Comprehensive Java Interview Preparation Checklist
1. Core Java Fundamentals
[ ] OOP Principles (Abstraction, Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism)
[ ] Classes and Objects
[ ] Interfaces and Abstract Classes
[ ] Exception Handling
[ ] Collections Framework
[ ] Generics
[ ] Lambda Expressions and Functional Interfaces
[ ] Streams API
[ ] Java 8 Features
[ ] String, StringBuilder, StringBuffer
[ ] Wrapper Classes
[ ] Access Modifiers
[ ] Static and Final Keywords
[ ] Inner Classes
[ ] Enums
[ ] Serialization and Deserialization
[ ] Memory Management (Heap, Stack, Garbage Collection)
[ ] JVM Internals
[ ] Equals() and HashCode()
[ ] Comparable and Comparator
2. Advanced Java
[ ] Design Patterns
[ ] Multithreading
[ ] Java Memory Model
[ ] Performance Optimization
[ ] Reflection & Dynamic Proxies
3. Spring Framework
[ ] Spring core concepts
[ ] Spring boot
[ ] Spring Data JPA
[ ] Spring Security
[ ] Spring cloud
[ ] Spring webflux
4. Hibernate
5. Testing (JUnit, Mockito, Integration, Functional, Performance Testing)
6. Build Tools (Maven / Gradle)
7. Logging
8. RDBMS, NoSQL DBs
9. WebSecurity Concepts
10. REST API concepts
11. CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
12. Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
13. Version Control (GitHub)
14. Monitoring (Grafana, ELK Stack etc)
15. Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP (Very rare))
16. Spring boot microservices
17. Messaging systems
18. Caching Strategies
19. System Design
20. Data Structures
21. Algorithms
22. Agile Methodologies
23. Behavioral questions