# Spring Boot interview questions

> The questions you'll actually be asked. Detailed answers included.

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768 total questions

## Explore all Spring Boot topics

- [Spring Core - IoC & DI](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-core-ioc-di.md): 22 questions, Junior
- [Spring Boot Auto-Configuration](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-boot-auto-configuration.md): 20 questions, Junior
- [Spring Boot Starters](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-boot-starters.md): 18 questions, Junior
- [Application Properties & YAML](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/application-properties-yml.md): 16 questions, Junior
- [Logging with SLF4J & Logback](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/logging.md): 20 questions, Junior
- [Spring Boot DevTools](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-boot-devtools.md): 15 questions, Junior
- [Spring MVC Basics](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-mvc-basics.md): 20 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring REST Controllers](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-rest-controllers.md): 20 questions, Mid-Level
- [Request & Response Handling](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/request-response-handling.md): 20 questions, Mid-Level
- [Exception Handling](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/exception-handling.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [Bean Validation](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/bean-validation.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring Data JPA Basics](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-data-jpa-basics.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [JPA Entities & Relationships](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/jpa-entities-relationships.md): 30 questions, Mid-Level
- [JPA Queries](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/jpa-queries.md): 30 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring Data Repositories](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-data-repositories.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring Security Basics](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-security-basics.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring Boot Actuator](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-boot-actuator.md): 20 questions, Mid-Level
- [Unit Testing with JUnit & Mockito](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/testing-junit-mockito.md): 30 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring Boot Testing](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-boot-testing.md): 30 questions, Mid-Level
- [Profiles & Environment](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/profiles-environment.md): 20 questions, Mid-Level
- [RestTemplate & WebClient](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/resttemplate-webclient.md): 24 questions, Mid-Level
- [Async & Scheduling](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/async-scheduling.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [Caching with Spring](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/caching.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring WebFlux (Reactive)](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-webflux.md): 25 questions, Mid-Level
- [Spring Transactions](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/transactions.md): 30 questions, Senior
- [Advanced Authentication & Authorization](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/authentication-authorization.md): 30 questions, Senior
- [JWT & Stateless Security](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/jwt-stateless-security.md): 20 questions, Senior
- [OAuth2 & Authorization Server](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/oauth2-authorization-server.md): 20 questions, Senior
- [Spring Boot & Docker](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-boot-docker.md): 19 questions, Senior
- [Microservices with Spring](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/microservices-basics.md): 25 questions, Senior
- [Spring Cloud Config](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/spring-cloud-config.md): 19 questions, Senior
- [Performance Optimization](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/performance-optimization.md): 30 questions, Senior
- [GraalVM Native Images](https://sharpskill.dev/en/technologies/spring-boot/interview-questions/graalvm-native-images.md): 20 questions, Senior

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