C++ Interview Questions

We are looking to create a few new articles on one of our sites. One of the articles is "Top Interview Questions for the {C++} Developer." We'll likely do this for Java, VB, C#, and other areas as well.

So my question to you is.... What is one (or more) of the Interview questions you got when applying (or hiring) for a C++ position? Post it here in this thread!

Thanks!
Brad!
(I'm going to create a similar thread for other languages on this forum as well. It will be interesting as well to see how responses might differ!)

If you have a class derived from a base class, and each has a constructor and a destructor, what is the order that the constructors are called in when an object of the derived type is created? When the object is destroyed what is the order that the destructors are called in?

What is the purpose of a virtual destructor?

I saw here something interesting:
http://guitarcplusplus.blogspot.ro/2...estions-c.html

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Originally Posted by mesajflaviu

I saw here something interesting:
http://guitarcplusplus.blogspot.ro/2...estions-c.html

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That's not quite in English... :)

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Originally Posted by Brad Jones

That's not quite in English... :)

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bing translate makes a bit more sense out of it here:
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...estions-c.html

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Originally Posted by Brad Jones

One of the articles is "Top Interview Questions for the {C++} Developer."

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Well, be aware that lots of information already exists on this topic. Not only are there books but also comparisons of books, like here for example,

http://www.amazon.com/review/R288W3X...55&store=books

but of course interviewers don't also read these books - do they? ;)

Personally, I prefer more 'open ended' discussion type questions - such as 'What is a race condition?', 'Describe Polymorphism', When would you not use the STL sort functions' etc. Rather than specific c++ syntax questions.

Brads question is what are specific questions you have been asked in an interview.

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Originally Posted by Brad Jones

So my question to you is.... What is one (or more) of the Interview questions you got when applying (or hiring) for a C++ position? Post it here in this thread!

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