
π Java & Spring Boot Interview Masterclass β 2026 Edition
You've been studying Java for months. But when the interviewer asks "How does HashMap work internally?" or "Why doesn't @Transactional work on private methods?" β does your answer cut it?
This PDF was built to make sure it does.
β 27 in-depth questions with 130+ total answers
β 10 chapters covering everything interviewers actually test
β Production-grade code examples with real-world context
β Pro Tips that separate average answers from senior-level ones
β Annotations cheat sheet β all critical annotations at a glance
β HTTP status codes reference β know them cold
π¦ Java Core & OOP
JVM internals, JDK vs JRE vs JVM, JIT compilation, all 4 OOP pillars, abstract classes vs interfaces, overloading vs overriding, == vs .equals(), String Pool, StringBuilder vs StringBuffer
π¦ Collections Framework
HashMap internals (hashing, treeification, resizing), HashMap vs ConcurrentHashMap vs Hashtable, ArrayList vs LinkedList, Comparable vs Comparator, pagination with Pageable
π¦ Multithreading & Concurrency
Thread lifecycle, Runnable vs Callable, start() vs run(), deadlock prevention, ReentrantLock, ExecutorService, thread pools, CompletableFuture, Virtual Threads (Java 21), ThreadLocal
π¦ Java 8+ Modern Features
Stream API (intermediate vs terminal), map() vs flatMap(), Optional, lambda expressions, functional interfaces, parallel streams
π¦ Exception Handling & JVM Internals
Exception hierarchy, checked vs unchecked, try-with-resources, heap vs stack memory, Metaspace, G1GC vs ZGC, OutOfMemoryError causes
π¦ Spring Core β IoC, DI & AOP
Constructor vs field injection, BeanFactory vs ApplicationContext, @Autowired resolution, @Qualifier vs @Primary, AOP pointcuts, @Before/@After/@Around, @Transactional pitfalls
π¦ Spring Boot Deep Dive
Auto-configuration mechanics, @ConditionalOn* annotations, Spring Profiles, profile-specific properties, lazy initialization
π¦ REST API & Spring MVC
REST annotations, PUT vs PATCH, global exception handling with @RestControllerAdvice, ProblemDetail (RFC 7807, Spring 6), Bean Validation
π¦ Spring Data JPA & Database
JpaRepository, query derivation, @Modifying, @Transactional propagation levels (REQUIRED vs REQUIRES_NEW), isolation levels
π¦ Security, Microservices & Testing
Spring Security filter chain, JWT authentication, CSRF, OAuth2, Circuit Breaker with Resilience4j, Saga pattern, @WebMvcTest, @DataJpaTest, Testcontainers
β Not a list of definitions you could Google
β Not a 500-page textbook that takes weeks to finish
β Real interview questions asked at top product companies
β Answers written the way you should speak in interviews
β Code examples you can actually reason through out loud
β Pro Tips that tell you what interviewers are actually testing
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