HSBC Group Senior Engineer Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Java 8 introduced several new features including lambda expressions, streams, and default methods.

• Lambda expressions allow for functional programming and concise code.

• Streams provide a way to process collections of data in a parallel and functional manner.

• Default methods allow for adding new functionality to interfaces without breaking existing implementations.

• Method references provide a way to refer to methods without...read more

Customised immutable java class can be written by declaring all fields as final and not providing any setters.

• Declare all fields as final

• Do not provide any setters

• Provide a constructor to initialize all fields

• Override equals() and hashCode() methods

• Make the class final

To check palindrome and anagram of a string with O(n), use a hash table to store character frequencies.

• Create a hash table to store the frequency of each character in the string.

• For palindrome, check that no more than one character has an odd frequency.

• For anagram, compare the hash tables of the two strings.

• If the hash tables are equal, the strings are anagrams.

• If the hash tables differ by only one character, the strin...read more

Optimized solutions and core principles applied in OOPS

• Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction are core principles of OOPS

• Optimized solutions can be achieved through efficient algorithms and data structures

• Design patterns like Singleton, Factory, Observer can also be used for optimized solutions