A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way. MSN, Yahoo, AOL and Google are some of the examples of a web portal. Portal Architect is a person who is responsible for planning a new WebSphere Portal environment.
Given below are some common interview questions that come up again and again during interviews for the post of Portal Architect.
1. What is a Portlet?
Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and displayed in a web portal. It is used to produce Markup code fragments. E-mail, weather reports, discussion forums, and news are some of the examples of portlet applications.
2. Explain Portal architecture.
A Portal architecture is a multi-disciplinary field which includes mathematics, geometry, science, art, technology, social sciences, politics, history and philosophy. The portal architecture consists of an automated server, image server, search server, collaboration server, content server, authentication server and a remote server. An automated server is responsible for managing a job schedules and implementing a portal. An image server hosts images and other web page content used by web services and a portal. A search server is responsible for searching all the information, applications, communities, documents and web sites through portal. A collaboration server publishes the web contents and manages the portals and web applications. A content server is responsible for publishing and managing web contents. The authentication of a portal is handled by the authentication server.
3. Tell me about your technical skills?
I have good knowledge of J2EE, SOA (service oriented architecture), Websphere and UML.
4. Tell me about your educational background?
Just give a short detail of your academic background. I have done B.S in Computer Science from one of the renowned University.
5. Why did you apply for this position?
One has to tell reasons as to why he fits into this position. Think of all the positive traits in your personality that makes you suitable for the job. You have to tell how your studies, skills, experience and personal qualities will contribute to the work of the organization.
6. What do you think it takes to be successful in an organization like this?
I think willpower, leadership qualities, eagerness to work, excellent communication skills, and team spirit are key attributes required for this kind of job. I carry all those attributes that will make me successful in my job.
These are some of the frequently asked interview questions. I hope now you will not face any problem in answering the above questions.
