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The Complete Coding Interview Guide in Java

By : Anghel Leonard
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The Complete Coding Interview Guide in Java

By: Anghel Leonard

Overview of this book

Java is one of the most sought-after programming languages in the job market, but cracking the coding interview in this challenging economy might not be easy. This comprehensive guide will help you to tackle various challenges faced in a coding job interview and avoid common interview mistakes, and will ultimately guide you toward landing your job as a Java developer. This book contains two crucial elements of coding interviews - a brief section that will take you through non-technical interview questions, while the more comprehensive part covers over 200 coding interview problems along with their hands-on solutions. This book will help you to develop skills in data structures and algorithms, which technical interviewers look for in a candidate, by solving various problems based on these topics covering a wide range of concepts such as arrays, strings, maps, linked lists, sorting, and searching. You'll find out how to approach a coding interview problem in a structured way that produces faster results. Toward the final chapters, you'll learn to solve tricky questions about concurrency, functional programming, and system scalability. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to solve Java coding problems commonly used in interviews, and will have developed the confidence to secure your Java-centric dream job.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Section 1: The Non-Technical Part of an Interview
7
Section 2: Concepts
12
Section 3: Algorithms and Data Structures
19
Section 4: Bonus – Concurrency and Functional Programming

Preface

Java is a very popular language, featuring in a high number of IT job offers across a wide range of fields and industries. Since Java empowers billions of devices all over the world, it's become a very appealing technology to learn. However, learning Java is one thing; starting to develop a career in the Java field is something else. This book is dedicated to people who want to develop a Java career and want to ace Java-centric interviews.

With this book, you'll learn how to do the following:

  • Solve the 220+ most popular Java coding interview problems in a contretemps fashion encountered in a wide range of companies, including top firms such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Adobe, and Flipkart.
  • Collect the best techniques for solving a wide range of Java coding problems.
  • Tackle brain-teasing algorithms meant to develop strong and fast logic abilities.
  • Iterate the common non-technical interview questions that can make the difference between success and failure.
  • Get an overall picture of what employers want from a Java developer.

By the end of this book, you will have a solid informational foundation for solving Java coding interview problems. The knowledge achieved from this book will give you high confidence in yourself to obtain your Java-centric dream job.