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01: 13 Java low latency interview questions & answers

Have you seen job advertisements requiring Java candidates to work in low latency, high throughput, real-time and distributed systems with share-nothing architectures? Wondering what questions you will be asked? If you are an experienced Java developer targeting high paying skills then it pays to get a good handle on Java low latency interview questions & answers.…



02: 15 key considerations for low latency Java

Extends Writing low latency applications in Java interview Q&As. If the job description says “low latency” application, then be prepared. Even if “low latency” experience is not a requirement, all…



03: Java GC tuning for low latency applications

This assumes that you have read the basics on Java GC at Java Garbage Collection interview Q&A to ascertain your depth of Java knowledge. This is a must know topic…



03: Understanding Big O notations with Java

Q1.  Have  you seen job advertisements requiring Java candidates to work in real-time or high volume transaction processing systems? A1.  If you are applying for such jobs, you can be quizzed on…



04: Java primitives & objects memory consumption

Q1. How much memory space does a primitive type int occupy in Java? A1. 4 bytes. Q2. Java objects get stored in the heap memory space, but how about the…



06: Capture throughput & latencies with “Metrics Core” tutorial

“Metrics Core” is a very handy framework to gather insights & tune performance of high-throughput and low-latency services. Here is a very simple core Java multi-threaded application that gathers metrics…



07: Reactive Programming or Reactor pattern (RP) in Java Interview Q&As

Q1. Explain “pull” vs “push” paradigms (aka imperative/interactive vs reactive) with respect to processing data in programming? A1. Interactive/imperative Programming (Pull): is all about asking for something and getting it…



1. Asynchronous processing in Java real life examples – part-1

The scenario based questions are very popular with the job interviewers, and some scenario based questions are related to decoupling and asynchronous (aka non-blocking) processing in Java with message queues/topics,…



2. Asynchronous processing in Java real life examples – part-2

Extends: 1. Asynchronous processing in Java real life examples – part-1. Example 3: Trade execution reports are received & processed asynchronously If you are working in an online trading application,…



9 Java Garbage Collection interview questions & answers

Java Garbage Collection interview questions & answers to ascertain your depth of Java knowledge in building industry strength Java applications. Determining optimal Garbage Collection (GC) settings is critical to achieve high throughput & low latency.

Q1. In which part of memory does Java Garbage Collection (i.e. GC) occur?…



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