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interview-prep

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Behavioral frameworks, technical interview patterns, system design, coding, and negotiation prep

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Interview Prep

Systematic preparation for technical and behavioral interviews.

Behavioral Frameworks

STAR for Behavioral Questions

Tell me about a time when...

Element	What to Cover
Situation	Context — project, team, timeline
Task	Your specific responsibility
Action	What YOU did (not the team)
Result	Quantified outcome, what you learned

Common Questions to Prepare

"Tell me about yourself" → 60-second career narrative
"Biggest challenge/project" → STAR with technical depth
"Conflict with a teammate" → Show emotional intelligence
"Failure/mistake" → Honest story + what you learned
"Why this company?" → Research-driven, specific

Technical Interview Prep

Coding

Practice 2-3 problems daily (LeetCode medium)
Focus on: Arrays, Hashmaps, Trees, Graphs, DP
Always: Clarify → Brute force → Optimize → Code → Test
Think out loud — interviewer wants to hear your process

System Design

Practice these scenarios:

Design URL shortener (read-heavy, hashing, scaling)
Design chat system (WebSockets, persistence, presence)
Design news feed (fan-out, caching, ranking)
Design rate limiter (token bucket, sliding window, distributed)

Pre-Interview Checklist

Research company and interviewers on LinkedIn
Prepare 3 questions to ask at end
Test your camera, mic, internet
Have water, notebook, pen ready
Review your resume and projects