HR contacted me through linkedin & wanted me to call so I did. I was asked how much I wanted to earn and why I wanted to leave where I'm at, etc, then was asked 10 initial 'yes/no' screening questions: 1) Do you know what Garbage Collection is in Java? 2) Do you know the difference between the Java List and Map data structures? 3) Can you code XML by hand without the assistance of an editor? 4) Have you written a Java unit test using a unit test framework (e.g., JUnit, TestNG)? 5) Can you write Java code using the two different "for" loop syntaxes? 6) Have you used Maven to compile your own Java code? 7) Have you written Java code that runs on a web server? 8) Have you ever used a Java stacktrace to find or fix a problem? 9) Have you ever written a Java class that implemented an interface? 10) Can you write and debug Java code without the help of an IDE? A technical phone interview was scheduled, and I submitted an employment app and resume. It was scheduled for an hour and went about 50 minutes. There was an exchange of a little about each other, then the interviewer scanned my resume and geared his questions off of it. Some of the questions were: What is JSP & JSTL? What's the advantage of using SVN over CVS? Why does a directories' size double under SVN? What is Garbage Collection? Some question about customizing the GC with JVM args? Why should I choose Set or List for my data structure? What is REST? What is Dependency Injection? What is Inversion of Control? What is ThreadLocal? What is a Transaction? How would you improve Java? Are you a contributor to any open source project? The next day I was mailed the rejection: "After careful consideration, we have concluded that there is not a match between your skill set and our particular requirements for the Java Developer position."