SWORD GROUP Software Engineer - Java Developer interview questions
Updated Oct 7, 2025
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SWORD GROUP in Sep 2025
Interview
It consisted of 2 interviews with Hr and a Senior Java Developer, half an hour and 1 hour respectively. The first part was a presentation of myself and the company projects. The second was a technical and also consisted of questions about my previous work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens when your query gets terminated
What does transactional do
What is a Singleton, explain the scopes
Checked / Unchecked exceptions
Equals vs ==
Abstract class vs Interface
What is a HashMap
What does @SpringBootApplication do
What does Left JOIN do
What is a database index
How would you optimize a query taking too long
What is a @RestController
I interviewed at SWORD GROUP (Athens, Athens, Attica)
Interview
In the technical interview, there were many traps aimed at lowering the salary I requested. The two senior developers conducting the interview seemed unaware of basic structures in parallel programming,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between Spring and Spring Boot?