Cracking the Java Coding Interview HandBook. (1000+ Programming Questions and Solutions 2013) ( Including Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion ) (Java Interview ... Campus Questions With Explanation))

Now in the 15th Best Selling Edition, Cracking the Java Coding Interview gives you the interview preparation you need to get the top software developer jobs. This is a deeply technical book and focuses on the software engineering skills to ace your interview. The book includes 1000 programming interview questions and answers, as well as other advice Coding Standards in Java and Design And Development.

The full list of topics are as follows:

The Interview Process

This section offers an overview on questions are selected and how you will be evaluated. What happens when you get a question wrong? When should you start preparing, and how? What language should you use? All these questions and more are answered.

Behind the Scenes

Learn what happens behind the scenes during your interview, how decisions really get made, who you interview with, and what they ask you. Companies covered include Google, Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook.

Special Situations

This section explains the process for experience candidates, Program Managers, Dev Managers, Testers / SDETs, and more. Learn what your interviewers are looking for and how much code you need to know.

Before the Interview

In order to ace the interview, you first need to get an interview. This section describes what a software engineer's resume should look like and what you should be doing well before your interview.

Behavioral Preparation

Although most of a software engineering interview will be technical, behavioral questions matter too. This section covers how to prepare for behavioral questions and how to give strong, structured responses.

This section covers how to prepare for technical questions (without wasting your time) and teaches actionable ways to solve the trickiest algorithm problems. It also teaches you what exactly "good coding" is when it comes to an interview.

1000 Programming Questions and Answers

This section forms the bulk of the book. Each section opens with a discussion of the core knowledge and strategies to tackle this type of question, diving into exactly how you break down and solve it. Topics covered include

Arrays and Strings

Linked Lists

Stacks and Queues

Trees and Graphs

Bit Manipulation

Brain Teasers

Mathematics and Probability

Object-Oriented Design

Recursion and Dynamic Programming

Sorting and Searching

Scalability and Memory Limits

Testing

C and C++

Java

Databases

Threads and Locks

For the widest degree of readability, the solutions are almost entirely written with Java (with the exception of C / C++ questions). A link is provided with the book so that you can download, compile, and play with the solutions yourself.

Changes from the Fourth Edition: The fifth edition includes over 200 pages of new content, bringing the book from 300 pages to over 500 pages. Major revisions were done to almost every solution, including a number of alternate solutions added. The introductory chapters were massively expanded, as were the opening of each of the chapters under Technical Questions. In addition, 24 new questions were added.

There is a growing disconnect between plethora of Java Books or resources that are available and the level of knowledge industry based Java roles expect of an aspirant or a candidate who is willing to get a foothold in the ever dynamic and constantly evolving IT industry.

Hence it is of paramount importance that one gets a very sound background in Java where textbook based Java knowledge needs to be translated into tangible expertise to solve real world problems.