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

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Java Developer

Infosys

3 rounds | 16 Coding problems

Anonymous

Experienced | Sep 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 date9 Sep 2021

Problems7

This round primarily focused on OOPS in Java and how Multithreading is achieved in Java and the interviewer asked questions revolving around that only.

1. OOPS Question

Explain the use of final keyword in variable, method and class.

Problem approach

In Java, the final keyword is used as defining something as constant /final and represents the non-access modifier.

1) final variable :
i) When a variable is declared as final in Java, the value can’t be modified once it has been assigned.

ii) If any value has not been assigned to that variable, then it can be assigned only by the constructor of the class.

2) final m...

2. OOPS Question

How would you differentiate between a String, StringBuffer, and a StringBuilder?

Problem approach

1) Storage area : In string, the String pool serves as the storage area. For StringBuilder and StringBuffer, heap memory is the storage area.

2) Mutability : A String is immutable, whereas both the StringBuilder and StringBuffer are mutable.

3) Efficiency : It is quite slow to work with a String. However, StringBuilder is the fastest in performing operations. The speed of a String...

3. OOPS Question

Which among String or String Buffer should be preferred when there are lot of updates required to be done in the data?

Problem approach

StringBuffer is mutable and dynamic in nature whereas String is immutable. Every updation / modification of String creates a new String thereby overloading the string pool with unnecessary objects. Hence, in the cases of a lot of updates, it is always preferred to use StringBuffer as it will reduce the overhead of the creation of multiple String objects in the string pool.

4. Java Question

What's the difference between User thread and Daemon thread?

Problem approach

User and Daemon are basically two types of thread used in Java by using a ‘Thread Class’.

User Thread :

1) JVM waits for user threads to finish their tasks before termination.
2) These threads are normally created by the user for executing tasks concurrently.
3) They are used for critical tasks or core work of an application.
4) These threads...

5. Java Question

Difference b/w Runnable Interface and Callable Interface

Problem approach

Both Runnable and Callable interfaces are generally used to encapsulate tasks that are needed to be executed by another thread. But there are some differences between them as given below :

Runnable Interface :

1) It does not return any result and therefore, cannot throw a checked exception.
2) It cannot be passed to invokeAll method.
3) It was introduced in...

6. Java Question

What is thread starvation?

Problem approach

Thread starvation is basically a situation or condition where a thread won’t be able to have regular access to shared resources and therefore is unable to proceed or make progress. This is because other threads have high priority and occupy the resources for too long. This usually happens with low-priority threads that do not get CPU for its execution to carry on.

7. OOPS Question

What is Garbage collector in JAVA?

Problem approach

1) Garbage Collection in Java is a process by which the programs perform memory management automatically.

2) The Garbage Collector(GC) finds the unused objects and deletes them to reclaim the memory.

3) In Java, dynamic memory allocation of objects is achieved using the new operator that uses some memory and the
memory remains allocated until there are references for the ...

Round

Medium

Video Call

Duration60 Minutes

Interview date9 Sep 2021

Problems7

This round had questions revolving mainly around Spring and MVC Architecture.

1. Spring Boot Question

How to enable debugging log in the spring boot application?

Problem approach

Debugging logs can be enabled in three ways -

1) We can start the application with --debug switch.
2) We can set the logging.level.root=debug property in application.property file.
3) We can set the logging level of the root logger to debug in the supplied logging configuration file.

2. Spring Boot Question

What is dependency Injection?

Problem approach

The process of injecting dependent bean objects into target bean objects is called dependency injection.

1) Setter Injection : The IOC container will inject the dependent bean object into the target bean object by calling the setter method.

2) Constructor Injection : The IOC container will inject the dependent bean object into the target bean object by calling the target bean cons...

3. 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.

4. MVC Question

What is the root application context in Spring MVC? How is it loaded?

Problem approach

In Spring MVC, the context loaded using ContextLoaderListener is called the "root" application context which belongs to the whole application while the one initialized using DispatcherServlet is actually specific to that servlet.

Technically, Spring MVC allows multiple DispatcherServlet in a Spring MVC web application and so multiple such contexts each specific for respective servlet but...

5. MVC Question

What are the different properties of MVC routes?

Problem approach

MVC routes are accountable for governing which controller method will be executed for a given URL. Thus, the URL comprises of the following properties :

1) Route Name : It is the URL pattern which is used for mapping the handler.

2) URL Pattern : It is another property containing the literal values as well as variable placeholders (known as URL parameters).

3) Defaults : Th...

6. MVC Question

How is the routing carried out in MVC?

Problem approach

1) The RouteCollection contains a set of routes that are responsible for registering the routes in the application.

2) The RegisterRoutes method is used for recording the routes in the collection.

3) The URL patterns are defined by the routes and a handler is used which checks the request matching the pattern.

4) The MVC routing has 3 parameters.
...

7. MVC Question

Difference b/w View and Partial View

Problem approach

View :

1) The view is not as lightweight as that of Partial view.
2) The view has its own layout page.
3) The Viewstart page is rendered just before rendering any view.
4) The view can have markup tags of HTML such as HTML, head, body, title, meta, etc.

Partial View :

1) Partial view, as the name suggests, is lightweight than View.
2) The partial...

Round

Easy

HR Round

Duration30 Minutes

Interview date9 Sep 2021

Problems2

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

Tell me something not there in your resume.

Problem approach

If you get this question, it's an opportunity to choose the most compelling information to share that is not obvious from
your resume.

Example :

Strength -> I believe that my greatest strength is the ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently, which makes me
unique from others.

Ability to handle Pressure -> I enjoy working under pressure because I believe...

2. 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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