Interview Index

This folder is the practical “how to pass the loop” playbook.

Choose your track

• SWE/Backend: start at 03-INTERVIEWS/02-Coding-Interview-Playbook.md and 03-INTERVIEWS/03-System-Design-Interview-Playbook.md
• MLE/MLOps: add 03-INTERVIEWS/04-ML-System-Design-Interview.md
• DE/DS: add 03-INTERVIEWS/05-SQL-Data-Interview.md
• Everyone: 03-INTERVIEWS/06-Behavioral-Interview-Playbook.md

The weekly cadence that works

If you only have 60–90 minutes/day:

• 3 days: coding reps
• 1 day: system design rep
• 1 day: behavioral rep
• 1 day: role-specific (ML/SQL/infra)
• 1 day: rest or catch-up

Post-mortem template

After each interview practice:

• What went well?
• What broke (exact moment)?
• Root cause (knowledge vs execution vs communication)?
• Fix rule (a sentence you’ll follow next time)
• One follow-up drill to prevent recurrence