Basic Programming Knowledge, What to know before interviews??

1. Basic programming on

• string processing, 
• recursion,
• number theory etc.

2. Data Structures -

• Stack, 
• Queue,
• Linked list etc,

3. Algorithms-

• Searching, 
• sorting, 
• DFS, 
• BFS, 
• shortest path etc

4. OOP programming concept
5. Database concepts:

• Very typical database orientated questions like
• joining, 
• normalization,
• De normalization
• Query writing using joining -
• inner join, 
• outer join, 
• left outer join etc.

• Design E-R diagram of a small system like result processing

6. Questions on projects that you've done so far at your university & in your professional life.
7. Asp.Net/C#/Vb.Net
8. Sql Server 2000 or 2005:
9. Basic knowledge on SS 2000 or 2005
10. Write down

• stored procedures, 
• views,
• functions & 
• cursors to use them in projects.