cycle (SDLC)?
• What are some different software development methodologies?
• What is unit testing?
• What is integration testing?
• What is system testing?
• What is regression testing?
• What is acceptance testing?
• What is continuous integration (CI)?
• What is continuous delivery (CD)?
• What is DevOps?

Networking:

• What is a network?
• What are the different types of networks?
• What is the OSI model?
• What is TCP/IP?
• What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
• What is a router?
• What is a switch?
• What is a firewall?
• What is NAT?
• What is DNS?

Databases:

• What is a database?
• What are the different types of databases?
• What is SQL?
• What are some common SQL statements?
• What is normalization?
• What is a primary key?
• What is a foreign key?
• What is an index?
• What is a view?
• What is a stored procedure?

Machine Learning:

• What is machine learning?
• What are the different types of machine learning?
• What is supervised learning?
• What is unsupervised learning?
• What is reinforcement learning?
• What is a linear regression model?
• What is a logistic regression model?
• What is a decision tree?
• What is a support vector machine (SVM)?
• What is a neural network?

Other:

• What is cloud computing?
• What is Big Data?
• What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
• What is blockchain?
• What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
• What is natural language processing (NLP)?
• What is computer vision?
• What is cybersecurity?
• What is ethics in computer science?
• What is the future of computer science?
• These are just a few examples of computer science interview questions. The specific questions you are asked will vary depending on the company and the position you are interviewing for. However, by preparing for these general topics, you will be well on your way to success.