Java and Java EE Interview Preparations

In today’s world, for one role nearly 1000 people apply for the job and the competition is very stiff. Even the agents take the interview, so the most important thing to do is to make sure your CV is short and up to the point and has all the key skills mentioned clearly. The 2nd important thing to do is to make sure the agent forwards your CV to the employer.

This book has been written for all the Junior/Mid/Senior Java Developer, who either applying for their first job or is planning to change jobs. This book covers all the common questions covered in Interviews.

I have put all my experience into this book. I had gone through many interviews and soon realized that I need to know lot of stuff to be able to get the job. So, I started writing all the questions asked to me and my friends and soon I got the collection so big that I could write this book. By the time I could finish this book, I got several contract and permanent job offer. And there were occasions where I was made several offers and was able to negotiate the contract rate/Permanent salary as well.

Interview Process can contain a written test, Telephonic Interview or Face to Face Interview. This book prepares you for all three stages. In the new Covid world, the Face to Face is replaced with Zoom/Teams interview. It is important that you get yourself used to Zoom/Teams call and make sure camera position is correct and the lighting is good. At one instant the interviewer sent me a google docs link and asked me to write a code in Java for a sample algorithm discussed over zoom. Bu doing so interviewer could see what I am typing. So, prepare yourself well.
This book will prepare you for the Interview but expects the reader to have the basic knowledge of Java/Java EE. There are also experiences shared on how to prepare and face an interview. From my experience I found more than 90% of the interviewer will test the candidates on Core Java. So, make sure you know the first 3 chapter for sure. It is also important to know what’s in your CV. The first set of questions will be from your CV itself. And a good Interviewer can just get his/her candidate for job just by asking what’s in your CV.

This book only helps you with Interview questions. But if you to know the basics and fundamentals of Java then below are the list of books I will recommend. AS Java 17 is out, and Java is releasing a new version every 6 months. All the books and publishers are finding it difficult to keep up pace with the Java versions. But the Java basics will remain the same and any book which covers Java 8 and book is good.