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Java Interview - Advanced Level

For senior developers with 4+ years of Java experience. Master JVM internals, garbage collection, concurrency, microservices, performance tuning, and enterprise architecture.

35-45 minutes

4+ years of Java experience

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Who is this for?

  • Senior Java engineers

  • Technical leads and architects

  • Backend engineers at scale

  • Those preparing for senior/staff roles

What you'll practice

  • Understanding JVM internals

  • Tuning garbage collection

  • Advanced concurrency patterns

  • Architecting microservices

  • Optimizing Java performance

  • Designing enterprise systems

Topics covered

JVM Internals

  • Memory management

  • Garbage collection algorithms

  • Class loading

  • JVM tuning

Advanced Concurrency

  • ReentrantLock, Semaphore

  • ConcurrentHashMap internals

  • Fork/Join framework

  • CompletableFuture

Microservices

  • Spring Cloud

  • Service discovery

  • Circuit breakers

  • API Gateway patterns

Performance

  • Profiling and monitoring

  • Memory leak detection

  • Query optimization

  • Caching strategies

Example questions

Q:

Explain how garbage collection works in the JVM

Q:

How does ConcurrentHashMap achieve thread-safety?

Q:

What are the trade-offs between different GC algorithms?

Q:

How would you design a high-throughput microservices system?

Q:

How do you identify and fix memory leaks in Java?

Q:

What is the Java memory model?

Preparation tips

  • Study JVM internals deeply

  • Learn GC algorithms and tuning

  • Master advanced concurrency

  • Practice microservices design

  • Learn profiling tools

  • Understand performance optimization

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