Once the campus interview selections are over, and even if you succeed in getting a good IT job, that's not the end of the story. In the programming field, your first job would be always to brush up your C-C++ programming language syntax and concepts. The basics with which, you cleared examinations that you had written cramming stuff overnight, has to be re-read again now.

Is C/C++ programming that important? Definitely, in fact you can count it in more than one way. Almost all companies deploy C/C++ tests to examine the capabilities of their candidates. There are a several reasons why C/C++ is sought over.

1. The first instance of programming that a student hits over is C programming and this happens as early as the senior secondary grade.

2. Java, which is used in major software companies is an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) language and C++ is the primary source that teaches the OOP concepts to the students, in order to excel in programming.

3. Almost all books cover the basics of data structure (Data structure is a frame work for managing and organizing data, in case you are not familiar with it) in C/C++ only. This is so because the concepts are clear and simple in these two languages and there are in-built functions to illustrate their deployment too.

4. Many assembly language and system software programs find their relevance with C/C++ programming styles.

Well, importance of C/C++ is so high that it can be called the "Foundation for Programming". Therefore, anyone who wishes to enter the programming world should use their C/C++ skills as the gateway.