Interview Playbook

Knowing the material is half the job. The other half is how you handle each round.

Covers how interviews are run and a simple method for each round. Also: walking through your own project, coding rounds that allow AI tools, your resume, and checklists for the big day.

How to use this roadmap

• Topics are in teaching order. “Builds on” links show what to know first, even from other tracks.
• New? Start at the top. Know some already? Jump to a level, or skip any topic you can already explain.
• Short on time? Tick “Asked often only” to see what interviews ask most.
• Your progress is saved in this browser.

Where it fits: Read any time. It helps most in the weeks before your interviews.

13 topics in 3 levels, about 4 h of reading. With practice, plan 2 to 3 times that. 1 of 13 topics have lessons so far.

4 practice problems from this track’s lessons, in one list.

Foundations 4Core 6Interview-ready 3

Foundations

1. 1. How interview loops workComing soon

   The usual rounds from first call to offer, and what each one tests.

   10 min read

2. 2. The coding-round method: clarify, examples, brute force, optimize, code, test, analyzeAsked oftenNot started

   A repeatable way through any coding question, from first questions to testing.

   • The coding round, step by step
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   20 min read, about 1 h with practice

3. 3. The system-design-round method and its time budgetAsked oftenComing soon

   How to spend the 45 minutes of a design round, step by step.

   15 min read

4. 4. Behavioral rounds: STAR plus what you learnedAsked oftenComing soon

   Tell work stories clearly: situation, task, action, result and what you learned.

   20 min read

Core

1. 1. Building a story bankAsked oftenComing soon

   Prepare six to eight stories that answer most behavioral questions.

   25 min readBuilds on: Behavioral rounds: STAR plus what you learned

2. 2. Practice set: conflict, failure, deadline, disagreeing with a manager, ambiguity, ownershipAsked oftenComing soon

   Practise the common behavioral questions with your own stories.

   30 min readBuilds on: Building a story bank

3. 3. Resume impact bullets, with numbersAsked oftenComing soon

   Turn "worked on X" into results, with numbers.

   20 min read

4. 4. Project walkthrough: explain what you built, what broke and what you would changeAsked oftenComing soon

   Explain a project you built: why, how, what broke and what you would change.

   20 min read

5. 5. Take-home assignmentsComing soon

   Plan, build and hand in a take-home task that stands out.

   20 min read

6. 6. AI-assisted coding rounds: read, test and fix code an assistant wroteComing soon

   Rounds that allow AI tools: read, test and fix what the assistant writes.

   20 min readBuilds on: The coding-round method: clarify, examples, brute force, optimize, code, test, analyze · pytest basics (Python)

Interview-ready

1. 1. Questions to ask interviewersComing soon

   Good questions to ask at the end, and what the answers tell you.

   10 min read

2. 2. The day before and the day ofComing soon

   Checklists for the last 24 hours: setup, sleep and nerves.

   10 min read

3. 3. Mock-interview rubrics for self-evaluationComing soon

   Score your own mock interviews the way interviewers do.

   15 min read