Server Engineer Interview Questions

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1)Assume Threaded Environment, what can go wrong in code and how to fix it. -your given a main, interface, and a global final static variable 2)Overriding ArrayList equal operator I believe? -Basically in main you add an object- array.add(new object(3,4)), then attempt to remove - array.remove(new object(3,4)). -You can't edit the main, so you have to override the equals operator in ArrayList in the class method 3)Overriding Hashmap equal operator and hashcode -Similar logic, you cant edit the main so edit the method. 4)Threading questions, basically a this.wait() -Did not get a good look at this question, but review your Operating Systems. Has to do with thread locking i believe (rusty myself here need to look over it) 5)Write out the ArrayList class. -Write out the ArrayList data structure -getsize -addElement -Remove Element -One more which I forgot -This question is actually very easy but a little time consuming, I did not get to it sadly
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Java Server Engineer

Interviewed at Skillz

3.1
Oct 7, 2016

1)Assume Threaded Environment, what can go wrong in code and how to fix it. -your given a main, interface, and a global final static variable 2)Overriding ArrayList equal operator I believe? -Basically in main you add an object- array.add(new object(3,4)), then attempt to remove - array.remove(new object(3,4)). -You can't edit the main, so you have to override the equals operator in ArrayList in the class method 3)Overriding Hashmap equal operator and hashcode -Similar logic, you cant edit the main so edit the method. 4)Threading questions, basically a this.wait() -Did not get a good look at this question, but review your Operating Systems. Has to do with thread locking i believe (rusty myself here need to look over it) 5)Write out the ArrayList class. -Write out the ArrayList data structure -getsize -addElement -Remove Element -One more which I forgot -This question is actually very easy but a little time consuming, I did not get to it sadly

Basic first round interview questions, no skills assessments but did go over my entire work history going back to the early 2000s, which I felt was egregious given even background checks only go up to 10 years and failed to see the relevance of it beyond what's presented on my resume.
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Windows Server Engineer

Interviewed at Epic

3.3
Aug 3, 2023

Basic first round interview questions, no skills assessments but did go over my entire work history going back to the early 2000s, which I felt was egregious given even background checks only go up to 10 years and failed to see the relevance of it beyond what's presented on my resume.

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