50 .NET Interview Questions

While different interviewers may ask distinctive questions, it always helps to be prepared for severe grilling. So we have to drawn up a list of frequently asked 50 .net interview questions. Read all the questions and prepare answers dotted with examples for success in the job interview.

  1. What is .NET?
  2. How ASP.NET different from ASP?
  3. How many languages .NET is supporting now?
  4. What is view state?
  5. What is smart navigation?
  6. How to manage pagination in a page?
  7. How do you validate the controls in an ASP.NET page?
  8. Can the validation be done in the server side? Or this can be done only in the Client side?
  9. What are the steps to follow for creating and using a user control in a Web application?
  10. What is ADO.NET and what is difference between ADO and ADO.NET?
  11. What are the advantages of migrating to VB.NET?
  12. What is Machine.config?
  13. What is the difference between VB and VB.NET?
  14. What is a Strong Name?
  15. What is the difference between "using System.Data;" and directly adding the reference from "Add References Dialog Box"?
  16. What is Web.config?
  17. What is a Manifest?
  18. What is a Metadata?
  19. What is GAC?
  20. What is a Web Service?
  21. What is managed code and managed data?
  22. What is .NET / .NET Framework?
  23. What is "Common Type System" (CTS)?
  24. What is "Common Language Runtime" (CLR)?
  25. What is "Common Language Specification" (CLS)?
  26. What are Attributes?
  27. What is an Intermediate language?
  28. What are the Types of Assemblies?
  29. What is the difference between a namespace and assembly name?
  30. What is a Windows process?
  31. What are possible implementations of distributed applications in .NET?
  32. What security measures exist for .NET Remoting in System.Runtime.Remoting?
  33. What is Delegation?
  34. What is Singleton activation mode and it's use?
  35. Can you configure a .NET Remoting object via XML file?
  36. What is "Microsoft Intermediate Language" (MSIL)?
  37. What are the differences between Datagrid, Datalist and Repeater?
  38. What is a DataSet?
  39. What is the difference between DataSet.Copy() and DataSet.Clone()?
  40. What are the advantages of using detect and redirect approach to globalizing web applications?
  41. What are advantages of setting the culture dynamically at the thread level over creating separate Web applications for each culture?
  42. How do you identify user controls?
  43. What is the difference between Windows authentication and Forms authentication?
  44. When displaying fonts, what’s the difference between pixels, points and ems?
  45. What are the authentication methods in .NET?
  46. What is Serialization in .NET?
  47. How to achieve Polymorphism in VB.Net?
  48. What is assembly?
  49. What is namespaces?
  50. What do you mean by .NET framework?