# 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](02-Coding-Interview-Playbook.md) and [03-INTERVIEWS/03-System-Design-Interview-Playbook.md](03-System-Design-Interview-Playbook.md)
- MLE/MLOps: add [03-INTERVIEWS/04-ML-System-Design-Interview.md](04-ML-System-Design-Interview.md)
- DE/DS: add [03-INTERVIEWS/05-SQL-Data-Interview.md](05-SQL-Data-Interview.md)
- Everyone: [03-INTERVIEWS/06-Behavioral-Interview-Playbook.md](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