Go Interview - Advanced Level
For senior developers with 4+ years of Go experience. Master Go runtime, performance optimization, microservices, and production systems at scale.
35-45 minutes
4+ years of Go experience
Who is this for?
Senior Go engineers
Technical leads and architects
Backend engineers at scale
Those preparing for senior/staff roles
What you'll practice
Understanding Go runtime internals
Performance optimization techniques
Advanced concurrency patterns
Architecting microservices
Profiling and debugging
Production system design
Topics covered
Go Runtime
Scheduler (M:N threading)
Garbage collector
Memory model
Escape analysis
Performance
Profiling (pprof)
Memory optimization
Benchmarking
Lock-free programming
Microservices
gRPC services
Service discovery
Circuit breakers
Distributed tracing
Advanced Patterns
Graceful shutdown
Rate limiting
Connection pooling
Production debugging
Example questions
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How does the Go scheduler work?
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How do you profile a Go application for performance?
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What are the trade-offs of using channels vs mutexes?
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How would you design a high-throughput microservice in Go?
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How does escape analysis work in Go?
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What is the Go memory model and why does it matter?
Preparation tips
Study Go runtime deeply
Master profiling tools
Learn advanced concurrency
Practice microservices design
Understand performance optimization
Build production systems
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