Python Interview Questions

Python interview questions can often be quite challenging as they are intended to probe your technical capabilities as well as investigate your character and your career aspirations.

To help you when interviewing for

, here are some commonly asked Python interview questions. (There’s a link to the answers at the bottom!)

1. What is Python?
2. Is there a tool to help find bugs or perform static analysis?
3. What are the rules for local and global variables in Python?
4. How can I find the methods or attributes of an object?
5. Is there an equivalent of C's "?:" ternary operator?
6. How do I convert a number to a string?
7. What's a negative index?
8. What is a method?
9. What is self?
10. How do I delete a file?
11. How do I copy a file?
12. Can I create my own functions in C?

Find the answers here

With technical questions, remember it is important to keep your answers short yet specific in order to help you come across as confident and knowledgeable.

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