Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion [Paperback]

Arulkumaran Kumaraswamipillai (Author), Sivayini Arulkumaran (Co-editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 31, 2007

400+ Java/J2EE Interview questions with clear and concise answers for: job seekers (junior/senior developers, architects, team/technical leads), promotion seekers, pro-active learners and interviewers. Free download

Lulu top 100 best seller. Increase your earning potential by learning, applying and succeeding. Learn the fundamentals relating to Java/J2EE in an easy to understand questions and answers approach. Covers 400+ popular interview Q&A with lots of diagrams, examples, code snippets, cross referencing and comparisons. This is not only an interview guide but also a quick reference guide, a refresher material and a roadmap covering a wide range of Java/J2EE related topics.

Editorial Reviews

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What An Excellent Book! [ No Rating ] 26 Jul 2006 (updated 26 Jul 2006) by andrew myo Dear Mr. Author

I have got a copy of your book last week. It is really an incredible book that I have ever seen. I have seen so many Java books like Deitel, Ivor Horton. They are also good. But the book of yours can give me an overall bird-eye view of the Java Environment together with so many useful questions. I am totally impressed with the way you have learned Java. Yours Sincerely Ye Tun Oo -- Lulu - readers' review comments

Concise, to the point and delivers 4 Feb 2006 by rvakella This is a very well written book, and very intense, not only for interviews but also for a quick reference. The author describes all the key features quite succinctly. I have not seen a book of this nature in my experience previously and have thus enjoyed reading it multiple times. -- Lulu - readers' review comments

Success rate in interviews is very high [ No Rating ] 26 Sep 2006 by vsen2k5 hi all, success rate in interviews is very high when i used this book. this is the best book one can buy, that gives overall summary of most j2ee, java technologies in a concise manner . it is very helpful for interviews and can be used as a reference . i used this to get 6 jobs in 2 weeks . out of which one is an architect job . kudos to the author. regards vinodh eth -- Lulu - readers' review comments

by Bharadwaj Gopal Having gone through the book, I have to say that I am really impressed with the book as a whole. It covers key concepts, stating the basics and fundamentals clearly. Its well updated including EJB 3.0, popular frameworks such as Hibernate, Struts and touching upon latest versions of JDK as well whereever needed. The book is well organised and covers all typical questions of a Java/J2EE interview. Most of the time we do know the questions and the standard answers, but a person reading this book would be able to express a clear answer which would make the person taking the interview believe that the candidate is a clearly above the mark. This book should be equally useful to interview takers as it is to job applicants. -- Lulu - readers' review comments

From the Author

This book is a Lulu's top 100 best seller. It is currently ranked 24th at Lulu.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 356 pages
• Publisher: lulu.com (March 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411668243
• ISBN-13: 978-1411668249
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A Mechanical Engineer who changed his career to Java/JEE in 1999. Currently working as a Java/JEE consultant/contractor in Sydney. Maintaining a Java-Success blog to help fellow professionals with useful resources.

Published two books entitled:

"Core Java Career Essentials" (New Book) covering 250+ core Java Interview Questions Answered with lots of examples, working code, and diagrams.

"Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion" (Sold over 15,000 copies) covering 400+ Java/JEE Interview Questions Answered with lots of diagrams, code snippets, and examples.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a strenuous test of your java knowledge, May 28, 2007

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion (Paperback)

It's a long exam, by some standards. The questions range very widely, and offer a strenuous test of your java knowledge. The relatively easy section comes first. Where the questions are about standard java. The java that is usually denoted J2SE. Many java programmers should breeze thru it. Anyone with fluency in writing vanilla java won't have any problems. Perhaps in recognition of this, the author has kept this section relatively brief.

The meat of the exam is about Enterprise level java. J2EE. Much of this relates to running an enterprise program on a server. What type of server? Some questions concern when you have a web server. So brush up on Java Server Pages, Servlets and Beans. Speaking of beans, you also need to cover EJBs.

Another type of server is when you have to hook up to a SQL database. And there are questions about how to do this. Plus, interacting between a java program and XML is an important practical topic. Also covered. Along with running unit tests, via JUnit, and implementing a logger.

More is covered. Good revision before a job interview.

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good content, terribly written, October 5, 2007

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lagomorfo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion (Paperback)

This book covers most of the topics one might need for a J2EE interview, and in that sense it is a good book. Quite adequate for reviewing before interviews just as I'm doing.
However, even if it is a technical book, it should be written using adequate English grammar and using good writing techniques. Just as J2EE has its tricks, so does English. A more professional layout would also be useful. The book needs an editor. Urgently.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the tin, September 2, 2008

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Mr. Sean P. Mullins (Melbourne) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion (Paperback)

I'm finding this a good book preparing for interviews after over a year out traveling, a slightly scary prospect. It's great to find so much subject matter (and most of it very relevant) in one place, but I'm only giving it 3 stars due to some really poor editing. Not something I normally worry about unduly, but I have a breaking point. Some of the examples are lifted more or less straight off other websites...