Practical guides for tech interviews: behavioral answers with the STAR method, coding patterns, system design, remote interview setup and preparing with AI.
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Practical ways to use AI for interview prep: predicting questions from your resume, mock interviews, feedback on your STAR stories and coding practice, plus what AI is bad at.
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Learn the 12 problem-solving patterns behind most coding interview questions, from two pointers to dynamic programming, with how to spot each one and a template to start from.
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A practical checklist for video interviews: audio, camera, screen sharing, coding environments and what to do when something breaks, for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
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A practical guide to the STAR method for behavioral interviews: what interviewers listen for, how to structure each part, and full example answers for engineers.
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A practical 45-minute framework for system design interviews: clarifying requirements, estimating scale, high-level design, deep dives and trade-offs, worked through on a URL shortener.
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A simple present-past-future structure for "Tell me about yourself", with example answers for software engineers at different levels and the mistakes to avoid.