Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion

by Arulkumaran Kumaraswamipillai

Have you got the time to read 10 or more books and articles to add value prior to the interview? This book has been
written mainly from the perspective of Java/J2EE job seekers and interviewers. There are numerous books and articles
on the market covering specific topics like Java, J2EE, EJB, Design Patterns, ANT, CVS, Multi-Threading, Servlets, JSP,
emerging technologies like AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming), Test Driven Development (TDD), Dependency Injection
Dl (aka IoC – Inversion of Control) etc. But from an interview perspective it is not possible to brush up on all these books
where each book usually has from 300 pages to 600 pages. The basic purpose of this book is to cover all the core
concepts and key areas, which all Java/J2EE developers, designers and architects should be conversant with to perform
well in their current jobs and to launch a successful career by doing well at interviews. The interviewer can also use this
book to make sure that they hire the right candidate depending on their requirements. This book contains a wide range of
topics relating to Java/J2EE development in a concise manner supplemented with diagrams, tables, sample codes and
examples. This book is also appropriately categorized to enable you to choose the area of interest to you.

This book will assist all Java/J2EE practitioners to become better at what they do. Usually it takes years to understand all
the core concepts and key areas when you rely only on your work experience. The best way to fast track this is to read
appropriate technical information and proactively apply these in your work environment. It worked for me and hopefully it
will work for you as well. I was also at one stage undecided whether to name this book “Java/J2EE core concepts and
key areas” or “Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion”. The reason I chose “Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion” is
because the core concepts and key areas discussed in this book helped me to be successful in my interviews, helped me
to survive and succeed at my work regardless what my job (junior developer, senior developer, technical lead, designer,
contractor etc) was and also gave me thumbs up in code reviews. This book also has been set out as a handy reference
guide and a roadmap for building enterprise Java applications

Genres: Programming, Technical

357 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Rose Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hate to say this, but I wasn't as impressed with this book as I thought I should have been, GIVEN its place in the pantheon of programming books.

However, I still list this as a must read for all developers.

[Den Ponsky]

Definitely worth a read. You will not find any new ideas in this book.

[Sasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book first in 2011 before interviews for the job of java junior. It helped me not only to prepare but also to understand better some concepts of java enterprise and learn some tiny details of related technologies. I used it again as a reference when preparing for interviews for my second job but it is already out-dated. I hope very soon there will be a new edition, including new things from Java 8, Spring etc.

[Turaaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has much more then interview questions, through this book I had many A-HA moments about understanding J2EE architectures.
Unfortunetly, it is now quite dated.

[Ankur · Rating 4 out of 5]

its good resource for cracking the interviews

[Vitaliy Zasadnyy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best cheat sheet before Java interview

[Sushil]

good book