Cognizant Core Java Developer Interview Questions and Answers

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Q1. What improvements to interfaces were introduced in Java 8 that were missing in Java 7, specifically regarding static and default methods?
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Q2. Explain internal working of HashMap ? How to synchronize it ?
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Q3. Given a list of employees with their ratings, how can you sort the employees based on their ratings using the Java 8 Streaming API?
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Q4. Will the program compile if the parent class throws a runtime exception while the child class throws an arithmetic exception?
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Q5. In a Spring Boot application with two databases, how can you configure JDBC to specify which database to use?
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Q6. How to use a jetty server in your spring boot application ?
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Q7. Difference between @RequestParam and @PathVariable ?
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Q8. How would you handle a scenario where one microservice is awaiting a response from another microservice that is taking an extended time to respond?
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Q1. Create one Spring boot controller from end to end. No need to create a spring boot project we just want to see the structure and end to end implementation.
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Q2. Write a java 8 program to get the characters from a string whose count is 2 or more than 2 e.g. input: baseball , output: b, a, l.
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Q3. Why you left your previous organization.
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Q4. What is the functional interface
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Q5. What are the OOPS concepts. and some questions related to inheritance.
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Q6. Asked about the project mentioned in CV (Client project) and asked its architecture.
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Q7. Various SQL join types
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Q1. Are you ready to relocate to job location
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Q2. Why are you leaving your previous organization.
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Q3. Expectation about salary
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Q1. Java 8 , java 11 and java 17 features?
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Java 8 introduced lambda expressions, Java 11 added local-variable syntax for lambda parameters, and Java 17 included sealed classes and pattern matching.
• Java 8 introduced lambda expressions for functional programming.

• Java 11 added local-variable syntax for lambda parameters to simplify code.

• Java 17 included sealed classes to restrict inheritance and pattern matching for instanceof checks and type casts.
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Q2. Dispatcher servlet, design patterns
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Q3. @SpringbootApplication annotation, actuators
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Q4. String Coding question with java 8 features such as lambda function and stream api
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Q5. Number of words in a string
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Count the number of words in a given string.
• Split the string by spaces and count the number of resulting elements.

• Handle edge cases like multiple spaces or empty strings.

• Consider punctuation marks as part of words unless specified otherwise.
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Q6. Microservice design patterns
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Q1. Internal architecture of Spring boot, how enable autoconfiguration works
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Spring Boot uses autoconfiguration to automatically configure the Spring application based on dependencies and properties.
• Spring Boot autoconfiguration is achieved through @EnableAutoConfiguration annotation

• Autoconfiguration classes are located in the org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure package

• Autoconfiguration classes are conditionally applied based on the presence of specific classes or properties
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Q2. Questions mostly on microservices and coding question on restTemplate
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Onlin test consist pf easy numerical questions

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Q1. Java oops concept
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Q2. Basic sprophramming questions
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Q3. Networking firewall cisco
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Q1. Personal questions
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Q2. Whetehr to willing to work in any locations
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Yes, I am willing to work in any location for the right opportunity.
• I am open to relocating for the right job opportunity

• I am flexible and adaptable to new environments

• I believe working in different locations can provide valuable experiences and growth opportunities
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Q1. Transactions in springboot
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Transactions in Spring Boot manage database operations as a single unit of work to ensure data integrity.
• Spring Boot provides support for declarative transaction management using @Transactional annotation.

• Transactions can be configured at class or method level.

• Transactions can be rolled back in case of exceptions to maintain data consistency.

• Example: @Transactional annotation on a service method ensures that all databa...read more
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Q2. Difference between arraylist and linked list

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ArrayList is resizable array implementation, LinkedList is doubly linked list implementation.

• ArrayList uses dynamic array to store elements, LinkedList uses doubly linked list.

• ArrayList is faster for accessing elements by index, LinkedList is faster for adding/removing elements.

• Example: ArrayList arrList = new ArrayList<>(); LinkedList linkedList = new LinkedList<>();

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