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Prepare for Go Interviews

Master goroutines, channels, interfaces, and Go idioms with practical coding scenarios

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What You'll Master in Go Interviews

Concurrency

Master goroutines, channels, select statements, and sync primitives

Interfaces

Understand Go's interface system and composition over inheritance

Best Practices

Learn Go idioms, error handling, and writing idiomatic Go code

How Vibe Interviews Works

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Choose Your Focus

Select Go as your interview topic and customize the difficulty level

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Practice with AI

Answer realistic Go interview questions in a simulated environment

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Get Feedback

Receive detailed feedback on your answers, including areas to improve

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Track Progress

Monitor your improvement and identify strengths and weaknesses

Common Go Interview Topics

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Goroutines and concurrency patterns

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Channels and select statements

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Interfaces and composition

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Error handling and defer/panic/recover

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Go standard library essentials

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Testing and benchmarking

Common Go Interview Questions

Q: How do goroutines differ from threads?

A: Goroutines are lightweight, managed by Go runtime (not OS). Start with 2KB stack (grows/shrinks), threads have fixed 1-2MB stack. Millions of goroutines possible, thousands of threads. Go scheduler multiplexes goroutines onto OS threads (M:N model). Goroutines communicate via channels, threads use shared memory + locks.

Q: Explain channels in Go and buffered vs unbuffered channels

A: Channels enable goroutine communication. Unbuffered: sender blocks until receiver ready (synchronous). Buffered: sender blocks only when full, receiver blocks when empty. Create: ch := make(chan int) or make(chan int, 10). Close with close(ch). Use select for multiple channel operations.

Q: What is the purpose of defer in Go?

A: Defer schedules function call to execute after surrounding function returns, regardless of how it exits (normal return or panic). Executes in LIFO order. Common uses: closing files, unlocking mutexes, cleanup. Example: defer file.Close() ensures file closes even if panic occurs.

Q: How does error handling work in Go?

A: Go uses explicit error return values, not exceptions. Functions return (result, error). Check errors: if err != nil. Custom errors implement error interface. For unrecoverable errors, use panic/recover (rare). This makes error handling explicit and visible in code flow.

Go Interview Preparation Tips

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Master goroutines, channels, and the select statement for concurrency

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Understand interfaces and the empty interface interface{}

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Know when to use pointers vs values for function parameters and receivers

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Practice with Go's standard library: http, json, context packages

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Understand Go's workspace, modules, and dependency management with go mod

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