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During an interview for a mainframe job, you will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of many Mainframe technologies including COBOL.

Potential employers are looking for a candidate who is experience in the development, testing implementation and maintenance of mainframe systems and your ability to demonstrate experience in these areas will help you to become successful in your application.

Below are some questions you may be asked during a Mainframe Job interview:

In which sequential, indexed or relative files can access mode be used?

What do IEB and IEM mean when it is related to IBM systems?

What are the attributes that needs to be defined in order to read & write DB2 file in Cobol program?

What is a DB2 precompiler?

What does “Redefine” refer to in COBOL?

What are the 4 divisions in COBOL?

What is the difference between Object orientated COBOL and Microfocus COBOL?

Is it possible to obtain a record from IDMS database without mentioning the record-name itself?

How can you submit a job through cobol program?

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