Junior Java Developer Interviews

Junior Java Developer Interview Questions

"Junior developers are often responsible for writing the more monotonous and simple code required by senior members of the development team. Because of this, interviews will be designed to test your knowledge of the fundamentals of Java so be prepared to answer technical questions that you likely came across in college. Data structures and algorithms will be heavily emphasised. A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is required. "

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Core Java & OOPs: Explain OOPs concepts with real-world examples. Difference between String, StringBuilder, and StringBuffer. How Garbage Collection works in Java. Why String is immutable in Java. HashMap vs LinkedHashMap vs TreeMap. HashMap vs ConcurrentHashMap & internal working. Spring Boot & Hibernate: Spring Boot Auto-Configuration explained. Difference between @Component, @Service, and @Repository. Pagination & Sorting in Spring Data JPA. EAGER vs LAZY fetching in Hibernate. Global Exception Handling in Spring Boot. Database & SQL: SQL query to fetch the second-highest salary. How to find duplicate records in a table. INNER JOIN vs LEFT JOIN. DevOps & Others: Docker usage in deployments. REST vs SOAP APIs. Strategies to improve application performance in Java. 💡 Additionally, there was a project-related discussion around my academic work.

Junior Java Developer

Interviewed at Camelq Software Solutions

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Aug 20, 2025

Core Java & OOPs: Explain OOPs concepts with real-world examples. Difference between String, StringBuilder, and StringBuffer. How Garbage Collection works in Java. Why String is immutable in Java. HashMap vs LinkedHashMap vs TreeMap. HashMap vs ConcurrentHashMap & internal working. Spring Boot & Hibernate: Spring Boot Auto-Configuration explained. Difference between @Component, @Service, and @Repository. Pagination & Sorting in Spring Data JPA. EAGER vs LAZY fetching in Hibernate. Global Exception Handling in Spring Boot. Database & SQL: SQL query to fetch the second-highest salary. How to find duplicate records in a table. INNER JOIN vs LEFT JOIN. DevOps & Others: Docker usage in deployments. REST vs SOAP APIs. Strategies to improve application performance in Java. 💡 Additionally, there was a project-related discussion around my academic work.

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