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Java Backend Interview Prep Guide

The document outlines essential intermediate-level data structures and algorithms (DSA) topics for Java backend interview preparation, including arrays, strings, searching and sorting, hashing, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, recursion, and dynamic programming. It also lists common DSA question types and must-practice problems, emphasizing the importance of Java revision and coding behavior. Final advice suggests focusing on arrays, strings, HashMap, and binary search for effective preparation.

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Java Backend Interview Prep Guide

The document outlines essential intermediate-level data structures and algorithms (DSA) topics for Java backend interview preparation, including arrays, strings, searching and sorting, hashing, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, recursion, and dynamic programming. It also lists common DSA question types and must-practice problems, emphasizing the importance of Java revision and coding behavior. Final advice suggests focusing on arrays, strings, HashMap, and binary search for effective preparation.

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Interview Preparation – Java Backend

(Intermediate DSA)

1. Intermediate-Level DSA Topics

A. Arrays

- Prefix sum

- Sliding window (fixed & variable)

- Two pointers

- Kadane’s algorithm

- Sorting + comparator/comparable

- Frequency maps

B. Strings

- Manipulations, palindrome, anagram

- Two pointers

- StringBuilder

- Pattern checking

C. Searching & Sorting

- Binary search

- BS on answer

- Custom comparator sorting

D. Hashing (HashMap / HashSet)

- Duplicate check

- Frequency map

- Subarray sum = K
- Two-sum

E. Stack & Queue

- Using ArrayDeque

- Parentheses matching

- Next greater element

- Sliding window max (Deque)

F. Linked List

- Reverse

- Find middle

- Cycle detection

- Merge sorted lists

G. Trees

- Inorder, preorder, postorder

- Level-order

- Height, count nodes

- BST basics

H. Recursion & Backtracking

- Factorial, Fibonacci

- Subsets, permutations

I. Basic Dynamic Programming

- Fibonacci DP

- Knapsack concept

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2. Common DSA Question Types

- Two pointers

- Sliding window

- HashMap based

- Binary search based

- Stack based

- Recursion

- Tree traversal

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3. Must-Practice Problems

1. Two Sum

2. Kadane’s Algorithm

3. Sort 0-1-2

4. Merge intervals

5. Move zeros

6. Reverse words

7. Longest substring without repeating

8. Check anagram

9. Subarray sum = K

10. Majority element

11. Valid parentheses

12. Next greater element

13. Reverse linked list

14. Detect cycle

15. First & last occurrence

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4. Final Checklist

Java revision

- Collections

- ArrayList vs LinkedList

- HashMap working

- Comparable vs Comparator

- String vs StringBuilder

- Exceptions

DSA revision

- Arrays, Strings

- Binary search

- Two pointers

- Sliding window

- HashMap patterns

- Stacks/Queues

- Linked List basics

- Tree traversal

- Recursion basics

Coding Behaviour

- Explain brute force → optimize

- Explain time/space complexity

- Handle edge cases

- Write clean Java code

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Final Advice

Focus mainly on Arrays, Strings, HashMap & Binary Search.

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