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IHK Fachinformatiker AE: written exam and project work, both covered.
Part 1 (20 %), Part 2 GA1 + GA2 + WiSo (30 %), and the company project (50 %). We work past exams with you, review your project application, simulate the technical interview. With senior developers from the industry, in the evening, in the browser, after work.
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// GA2 archetype: clean JDBC, no leaks try (Connection c = ds.getConnection(); PreparedStatement p = c.prepareStatement(sql)) { p.setString(1, name); return p.executeQuery(); }
What real GA1/GA2 looks like.
Three task types from real IHK past exams, and where the same points get left on the table every year.
Sorting in pseudocode
Given an unsorted list of integers L = [7, 3, 9, 1, 5].
- Write an algorithm in pseudocode that sorts the list ascending via insertion sort.
- State the best-case and worst-case complexity in O-notation. (2 P)
- Explain a situation where insertion sort is preferable to quicksort. (3 P)
About 40 % of candidates write actual Java here, which costs points. The IHK expects formal pseudocode style.
Best-case O(n) is often confused with O(1). Worst-case is O(n²), not O(n log n).
One-word answers earn almost nothing. "On small data sets or nearly sorted lists" plus reasoning is expected.
Data model for a library system
A library wants to manage its stock digitally. The following requirements are documented:
- Each book has an ISBN, title, author, and location.
- Several copies of the same book can exist.
- A member can borrow several copies at once.
- Each loan stores the date and the expected return date.
Build an ER diagram with entities, relationships, and cardinalities. Then translate it into a relational schema (3NF).
Classic stumbling block: these are two separate entities. "Effi Briest" is a book; its third copy carries inventory number 4711.
1:n vs. m:n decides the whole model. Member to loan is 1:n, book to copy is 1:n, member to book is m:n via loan.
Normalisation is often skipped. Leaving the location on the book instead of moving it to the copy costs points here.
Class diagram from requirements
From the requirements of a web shop:
"A customer owns a cart. The cart holds several articles, each with a quantity. At checkout the cart is converted into an order. The order has a status (open, paid, shipped)."
Build a UML class diagram with attributes, methods, and relationships (composition vs. aggregation matter).
Cart to position is composition (filled diamond). Customer to order is aggregation. Wrong diamonds cost points.
Status as a string: 0 points for "professional model". Modelled as an enum: full points.
Pure data classes without methods do not earn full points. At least addArticle(), checkout() and similar are expected.
These are exactly the tasks we practice until the exam feels routine.
Six months before Part 2: start now, not three weeks before.
For the written parts plan 6 to 10 sessions across 3 to 6 months. Plus project-work support (application, documentation, dry run): typically 4 to 5 extra sessions in the hot phase.
- M-6Step 1Month -6: diagnosis and topic plan
First chat, self-assessment, a look at the last practice exams. We write a plan for which topics land when. Deliverable: a clear study plan and a list of your five wobbliest topics.
- M-4Step 2Month -4 to -2: GA1 and GA2 written
Algorithms, data structures, UML, ER modelling, SQL: one session per topic block, each with a real IHK past task. Deliverable: 6 to 8 past exams worked through, weak spots identified.
- M-3Step 3Month -3: project application review
Once your project application is ready, we review it before it goes to the IHK. We check for the common rejection reasons. Deliverable: an IHK-ready application, green light to submit.
- M-1Step 4Month -1: documentation and dry run
Code review, documentation feedback, dry run with simulated technical interview. We play the examiners. Deliverable: a confident presentation and answers to the standard technical questions.
Why Study IT exists.
I built Study IT because I have seen first-hand how IT teaching at university falls apart.
The people who teach here know code from real projects. Practice decides, not the diploma.
Reach me directly: marcel.schmidtpeter@study-it.education
Senior devs who know the profession from inside.
Dennis completed the FIAE apprenticeship himself (since 2015, IHK final exam) and now works as a Senior Java Software Engineer. Exactly the bridge from apprenticeship material to working life that we walk apprentices across.
- industry experience
- 11 y
- Java Engineer
- Senior
- since 2015
- FIAE
„You understand programming when you know why a solution works. My goal: that you don't copy code, but get it working yourself."
- Today Senior Java Software Engineer · Industry
- 2015 to today Software development in industry · 2 roles, 11 years combined
- 2015 to 2018 Apprenticeship: Fachinformatiker Anwendungsentwicklung (application development) · Company training · IHK final exam
- Java
- Spring
- C#
- Python
- OOP
- Algorithms
- Data Structures
- Unit Testing
- Response time
- ≤ 2 h
- Teaches
- University students · Apprentices · Career changers
- Language
- German (native)
Less than half a year of apprenticeship extension.
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