Overall process was good. Completed all the rounds including HR in 2 weeks. First round Karat- easy, problem solving, scenario based on core Java and Spring Boot microservices Second round - mostly on core Java, microservices, Angular, Database. Technically strong Interviewer.Third round

• Techno managerial, mostly scenario based. Checked problem solving capabilities. Fourth round
• Visited the office for this round. Some simple questions on resume. Fifth round - HR round, salary negotiation.

We discussed Java 17 and 21 features and virtual thread usages.

We covered garbage collection types and object references.

Why is the finalize method deprecated and what should be used instead of that?

There was a coding exercise on Java 8 streaming.

We talked about parallel processing and threading using CompletableFuture.

We explored asynchronous communication in microservices.

We also reviewed microservices design patterns.