🚀 Journey Updates & Milestones 🚀 #7
Description
🚀 Journey Updates & Milestones
Welcome to my personal 5-Week Java Software Engineering Interview Preparation Journey! 🚀
I’ll be documenting my milestones, weekly progress, mock interview experiences, and key lessons learned here.
📈 Milestone Tracker
| Week | Focus Area | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Java Fundamentals + DSA Basics | ✅ Done | Link |
| Week 2 | Java Advanced + DSA Intermediate | ✅ Done | Link |
| Week 3 | Spring Boot + Hibernate + REST APIs | ⏳ In Progress | |
| Week 4 | System Design + API Advanced + Behavioral | ⏳ Pending | |
| Week 5 | Full Revision + Mock Interviews | ⏳ Pending |
✅ I will update the Status and Notes at the end of each week to track my real progress.
📅 Weekly Progress Checklist
🗓️ Week 1: Java Fundamentals + DSA Basics
- Java Syntax & Structure
- OOP Concepts
- Collections Framework Overview
- Exception Handling
- Generics Basics
- JVM Memory Model & Garbage Collection
- Arrays & Strings DSA Problems
- Weekly Revision + Mock Coding Test
🗓️ Week 2: Java Advanced + DSA Intermediate
- Multithreading Basics
- Lambdas, Streams, Functional Interfaces
- Serialization, Reflection API, Annotations
- Java 9–17 Features Overview
- Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues Problems
- Weekly Revision + Mock Coding Test
🗓️ Week 3: Spring Boot + Hibernate + REST APIs
- Spring Core Concepts (IoC, DI, Bean Lifecycle)
- Spring Boot Setup and Core Annotations
- Spring MVC (Controllers, Services, Repositories)
- Hibernate ORM Basics (Entity Relationships, CRUD)
- Spring Security Basics (Authentication, Authorization)
- Trees and Graphs DSA Problems
- Weekly Revision + Coding Test
🗓️ Week 4: System Design + API Advanced + Behavioral
- Scalability Principles
- Load Balancer & Caching Strategies
- Event-driven Architecture (Kafka, RabbitMQ Basics)
- Advanced SQL (Joins, Indexes, Transactions)
- Behavioral STAR Interview Preparation
- Dynamic Programming and Graph Problems
- Weekly Revision + Mock Coding Test
🧩 Week 5: Full Revision + Mock Interviews
- Full Java Core + Spring Boot + Hibernate Review
- System Design Concepts and SQL Revision
- Behavioral Question Drills
- Mock Interview 1 (Coding, System Design, Behavioral)
- Mock Interview 2 (Final Intensive Simulation)
🎯 Final Goal
By the end of these 5 weeks, I aim to be:
- ✅ Coding Efficient
- ✅ System Design Aware
- ✅ Behaviorally Polished
- ✅ Interview Ready for my next Software Engineering Role! 🛠️
📢 Feel free to share any tips, suggestions, coding challenges, or encouragement here!
Let's grow together, one step at a time. 🚀✨