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Java Programmer Interview Guide (4th Edition)

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Word count
495 words
Chapters
1
Series
Java Programmer Interview Guide
ISBN
9787121270611

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Summary

The Java Programmer Interview Guide (4th Edition) is a job-hunting technical book compiled by Ou Liqi, Zhu Mei, and Duan Tao, published by Publishing House of Electronics Industry in 2015. It is a companion volume to the Programmer Interview Guide and the fourth edition of that series. At about 495,000 characters, it is divided into six major parts. Part One covers the job-hunting process: application channels and procedures, resume-writing points, and the five-step process of written test, telephone interview, interview, signing, and breach of contract, as well as career development planning for new graduates and working professionals. Parts Two through Four form the technical core, covering basic concepts of Java programming (JVM, i++, type conversion, program structure, operators, exceptions, reflection), pass-by-value and pass-by-reference, input/output and serialization, recursion and loops, memory management and garbage collection, object orientation, inheritance and interfaces, as well as fundamentals of data structures, strings, arrays, and generics, design patterns, and operating systems, databases and SQL, computer networks and distributed systems. Part Five covers Java open-source technologies, involving Spring, Hibernate, EJB, JDBC, JSP, Servlet, Struts, and related middleware. Part Six consists of comprehensive interview questions, discussing how to handle English interviews and telephone interviews and breaking number, chart, and puzzle questions into separate chapters for categorized explanation. Compared with the 3rd edition, this edition adds constructors, Java interface types, Trie trees, graph traversal, dynamic programming, operating system thread management, and hash tables, among other content. The questions are drawn mainly from real interview questions from major companies between 2013 and 2015; each question provides a detailed analysis and extends to related knowledge points. The book is aimed at programmers preparing for jobs and computer science graduates, helping readers string scattered knowledge points into lines of interview response.

Editor's review

这是一本被面试逼出来的书,也是一本按面试流程排布的书。它从“怎么投简历、怎么接电话、怎么谈签约”讲起,把求职当作一个可以拆解的项目来讲;然后是JVM、i++、传值传引用、垃圾回收、多态这些Java面试里出现频率最高的考点,每题都附有解析,还会延伸出相关知识点,适合在短时间内把知识盲区扫一遍。第4版的更新思路比较明确:题目取自2013至2015年多家大公司的真实面试题,新增了构造函数、接口类型、Trie树、图的遍历、动态规划、线程管理、哈希表等内容,能看出作者真的在根据企业出题的变化调整。后半部分把数字题、图表题、智力题单独拆成章节,对非技术轮和群体面试也有覆盖,这是同类书里较少见的安排。客观地说,它不是一本体系完整的Java教材,算法与框架部分的深度有限,读者评价也呈两极;但作为“短期冲刺和查漏补缺”的工具书,它的结构清晰、题量大、能帮人快速进入面试状态。若你手里已经有一两本扎实的技术书(如《Java编程思想》或《Effective Java》),再用它把知识点串起来、练熟答题思路,效果会更好。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 正在准备Java后端开发岗校招或社招的应届毕业生
  • 工作1-3年、准备跳槽、需要系统复习面试考点的开发者
  • 想把散落的Java知识点按面试问法重新梳理一遍的读者
  • 需要了解笔试、电话面、技术面到签约全流程的求职新手

Not a good fit for

  • 零基础、尚未系统学习Java语法与面向对象的初学者
  • 希望深入掌握JVM底层原理或框架源码的资深工程师
  • 只想读纯算法竞赛题解、不关心求职流程的读者

Reading tips

  1. 先通读第1部分并定好时间表,把简历、投递和面试节奏安排清楚,再进入技术章节。
  2. 按“Java基础→数据结构→操作系统/网络/数据库→开源框架”的顺序复习,每章只挑自己答不上来的题精读。
  3. 配合IDE手写代码验证书中的输出类题目,尤其是i++、传值传引用和字符串相关题。
  4. 面试前一周专攻第6部分的英语面试、电话面试和智力题,并做模拟自述练习。

