Phone screen
Guides and tips for every interview round.
Read the guide for the round you are facing, then practise it out loud.
Phone screen
Hiring manager
Values
Manager
System design
Project deep dive
Store
Nursing
Customer service
Behavioral
Sixty-two questions real companies ask in the system design round, grouped by the shape of the system, with the requirements and numbers interviewers expect, the deep dives they push toward, and the companies reported to ask them.
Read moreHow Meta’s two design rounds differ, the four things both are scored on, the 45 minutes and the tool, the questions candidates report most, and what E4, E5 and E6 look like on the same question.
Read moreHow Amazon fits a design round into its SDE II and SDE III loops, the six things Amazon says it looks for, the Leadership Principles inside the round, the questions candidates report, and why seniors get placed a level down.
Read moreHow the project deep dive runs, what the interviewer probes in each pass, how the same project reads at mid-level, senior and staff, and the one-page brief to prepare.
Read moreHow a 45-minute design round runs at Meta, Google and Amazon, what the interviewer scores at each stage, how the same question reads at mid-level, senior and staff, and the whiteboard habits that decide it.
Read moreWhat a call center team lead decides in 30 minutes: your hours, a difficult customer, a busy shift, and the mock call where they play an upset customer, give you one note and run it again.
Read moreWhat a store, restaurant or service manager decides in 20 minutes: the availability answer that gets you hired, the 90-second customer story, the rush, the return without a receipt, and what the manager jots down.
Read moreWhat a nurse manager and a peer panel decide: STAR stories in 90 seconds with the patient’s outcome, the deteriorating patient and the order a panel listens for, prioritising three patients, the near-miss, and what changes for CNAs and medical assistants.
Read moreWhat a values round decides, how Google, Airbnb and Netflix run theirs, and how to tell stories that show a value without reciting it. Plus the questions to expect and what the interviewer writes down.
Read moreThe second round with your future boss, part by part: the resume walk, why this team, your work told through your decisions, "how would you" questions, your first 90 days, and the questions to ask.
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