Infosys Interview Experience | Java Developer Jul 2021 (Exp. 0-2 Years)

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Java Developer

Infosys

3 rounds | 15 Coding problems

Anonymous

Experienced | Jul 2021

Selected

Interview preparation journey

Preparation

Duration: 3 months

Topics: Java , OOPS , Spring , MVC , Hibernate , Aptitude

Tip

Tip 1 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 2 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application process

Where: Referral

Eligibility: 1+ years of experience

Resume tip

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Interview rounds

Round

Medium

Video Call

Duration60 Minutes

Interview date28 Jul 2021

Problems7

The interviewer asked me questions majorly from J2EE and OOPS followed by some questions from Operating System (Unix).

1. Java Question

Difference between save and saveorupdate

Problem approach

save() – This method in Hibernate is used to stores an object in the database. It inserts an entry if the record doesn’t exist, otherwise not.

saveorupdate () -This method in the hibernate is used for updating the object using identifier. If the identifier is missing this method calls save(). If the identifier exists, it will call update method.

2. Java Question

Differentiate between .ear, .jar and .war files.

Problem approach

.jar files : These files are with the .jar extension. The .jar files contain the libraries, resources and accessories files like property files.

.war files : These files are with the .war extension. The .war file contains JSP, HTML, javascript and other files necessary for the development of web applications.

.ear files : The .ear file contains the EJB modules of the application.<...

3. OOPS Question

Difference between Abstract class and Interface.

Problem approach

The differences between Abstract Class and Interface are as follows :

Abstract Class :

1) Abstract classes have a default constructor and it is called whenever the concrete subclass is instantiated.
2) It contains Abstract methods as well as Non-Abstract methods.
3) The class which extends the Abstract class shouldn’t require the implementation of all the methods, only Abstr...

4. OOPS Question

How does an exception propagate in the code?

Problem approach

When an exception occurs, first it searches to locate the matching catch block. In case, the matching catch block is located, then that block would be executed. Else, the exception propagates through the method call stack and goes into the caller method where the process of matching the catch block is performed. This propagation happens until the matching catch block is found. If the match is n...

5. Technical Question

What do you know about the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) ?

Problem approach

The technology that is used to communicate between the web server and the web browser is called Secure Socket Layer (SSL). More specifically, SSL is a protocol that describes how algorithms are to be used in encryption.

The technology establishes an encrypted link between two parties and this link is allowed to secure transmission of sensitive information such as login credentials, credi...

6. OS Question

Explain any 5 essential UNIX commands .

Problem approach

1) ls -> Lists files in current directory
2) cd -> Change directory to tempdir
3) mkdir -> Make a directory called graphics
4) rmdir -> Remove directory (must be empty)
5) cp -> Copy file into directory

7. OS Question

Explain Piping in Unix/Linux

Problem approach

1) A pipe is a form of redirection (transfer of standard output to some other destination) that is used in Linux and other
Unix-like operating systems to send the output of one command/program/process to another command/program/process for further processing.

2) The Unix/Linux systems allow stdout of a command to be connected to stdin of another command. We can make it
do so by usi...

Round

Medium

Video Call

Duration60 Minutes

Interview date28 Jul 2021

Problems7

In this round , I faced questions from Hibernate and Spring Boot. The interviewer also asked me if I was comfortable with DBMS to which I replied Yes and so he also asked me some basic questions related to DBMS.

1. Hibernate Question

When is merge() method of the hibernate session useful ?

Problem approach

Merge() method can be used for updating existing values. The specialty of this method is, once the existing values are updated, the method creates a copy from the entity object and returns it. This result object goes into the persistent context and is then tracked for any changes. The object that was initially used is not tracked.

2. Hibernate Question

How do you create an immutable class in hibernate?

Problem approach

Immutable class in hibernate creation could be in the following way. If we are using the XML form of configuration, then a class can be made immutable by markingmutable=false. The default value is true there which indicating that the class was not created by default.

In the case of using annotations, immutable classes in hibernate can also be created by using @Immutable annotation.

3. Hibernate Question

What is hibernate caching?

Problem approach

Hibernate caching is the strategy for improving the application performance by pooling objects in the cache so that
the queries are executed faster. Hibernate caching is particularly useful when fetching the same data that is executed
multiple times. Rather than hitting the database, we can just access the data from the cache. This results in reduced
throughput time of the application....

4. DBMS Question

Explain the concept of ACID properties in DBMS.

Problem approach

ACID properties are a combination of Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability properties. These properties
prove to be very helpful in allowing a safe and secure way of sharing the data amongst multiple users.

Atomicity: When changes are being done to the data it feels as though a single operation is performed. In other
words, either all the changes are performed, or none ...

5. DBMS Question

What is Self-Join and Cross-Join ?

Problem approach

Self-Join : A self JOIN is a case of regular join where a table is joined to itself based on some relation between its
own column(s). Self-join uses the INNER JOIN or LEFT JOIN clause and a table alias is used to assign different
names to the table within the query.

Cross-Join : Cross join can be defined as a cartesian product of the two tables included in the join. The table a...

6. Spring Boot Question

What Are the Basic Annotations that Spring Boot Offers?

Problem approach

The primary annotations that Spring Boot offers reside in its "org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure" and its sub-packages. Here are a couple of basic ones:

@EnableAutoConfiguration – to make Spring Boot look for auto-configuration beans on its classpath and automatically apply them.

@SpringBootApplication – used to denote the main class of a Boot Application. This annotation com...

7. Spring Boot Question

What is the @Controller annotation used for? How can you create a controller without an annotation?

Problem approach

The @Controller is a Spring MVC annotation to define Controller but in reality, it's just a stereotype annotation. You
can even create a controller without @Controller by annotating the Spring MVC Controller classes using
@Component annotation. The real job of request mapping to the handler method is done using @RequestMapping
annotation.

Round

Easy

HR Round

Duration30 Minutes

Interview date28 Jul 2021

Problems1

This is a cultural fitment testing round. HR was very frank and asked standard questions. Then we discussed about my
role.

1. Basic HR Question

Why should we hire you ?

Problem approach

Tip 1 : The cross questioning can go intense some time, think before you speak.

Tip 2 : Be open minded and answer whatever you are thinking, in these rounds I feel it is important to have opinion.

Tip 3 : Context of questions can be switched, pay attention to the details. It is okay to ask questions in these round,
like what are the projects currently the company is investing, ...

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