About the publisher

Publishing House of Electronics Industry China · Founded in 1982

The Publishing House of Electronics Industry is a comprehensive publisher distinguished by its focus on electronic information and related fields. Judging from the more than 3,000 titles in its catalogue, its publishing covers programming and design, artificial intelligence, computer science, finance and economics, photography, and social sciences, attending both to cutting-edge technology and to general readers. Representative titles include Factor Investing: Methods and Practice, x86 Assembly Language: From Real Mode to Protected Mode, The RISC-V Reader, Artificial Intelligence: Speech Recognition, Understanding and Practice, Phased Array Radar Technology, Radar Target Characteristics, and 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, most of which centre on technical methods and engineering practice. Its authors include Shi Chuan, Li Zhong, Wang Xiaobo, David Patterson, Andrew Waterman, and Yu Zihao, among others from China and abroad. Owing to limited public information, no further publishing features are elaborated here.

Contents

  1. Java Programmer Interview Guide

FAQ

这本书适合零基础学Java的人吗?
不太适合。本书定位是面试冲刺与考点梳理,默认读者已具备Java语法、面向对象和基本数据结构基础,零基础读者会难以消化其中的题目解析,建议先学完一本系统教材再来使用。
第4版和第3版主要差别在哪里?
第4版保留了数据结构、字符串处理、Java程序设计等主干内容,但换用了2013至2015年多家大公司的面试真题,新增构造函数、Java接口类型、Trie树、图的遍历、动态规划、操作系统线程管理、哈希表等知识点,并把智力测试拆成数字、图表、智力三章。
书里的题目现在还够用吗?
书出版于2015年,Spring Boot、微服务、分布式与JVM调优等当下高频考点覆盖有限,JSP、Struts、EJB等内容也已显陈旧。建议用它打基础、练答题思路,再补充近年的面试题库和框架实战内容。
这本书的豆瓣评分为什么不高?
第4版在豆瓣的评分偏低,常见评价是题目偏向老式笔试、部分章节深度不足、框架部分已过时。它的价值更多在于流程梳理和知识点串联,而不是权威深入的技术讲解,读者可结合口碑自行判断预期。
这本书和《程序员面试宝典》是什么关系?
两者是姊妹书,作者团队相近,均由电子工业出版社出版。《程序员面试宝典》以C系语言考点为主、覆盖面更广;本书则专门聚焦Java岗,把Java语言、数据结构、开源框架和综合面试题讲得更细。

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欧立奇 Author

Ou Liqi is an author whose writing focuses mainly on personal finance and business topics. Publicly available information about him is limited, and no reliable records of his nationality, dates of birth and death, or detailed career have been found. Judging from the four works included in the database, his writing centers on practical investing and covers such subjects as precious metals, including gold and silver, commodities, foreign exchange, and basketball lottery investing. His representative work is The Gold and Silver Investment Treasure Book: Learning Precious Metals Investing from One Book. These works are generally aimed at ordinary readers and positioned as introductory guides, seeking to explain the basic knowledge and methods of different investment products in accessible language. Overall, Ou Liqi's writing stays close to individual investors' needs and covers a range of market categories, showing a popular and practice-oriented character.

朱梅 Author

Zhu Mei is an author who has drawn attention in the field of Chinese science fiction publishing, though public information about her remains limited: details such as her nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name are not clearly recorded. Judging from the two works included in the database, her writing is closely associated with the "World Science Fiction Masters Series." Her representative works are the Spanish Beggars Trilogy (three-volume set) and Beggars and Choosers. These works are categorized under foreign literature and premium fiction, suggesting that her creative or editorial work leans toward science fiction, with particular attention to social themes and the unfolding of characters' fates. Although the available material is insufficient to outline her complete creative career, the fact that her works have been included in a well-known science fiction series indicates that she has achieved a certain recognition among Chinese science fiction readers, and that her works are worth continued reading and discussion.

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