🖥️ SLIDE 1 — Cover Page
Preparing for a Java Backend
Interview?
A quick guide to must-know questions
& topics
#Java #SpringBoot #InterviewPrep
🖥️ SLIDE 2 — Introduction
Over the last few weeks, I’ve
attended multiple interviews for
Java Backend roles — and noticed
certain questions came up
repeatedly.
Here’s a curated checklist to help you
crack your next interview! 👇
🖥️ SLIDE 3 — ☕️ Core Java (Part 1)
✅ Java 8 Features (Lambdas, Streams,
Functional Interfaces)
✅ Streams API — map, filter, reduce,
collect
(💡 Expect coding questions!)
✅ Immutable Class — how to create &
its advantages
✅ Create a Singleton Class — steps &
best practices
✅ Marker Interfaces — what and why?
🖥️ SLIDE 4 — ☕️ Core Java (Part 2)
✅ HashSet Working — internal
implementation
✅ Internal Working of HashMap
✅ HashMap vs TreeMap — when to use
which?
✅ Fail-safe vs Fail-fast Iterators
✅ JVM Memory Areas — Heap, Stack,
Method Area, etc.
✅ Reflection in Java — uses and best
practices
🖥️ SLIDE 5 — ☕️ Core Java (Part 3)
✅ volatile vs Atomic variables —
Visibility guarantees & differences
✅ Thread Creation — methods &
lifecycle
✅ Fixing
ConcurrentModificationException
✅ Future vs CompletableFuture —
async programming differences
✅ FlatMap vs Map — when to use
which?
✅ String, StringBuilder & StringBuffer
— performance and use cases
🖥️ SLIDE 6 — 🌱 Spring & Spring
Boot
✅ Bean Scopes — singleton, prototype,
request, session
✅ IOC Container & DI — constructor vs setter
vs field injections
✅
Exception Handling — using
@ExceptionHandler & @ControllerAdvice
✅ CRUD & JPA Repositories — best practices
and differences
✅JWT & Auth Token — implementation & flow
✅ Securing Endpoints — best practices
✅Spring Security — common questions & use
cases
✅
Redis Caching — why & how?
✅@Transactional — when and why?
✅
Annotations in Spring — common and
advanced usage
🖥️ SLIDE 7 — ⚙️ Microservices
✅ Saga Pattern — managing distributed
transactions across services
✅ Circuit Breaker Pattern — resilience
design (using Resilience4J)
✅ Deployment Models — Docker &
Kubernetes best practices
✅ ELK Stack — how it works & benefits
for logging and monitoring
🖥️ SLIDE 8 — 📖 Design Patterns &
Best Practices
✅ SOLID Principles — especially
Dependency Inversion & why it
matters
✅How to print "Hello World"
WITHOUT using the main method?
(One of the unique questions I came
across!)
✅ Prepare questions on DSA (Medium
& Easy Level) — Take reference from
Striver’s Sheet for practice
🖥️ SLIDE 9 — 💡 Final Advice
If you’re actively preparing for
interviews:
✅ Save this post for later!
✅ Share it with someone on the same
path.
✅ Stay consistent, practice daily, and
crack that next interview!💪🔥