Here's a structured metable for your prepara on to become interview-ready for a Java Developer

role. This metable is designed for 12 weeks (3 months), assuming you’re dedica ng around 4-6
hours per day for study and prac ce. Feel free to adjust it based on your availability and pace.

Week 1-2: Core Java (Advanced OOP, Collec ons, Excep on Handling)

Focus: Core Java concepts that build upon your OOP knowledge.

Day 1-3: Advanced OOPs Concepts

 Study and implement:

o Abstrac on, Encapsula on, Inheritance, and Polymorphism

o Design Principles: SOLID principles

 Prac ce: Solve small problems that require you to use these principles.

Day 4-6: Excep on Handling & Input/Output

 Learn about:

o Try-catch-finally blocks, crea ng custom excep ons

o Excep on handling best prac ces

 Prac ce: Write code to handle excep ons effec vely.

Day 7-10: Collec ons Framework

 Learn about:

o List (ArrayList, LinkedList), Set (HashSet, TreeSet), Map (HashMap, TreeMap), Queue
(LinkedList, PriorityQueue)

o Generics in Collec ons

 Prac ce: Solve problems related to collec ons, including sor ng, filtering, and itera ng.

Day 11-14: Mul threading & Concurrency

 Study:

o Crea ng and managing threads, thread life cycle

o Synchroniza on (synchronized blocks, methods)

o Thread pooling, Executor Service, and handling concurrency issues

 Prac ce: Solve problems that involve mul -threading (e.g., producer-consumer problems).

Week 3-4: Data Structures & Algorithms

Focus: Understanding and implemen ng basic data structures and algorithms.

Day 1-3: Arrays & Strings

o Array manipula on (rota on, reversing, searching, sor ng)

o String opera ons (palindromes, anagrams, substring searching)

Day 4-6: Linked Lists & Stacks/Queues

 Study:

o Singly Linked Lists, Doubly Linked Lists

o Stack and Queue opera ons (implementa on, reversing, balancing symbols)

 Prac ce: Solve problems on Linked Lists and Stacks/Queues.

Day 7-10: Trees & Graphs

 Study:

o Binary Trees, Binary Search Trees, Tree Traversals (Preorder, Inorder, Postorder)

o Graph representa on, BFS, DFS

 Prac ce: Solve problems on tree traversal and graph traversal.

Day 11-14: Sor ng & Searching Algorithms

 Study:

o Sor ng algorithms: BubbleSort, MergeSort, QuickSort, Inser onSort

o Searching algorithms: Binary Search, Linear Search

 Prac ce: Implement and op mize these algorithms. Solve problems related to
sor ng/searching.

Week 5-6: Databases & SQL

Focus: Database interac ons and SQL queries.

Day 1-3: JDBC (Java Database Connec vity)

 Study:

o How to connect to databases using JDBC

o CRUD opera ons (Create, Read, Update, Delete) with SQL

 Prac ce: Write simple programs interac ng with a database using JDBC.

Day 4-6: SQL Queries

 Study and prac ce:

o Wri ng SELECT queries, using JOINs, GROUP BY, HAVING, subqueries, and aggregates

o Normaliza on and indexing

Day 7-10: Advanced SQL & Database Design

 Study:

o Complex JOIN opera ons, subqueries, and window func ons

o Understanding database design and ER modeling

 Prac ce: Work on database design problems, create schema for small applica ons.

Day 11-14: Integra ng JDBC with Java

 Study:

o Managing database connec ons with connec on pooling

o Transac ons, excep on handling in database opera ons

 Prac ce: Build a Java app with a database back-end (using JDBC).

Week 7-8: Spring Framework (Spring Core, Spring Boot)

Focus: Learn the Spring framework essen als.

Day 1-4: Spring Core

 Study:

o Dependency Injec on, Inversion of Control (IoC)

o Spring Bean lifecycle and configura on (XML, annota on-based)

 Prac ce: Build simple applica ons with Spring Core.

Day 5-7: Spring Boot

 Study:

o Introduc on to Spring Boot, crea ng Spring Boot applica ons

o Spring Boot auto-configura on, starter projects, embedded Tomcat

 Prac ce: Build a RESTful applica on using Spring Boot.

Day 8-10: Spring Boot Advanced Concepts

 Study:

o Working with proper es, configura on files

o Spring Boot Actuator, DevTools for development

 Prac ce: Work on enhancing your Spring Boot app with advanced configura on.

Day 11-14: Spring Data JPA

 Study:
 o Using Spring Data JPA for database interac on

o Crea ng repositories, CRUD opera ons with Spring Data

 Prac ce: Build an app using Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA to interact with a database.

Week 9: Version Control (Git) & Tes ng

Focus: Version control prac ces and unit tes ng.

Day 1-3: Git Basics

 Study:

o Git commands: clone, commit, push, pull, merge, branch, rebase

o Using GitHub or GitLab for repository hos ng

 Prac ce: Set up a Git repository, commit changes, and push them to a remote repository.

Day 4-6: JUnit & Mockito (Tes ng)

 Study:

o Wri ng unit tests with JUnit, understanding asser ons

o Mocking dependencies with Mockito

 Prac ce: Write unit tests for small applica ons, mock external dependencies.

Day 7-9: Integra on Tes ng

 Study:

o Spring Boot tes ng with @SpringBootTest

o Integra on tes ng with databases

 Prac ce: Write integra on tests for your Spring Boot applica on.

Week 10-11: RESTful APIs & Microservices

Focus: Building and consuming REST APIs.

Day 1-3: RESTful APIs with Spring Boot

 Study:

o Designing RESTful services with Spring Boot

o Using @RestController, @RequestMapping, HTTP methods

 Prac ce: Build a simple REST API using Spring Boot.

Day 4-6: Authen ca on & Security (Op onal)

 Study:
 o Introduc on to Spring Security

o Authen ca on mechanisms: Basic Authen ca on, JWT

 Prac ce: Secure your REST APIs with JWT or OAuth2.

Day 7-10: Microservices Architecture

 Study:

o Basics of microservices

o Spring Cloud, Eureka, and configuring a simple microservices architecture

 Prac ce: Develop a small microservices-based applica on using Spring Boot.

Week 12: Final Review & Mock Interviews

Focus: Review and simulate the interview experience.

Day 1-4: Review Key Concepts

 Revise core Java concepts, data structures, algorithms, and Spring Boot.

 Go through your code and project to iden fy areas of improvement.

Day 5-7: Mock Interviews

 Take mock technical interviews with a friend, mentor, or using pla orms like Interviewing.io,
Pramp, etc.

 Focus on explaining your thought process and coding under pressure.

Day 8-10: So Skills Prac ce

 Prac ce explaining your projects, previous experiences, and problem-solving approach.

 Prepare answers to common HR interview ques ons (strengths, weaknesses, career goals,
etc.).

Ongoing:

 Daily Coding: Spend at least 1-2 hours solving coding problems on pla orms like LeetCode,
Codeforces, or HackerRank.

 Weekend Projects: Dedicate me on weekends to building small projects or improving your