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It has been a long time I haven’t written anything. I have been busy for interviews for different positions. There were phone interviews, face-to-face interviews, travel to other states, and so on.

*** Happy End! ***

I’ve got an offer last week and accepted it. I will tell you about the position and the company but before that I want to summarize my interviews especially in terms of interview questions. Firstly I will explain the others and lastly my new position and my new company!

All right here it is the fist one!

This interview was made on August 2nd, 2006 for a Programmer Analyst (ABAP Developer) position in Secaucus, NJ. The company is currently implementing mySAP, SAP for Retail, SAP AFS (Apparel and Footwear), SAP Trivesity, POS (point-of-sale) and SAP BW. I was interviewed by an SAP’s ABAP Developer Consultant who works in this project. I was asked quick questions.

Question - 1: When you use LSMW, which method do you choose in terms of data transfer performance?

When LSMW is used, there are different options to transfer data. Actually there are standard methods, LSMW doesn’t offer new methods. These methods are BCD (Custom or Standard), BAPI, Idoc. If you can use all three methods for one data transfer scenario, BAPI is the best way. Using BAPIs would be faster and more reliable.

Question - 2: When you write ABAP programs, which transaction do yo use? SE38 or SE80

The answer is clear. Of course SE80 (ABAP Workbench)

Question - 3: When you use an ABAP Dictionary table in SELECT statement, what do you notice in terms of performance issues?

A lot of things should be considered, when SELECT statement is used. It is crucial to use SELECT statement properly. Performance is a big issue for custom programs. If you use an ABAP Dictionary table, you have to look the indexes of this table, and so you can arrange your WHERE statement by using index fields. It affects performance a lot.

Question - 4: Have you used Smart Forms?

Yes, I do. Smart Forms are newest version of SAPscript forms.

Question - 5: Have you used ABAP Objects - object oriented ABAP programming? Have you used Local Classes and Global Classes both?

Yes, I do.

What happened about this interview then? I will explain it in my next post. See you!

I will fly to my new city with my family today for looking a home!

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