Preparation

Prep desk

Tracks are weighted by what the drives on your list actually test, not by generic syllabus order.

Graphs & shortest paths

DSA

82%

41 / 50 problems

System design: rate limiting

Design

45%

5 / 11 modules

SQL window functions

Data

90%

18 / 20 drills

Behavioural STAR bank

HR

60%

9 / 15 stories

Aptitude: time & work

Aptitude

30%

6 / 20 sets

Mock interviews

Mock

70%

7 / 10 booked

The 48 hours before a technical round

  1. 01Re-read the job description and write the three topics it implies.
  2. 02Solve four problems in exactly those topics, out loud, on paper.
  3. 03Rebuild one of your own projects from memory on a whiteboard.
  4. 04Prepare two questions about the team's actual engineering problems.

Answering 'tell me about yourself'

  1. 01One line on what you build, not where you study.
  2. 02One project with a number attached to the outcome.
  3. 03One sentence connecting that to this specific role.
  4. 04Stop at 90 seconds. Let them pick the thread.