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CS Interview Snippets 🧩

A curated collection of small, focused Java and Python code snippets designed for Computer Science & Software Engineering interview preparation.

Instead of large projects, this repository emphasizes clarity, correctness, and conceptual understanding through minimal yet meaningful implementations.

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📌 Why This Repository?

In technical interviews, candidates are evaluated on:

• Strong Computer Science fundamentals
• Ability to explain program behavior, not just syntax
• Awareness of common pitfalls, design patterns, and concurrency issues
• Understanding of language internals and memory models

This repository serves as a personal interview reference, containing frequently asked concepts implemented as clean, runnable, and explainable code snippets.

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🧠 Key Philosophy

Each snippet in this repository:

• Demonstrates one interview-relevant concept
• Uses minimal and readable code
• Avoids frameworks and unnecessary boilerplate
• Can be explained verbally within minutes

One concept → One file → Clear explanation

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🗂️ Repository Structure

cs-interview-snippets/
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├── java/
│   ├── DeadlockVsStarvation.java
│   ├── RaceConditionDemo.java
│   ├── SingletonExample.java
│   ├── DoubleCheckedLockingSingleton.java
│   ├── ExecutorServiceDemo.java
│   ├── ImmutableClassDemo.java
│   ├── ThreadSafetyBasics.java
│   └── VolatileDemo.java
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├── python/
│   ├── default_mutable_arguments.py
│   ├── gil_demo.py
│   ├── mutable_vs_immutable.py
│   ├── shallow_vs_deep_copy.py
│   ├── generator_vs_list.py
│   ├── decorator_basics.py
│   ├── context_manager_demo.py
│   └── list_vs_tuple_performance.py
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└── README.md

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☕ Java Snippets

1️⃣ Singleton Pattern (Basic)

File: java/SingletonExample.java

Demonstrates:

• Lazy initialization
• Controlled object creation
• Ensuring a single instance across the application

📌 Interview angle: Why restrict object creation? How does Singleton differ from static classes?

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2️⃣ Double-Checked Locking Singleton

File: java/DoubleCheckedLockingSingleton.java

Demonstrates:

• Thread-safe lazy initialization
• Use of volatile
• Reducing synchronization overhead

📌 Interview angle: Why is volatile mandatory here? What problem does double-checked locking solve?

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3️⃣ Deadlock vs Starvation

File: java/DeadlockVsStarvation.java

Demonstrates:

• Circular lock dependency
• Threads waiting indefinitely
• Difference between deadlock and starvation

📌 Interview angle: How do deadlocks occur, and how can they be prevented?

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4️⃣ Race Condition

File: java/RaceConditionDemo.java

Demonstrates:

• Multiple threads accessing shared data
• Inconsistent results due to lack of synchronization

📌 Interview angle: What is a race condition, and how does synchronization solve it?

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5️⃣ Thread Safety Basics

File: java/ThreadSafetyBasics.java

Demonstrates:

• Thread-safe vs non-thread-safe behavior
• Basic synchronization mechanisms

📌 Interview angle: What makes code thread-safe, and why is thread safety important?

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6️⃣ ExecutorService (Thread Pool)

File: java/ExecutorServiceDemo.java

Demonstrates:

• Thread pooling
• Controlled task execution
• Proper shutdown of executors

📌 Interview angle: Why is ExecutorService preferred over manual thread creation?

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7️⃣ Immutable Class Design

File: java/ImmutableClassDemo.java

Demonstrates:

• Creating immutable objects
• Defensive copying
• Benefits of immutability in concurrency

📌 Interview angle: Why are immutable objects inherently thread-safe?

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8️⃣ Volatile Keyword (Memory Visibility)

File: java/VolatileDemo.java

Demonstrates:

• Java Memory Model visibility guarantees
• Difference between visibility and atomicity

📌 Interview angle: Why does volatile not guarantee thread safety? When should it be used?

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🐍 Python Snippets

1️⃣ Mutable vs Immutable Objects

File: python/mutable_vs_immutable.py

Demonstrates:

• Behavior of mutable objects (lists)
• Behavior of immutable objects (integers, strings)

📌 Interview angle: Why do changes to lists persist outside functions but integers do not?

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2️⃣ Shallow vs Deep Copy

File: python/shallow_vs_deep_copy.py

Demonstrates:

• Reference sharing in shallow copies
• Fully independent objects in deep copies

📌 Interview angle: Why does modifying a nested object affect a shallow copy?

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3️⃣ Default Mutable Arguments

File: python/default_mutable_arguments.py

Demonstrates:

• Persistence of default mutable arguments across calls
• Why this is a common Python pitfall

📌 Interview angle: Why should mutable objects not be used as default arguments?

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4️⃣ Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)

File: python/gil_demo.py

Demonstrates:

• Python’s Global Interpreter Lock
• Limitations of CPU-bound multithreading

📌 Interview angle: What is the GIL, and how does it affect Python multithreading?

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5️⃣ Generator vs List

File: python/generator_vs_list.py

Demonstrates:

• Lazy vs eager evaluation
• Memory efficiency of generators

📌 Interview angle: Why are generators more memory-efficient than lists?

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6️⃣ Decorators (Function Wrapping)

File: python/decorator_basics.py

Demonstrates:

• Function wrapping
• Use of decorators for logging and monitoring

📌 Interview angle: How do decorators work internally?

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7️⃣ Context Managers

File: python/context_manager_demo.py

Demonstrates:

• Resource acquisition and release
• with statement mechanics

📌 Interview angle: How does Python ensure resources are cleaned up properly?

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8️⃣ List vs Tuple Performance

File: python/list_vs_tuple_performance.py

Demonstrates:

• Memory footprint comparison
• Mutability vs performance trade-offs

📌 Interview angle: Why are tuples more memory-efficient than lists?

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🧠 Learning Outcomes

Through this repository, I aim to:

• Strengthen core CS fundamentals
• Improve interview explanations using real code behavior
• Understand concurrency, memory visibility, and language internals
• Build consistency through small, high-quality commits

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🚀 Future Enhancements

Planned additions:

• Producer–Consumer problem (Java)
• Java happens-before relationships
• Python multiprocessing vs threading
• JVM vs Python memory model comparison

All future additions will strictly follow the one-concept-per-file rule.

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⚠️ Note

This repository is intentionally minimal and focused. It is meant for learning, revision, and interview preparation — not for building production-grade applications.