1.
C# Fundamentals (Must Know Deeply)
● Data Types, Value types vs Reference types
● Memory Management (Stack vs Heap, Garbage Collection)
● OOP Concepts (Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction, Encapsulation)
● Interfaces vs Abstract Classes
● Static vs Instance members
● ref, out, in keywords
● Struct vs Class
● Records (C# 9+)
● Exception Handling & Custom Exceptions
🔹 2. Advanced C#
● Delegates, Func, Action, Predicate
● Events & Event Handling
● Lambda Expressions
● Extension Methods
● LINQ (select, where, join, group, aggregate, Any/All, First/Single/Default)
● Asynchronous Programming (async, await, Task, ValueTask)
● Parallelism (Parallel.For, PLINQ)
● IEnumerable vs IQueryable
● IDisposable & using keyword (Dispose pattern)
● Nullable Reference Types (C# 8+)
🔹 3. .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
● Middleware pipeline (how requests flow)
● Dependency Injection (built-in DI container, lifetimes: Singleton, Scoped, Transient)
● REST API development (Controllers, Routing, Attributes)
● Model Binding & Validation
● Filters (Action, Exception, Authorization)
● Configuration & Options pattern
● Logging (ILogger, Serilog, NLog basics)
● Authentication & Authorization (JWT, Identity basics)
● Versioning in APIs
🔹 4. Entity Framework Core (ORM)
● DbContext & DbSet
● Migrations (Add, Update, Rollback)
● LINQ-to-Entities queries
● Eager vs Lazy vs Explicit Loading
● Change Tracking
● Transactions & SaveChanges()
● Performance tips (NoTracking, compiled queries)
🔹 5. Database (SQL Server / RDBMS Basics)
● Joins (Inner, Left, Right, Cross)
● Group By & Having
● Indexes (Clustered vs Non-Clustered)
● Stored Procedures, Views, Functions
● Triggers & Transactions
● Normalization basics
● Query Optimization (execution plans, indexing strategies)
🔹 6. Design Principles & Patterns
● SOLID Principles (important for mid-level interviews)
● Repository & Unit of Work patterns
● Factory, Singleton, Strategy, Observer patterns (at least theory + simple examples)
● Clean Architecture / Onion Architecture basics
🔹 7. Testing
● Unit Testing with xUnit/NUnit/MSTest
● Mocking (Moq)
● Integration testing in .NET Core APIs
🔹 8. Common Interview Questions
● Difference between .NET Framework and .NET Core
● IEnumerable vs IQueryable vs ICollection
● Boxing vs Unboxing
● Task vs Thread vs ValueTask
● ConfigureAwait(false) usage
● Difference between AddTransient, AddScoped, AddSingleton
● IDisposable and Garbage Collection
● Optimizing EF Core queries
● API security basics (JWT, API keys, OAuth)
🔹 9. Extra (Good to Know)
● Git basics (branch, merge, rebase, pull request)
● Docker basics (for modern .NET interviews)
● CI/CD overview (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
● Cloud basics (Azure App Service, Azure Functions)
