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tmpbook/interview-go

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2022-04-04

Audience · developerComplexity · 1/5DormantSetup · easy

TLDR

A study guide of Go programming interview questions with explanations and solutions, plus Redis, MySQL, and algorithm topics that often come up in backend interviews.

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    What it does
      Go interview questions
      Explanations and solutions
      Organized by topic
    Tech stack
      Go
      Redis
      MySQL
    Use cases
      Interview prep
      Concurrency practice
      Algorithm review
    Audience
      Job seekers
      Backend engineers
      Interviewers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Practice real Go interview questions covering goroutines, channels, and thread-safe data structures.

USE CASE 2

Review how Go's scheduler works and common gotchas like memory leaks in HTTP handling.

USE CASE 3

Study Redis and MySQL fundamentals that come up alongside Go questions in backend interviews.

USE CASE 4

Build a question bank as an interviewer preparing to assess Go backend candidates.

What is it built with?

GoRedisMySQL

How does it compare?

tmpbook/interview-go0verflowme/alarm-clock0verflowme/seclists
Language—CSS—
Last pushed2022-04-042022-10-032020-05-03
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/52/51/5
Audiencedevelopervibe coderops devops

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Quiz me on the goroutine and channel questions in this Go interview prep repo.
Prompt 2
Explain the solution to the thread-safe data structure problem covered in this repository.
Prompt 3
Walk me through how Go's scheduler works using the explanations in this repo as a starting point.
Prompt 4
Help me practice the Redis and MySQL interview questions included alongside the Go material here.

Frequently asked questions

What is interview-go?

A study guide of Go programming interview questions with explanations and solutions, plus Redis, MySQL, and algorithm topics that often come up in backend interviews.

Is interview-go actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2022-04-04).

How hard is interview-go to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is interview-go for?

Mainly developer.

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