Java Backend & Full Stack Interview
Mastery Roadmap (Final Pro Version)
1. Programming Fundamentals
Core Java (OOP, Collections, Streams, Exception Handling)
Java Internals (JVM, Memory Model, Garbage Collection)
Multithreading & Concurrency
2. Data Structures & Algorithms
Arrays, Strings, Hashing
Trees, Graphs
Recursion, Backtracking
Dynamic Programming
Heap, Stack, Queue
3. Spring Ecosystem
Spring Core, AOP, MVC
Spring Boot
Spring Data JPA, Transactions
Spring Security
Spring Cloud
4. Backend Architecture
Microservices Architecture
API Design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
Design Patterns
System Design (HLD + LLD)
5. Databases
SQL (Joins, Indexing, Transactions)
NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)
Database Internals
6. Messaging & Streaming
Kafka
RabbitMQ
Event-driven architecture
7. Caching
Redis
Caching Strategies (Cache Aside, Write Through, Write Back)
8. DevOps & Cloud
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS (EKS)
CI/CD (GitLab, ArgoCD)
9. Observability
Prometheus, Grafana
ELK Stack
OpenTelemetry
Logs, Metrics, Traces
10. Testing
JUnit
Mockito
Integration Testing
Testcontainers
JMeter
11. Distributed Systems
CAP Theorem
Consistency Models
Replication
Partitioning
Leader Election
12. Networking & Linux
HTTP/HTTPS
TCP/IP
DNS
Linux Commands
Debugging
13. Frontend (Optional)
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript
React, Redux
Performance Optimization
14. Security
Authentication & Authorization
JWT, OAuth2
Spring Security
OWASP Top 10