TCS Java Application Developer Interview Questions and Answers

A sequence was provided: 4181, 2684, 1597, 987, 610.
first 2 are given and write code for other value calculation using java 8

The second question required writing a reverse of a palindrome using both Java 8 streams. I was able to successfully write both and clear the first round.

Q1. Interviewer was himself not knowing anything as it was walkin drive he was sitting infront of me and checking questions on phone Introduction that he inturrepted in between when I was introducing myself
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Q2. What are the features of Java 17, specifically related to sealed classes, including their syntax and necessity, along with the potential errors encountered when invoking a sealed class?
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Java 17 introduces sealed classes to restrict inheritance and improve code maintainability.
• Sealed classes are declared using the 'sealed' keyword followed by the permitted subclasses.

• Subclasses of a sealed class must be either final or sealed themselves.

• Errors may occur when trying to extend a sealed class with a non-permitted subclass.
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Q3. Java 8 feathers stream api, functional interface, Intermittent operator ,Ternary operator, Prediction,Bi predicate. Answered all successfully
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Q4. Draw low level design of implementation of notify me if item is back in stock in a ecommerce application
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Implementation of 'notify me if item is back in stock' feature in an ecommerce application
• Create a database table to store user notifications for out-of-stock items

• Implement a service to check item availability and send notifications to subscribed users

• Provide a user interface for users to subscribe to notifications for specific items
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Q5. All design patterns which I know. Asked me to implement adapter pattern on paper
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Q6. Then given a problem that concurrent way perform operation on excell to decrease the response time
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Q1. Difference between HashMap and TreeMap? Internal working of HashMap?
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Q2. Functional Interface?
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Q3. Singleton Class?
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Q4. What is Eureka Server?
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Q5. How to handle Exception in SpringBoot?
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Q6. Find the average sal of employee in each department using java 8 Stream?
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Q7. What is circuit Breaker?
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Q8. What is docker and kubernates?
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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. Given an array {1, 2, 1, 4, 5, 4, 8, 7}, how can you use Streams to remove duplicates while retaining only the even numbers?
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Use Streams to remove duplicates and retain only even numbers from an array.
• Convert the array to a stream using Arrays.stream()

• Use distinct() to remove duplicates

• Filter out odd numbers using filter()

• Collect the result using collect(Collectors.toList())
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Q2. What is the use of Static and final when you will use Static methods
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Static methods can be accessed without creating an instance of the class, while final keyword makes the method unchangeable.
• Static methods belong to the class itself, not to any specific instance

• Final keyword ensures that the method cannot be overridden in subclasses

• Static methods are commonly used for utility methods that do not require access to instance variables

• Example: Math class in Java has static methods like Ma
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Q3. What is the difference between @restController and @controller Annotation
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The @RestController annotation is used to define RESTful web services while @Controller annotation is used to define MVC controller.
• RestController is a specialized version of Controller used for RESTful web services

• RestController eliminates the need for @ResponseBody annotation

• Controller is used for traditional MVC controller functionality

• RestController returns data directly without needing to go through a view resolve...read more
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Q4. What is microservices why we use it
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Microservices are a software development technique where applications are composed of small, independent services that communicate with each other.
• Microservices allow for easier scalability and maintenance of complex applications.

• Each service in a microservices architecture can be developed, deployed, and scaled independently.

• Microservices promote flexibility and agility in software development.

• Examples of companies us...read more
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Q1. What are intermediate and terminal operations
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Intermediate operations transform the elements of a stream, while terminal operations produce a result or side-effect.
• Intermediate operations include map, filter, sorted, distinct, etc.

• Terminal operations include forEach, collect, reduce, count, etc.

• Intermediate operations are lazy and do not execute until a terminal operation is called.

• Terminal operations trigger the processing of the stream and produce a result.
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Q2. Predefined functional interface
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Q3. Ways to create Thread
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Ways to create Thread in Java
• Extending the Thread class

• Implementing the Runnable interface

• Using Executor framework
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The first round was an interview conducted with a GENAI virtual bot.

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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