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basics on DS, oops, multithreading, springboot, restAPI, exceptions logic to find if number is odd or even without using * , / and + inheritance concept in depth - same parent class variables, methods used in child class - method overriding through inheritance all cases. internal working of hashMap, Hashset. Stringpool memory concepts. garbage collector, JVM.. platform independency.
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Software Engineer - Java Developer

Interviewed at FIS

3.5
Jul 22, 2021

basics on DS, oops, multithreading, springboot, restAPI, exceptions logic to find if number is odd or even without using * , / and + inheritance concept in depth - same parent class variables, methods used in child class - method overriding through inheritance all cases. internal working of hashMap, Hashset. Stringpool memory concepts. garbage collector, JVM.. platform independency.

Some coding skills, Java 8 streams, Fibonacci algorithms, equals, and hashcode. Custom implementation of in-memory cache with LRU. It looks like they're very rudimentary in questions. They ask questions from very low level to high level. Expecting APIs to be precise and solution in 10 mins time. Their attitude is the key. Hard to work with them at least for me.
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Senior Java Software Engineer

Interviewed at Foot Locker

3.6
Feb 28, 2018

Some coding skills, Java 8 streams, Fibonacci algorithms, equals, and hashcode. Custom implementation of in-memory cache with LRU. It looks like they're very rudimentary in questions. They ask questions from very low level to high level. Expecting APIs to be precise and solution in 10 mins time. Their attitude is the key. Hard to work with them at least for me.

in first round they mostly focus on core java question 1. what is system,out.println() 2.what functional and marker interface and lambda expression. 3. what is static and instance variable and var variable. 4. polimorpism. 5. exception handling question like try with resource and what try block. 6. list and set difference what is arraylist. 7. springboot basic annotation like restcontroller and controller difference. 8. hibernate question.
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Java Software Developer

Interviewed at Harris Computer

4
Nov 1, 2025

in first round they mostly focus on core java question 1. what is system,out.println() 2.what functional and marker interface and lambda expression. 3. what is static and instance variable and var variable. 4. polimorpism. 5. exception handling question like try with resource and what try block. 6. list and set difference what is arraylist. 7. springboot basic annotation like restcontroller and controller difference. 8. hibernate question.

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