Java Interview Preparation Comprehensive Guide

1. 1-Month Study Plan Overview

1-Month Java Interview Preparation Plan:

Week 1: Java Basics, Arrays, Strings, OOP, Recursion.
Week 2: Data Structures - LinkedList, Stack, Queue, HashMap, Set, TreeMap, PriorityQueue.
Week 3: Algorithms - Binary Search, Recursion Advanced, Sorting, Sliding Window, Backtracking, Greedy.
Week 4: Trees, Graphs, System Design, Mock Interviews, Company-specific Questions.

2. Week 1: Core Java & Basics

Day 1: Java Basics - Tutorial: JavaTPoint Java Tutorial (https://www.javatpoint.com/java-tutorial)

Practice: HackerRank 10 Days of Java (https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/tutorials/10-days-of-java)
Day 2: Arrays 1D - Tutorial: GFG Arrays (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/arrays-in-java/)
Practice: Find Min (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/find-smallest-number-array/), Linear Search
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linear-search/)
Day 3: Strings - Tutorial: GFG Strings (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/strings-in-java/)
Practice: Palindrome (https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-palindrome/), Anagram
(https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-anagram/)
Day 4: Recursion - Tutorial: GFG Recursion (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/recursion/)
Practice: Fibonacci (https://leetcode.com/problems/fibonacci-number/), Factorial
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/program-for-factorial-of-a-number/)
Day 5: OOP Concepts - Tutorial: GFG OOP
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/object-oriented-programming-oops-concept-in-java/)
Practice: Create Student Class (https://www.javatpoint.com/object-and-class-in-java)
Day 6: Inheritance & Polymorphism - Tutorial: JavaTPoint Inheritance (https://www.javatpoint.com/inheritance-in-java)
Practice: Java OOP MCQs (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/java-oops-mcq/)
Day 7: Exception Handling - Tutorial: GFG Exceptions (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/exceptions-in-java/)
Practice: Handle Divide-by-Zero (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/exception-handling-in-java/)

3. Week 2: Data Structures & Collections

Day 8: Sorting Basics - Tutorial: GFG Sorting Algorithms (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sorting-algorithms/)

Practice: Bubble Sort (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/bubble-sort/), Selection Sort
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/selection-sort/)
Day 9: Linked List - Tutorial: GFG LinkedList (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linked-list-in-java/)
Practice: Reverse Linked List (https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-linked-list/)
Day 10: Stack & Queue - Tutorial: GFG Stack vs Queue (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/stack-class-in-java/)
Practice: Valid Parentheses (https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-parentheses/), Implement Queue using Stacks
(https://leetcode.com/problems/implement-queue-using-stacks/)
Day 11: HashMap - Tutorial: Java HashMap (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/hashmap-in-java/)
Practice: Two Sum (https://leetcode.com/problems/two-sum/), First Unique Character
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(https://leetcode.com/problems/first-unique-character-in-a-string/)
Day 12: Set & TreeMap - Tutorial: Java TreeMap (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/treemap-in-java/)
Practice: Sort Characters by Frequency (https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-characters-by-frequency/)
Day 13: PriorityQueue & TreeSet - Tutorial: Java PriorityQueue
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/priority-queue-class-in-java-2/)
Practice: Top K Frequent Elements (https://leetcode.com/problems/top-k-frequent-elements/)
Day 14: Mixed DSA Practice - Solve 5 Easy-Medium LeetCode problems

4. Week 3: Algorithms & Advanced Logic

Day 15: Binary Search - Tutorial: GFG Binary Search (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/binary-search/)

Practice: Binary Search (https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-search/)
Day 16: Recursion Advanced - Tutorial: GFG Recursion (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/recursion/)
Practice: Subsets (https://leetcode.com/problems/subsets/), Permutations (https://leetcode.com/problems/permutations/)
Day 17: Merge & Quick Sort - Tutorial: GFG Merge Sort (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/merge-sort/)
Practice: Sort an Array (https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-an-array/)
Day 18: Sliding Window - Tutorial: YouTube Sliding Window (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DEfhR0h1XA)
Practice: Maximum Subarray (https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-subarray/), Find All Anagrams in a String
(https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-anagrams-in-a-string/)
Day 19: Backtracking - Tutorial: GFG Backtracking (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/backtracking-introduction/)
Practice: N-Queens (https://leetcode.com/problems/n-queens/), Sudoku Solver
(https://leetcode.com/problems/sudoku-solver/)
Day 20: Greedy Algorithms - Tutorial: GFG Greedy (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/greedy-algorithms/)
Practice: Coin Change (https://leetcode.com/problems/coin-change/), Activity Selection
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/greedy-algorithms-set-1-activity-selection-problem/)
Day 21: Mixed Coding Practice - Solve 5 Medium LeetCode problems

5. Week 4: Mock Interviews & Company-Specific Prep

Day 22: Company-Specific: Zoho, TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, PayPal, Google - Practice from respective playlists
Day 23: LRU Cache & Manual HashMap - Tutorial: GFG LRU Cache
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/lru-cache-implementation/)
Practice: LRU Cache (https://leetcode.com/problems/lru-cache/)
Day 24: Trees & BST - Tutorial: GFG Binary Tree (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/binary-tree-data-structure/)
Practice: Inorder Traversal (https://leetcode.com/problems/binary-tree-inorder-traversal/), LCA
(https://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-tree/)
Day 25: Graphs - Tutorial: GFG Graph Data Structure
(https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/graph-data-structure-and-algorithms/)
Practice: Number of Islands (https://leetcode.com/problems/number-of-islands/), Course Schedule
(https://leetcode.com/problems/course-schedule/)
Day 26: System Design Basics - Tutorial: System Design Primer (https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer)
Day 27: Mock Interview/Test - Use LeetCode Contest or GFG Contest
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Day 28: Review & Fix Weak Areas

Day 29: Final Mock Test - Timed Round
Day 30: Resume Polishing & Behavioral Questions (STAR Method)

6. Company-Specific Coding Question Sources

Zoho: https://www.faceprep.in/zoho/zoho-previous-year-coding-questions/
TCS: https://prepinsta.com/tcs-nqt/coding-questions/
Google: https://leetcode.com/company/google/
PayPal: https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/933886/paypal-oa-java
Cognizant: https://prepinsta.com/cognizant/coding-questions/
Wipro: https://prepinsta.com/wipro/coding-questions/

7. Strategy to Remember Concepts

OOP: Use real-world analogies.

Recursion: Trace on paper and understand base and recursive cases.
DSA Patterns: Two-pointer, sliding window, backtracking, greedy.
DP: Identify overlapping subproblems and optimal substructure.
System Design: Learn load balancing, caching, sharding, APIs.
Interview Guidelines: Clarify requirements, discuss approach, write clean code, dry-run, ask questions.

8. Master Tutorial Resources

Java Core: JavaTPoint Java Tutorial (https://www.javatpoint.com/java-tutorial)

DSA Track: GFG Java for Beginners (https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/tracks/java-for-beginners/)
Video: Apna College Java Full Course (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLJmHOJ0ME)
Video: Telusko Java Full Course (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cm1x4bC610)
DSA Playlist: Kunal Kushwaha (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9gnSGHSqcnp39cTyB1dTZ2pJ04Xmdrod)
System Design: Gaurav Sen (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMCXHnjXnTnsN3Qz0VG9QS-jbz3vY6kGz)
Mock Interviews: Tech With Tim FAANG Mock
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzMcBGfZo4-n4vJJybUVV3Un_NFS5EOgX)