A blog series
Software Engineer Career and Interview Playbook
How to prepare for software engineering interviews: a resume that gets read, a study plan mapped to the DSA lessons on this site, and mock interviews with a scoring sheet and a mistake log. Built from the public Tech Interview Handbook.
- Started
- 2026
- Lessons
- 3
- Reading
- ~1 h
Contents
Every lesson has the same steps: what it is, how it works, a real example, common mistakes, then interview questions with answers you can say out loud.
- Lesson 00A Resume Guide for Software EngineersA one-page, scannable resume built from the Tech Interview Handbook guide: structure, strong bullets, ATS myths versus facts, and five before-and-after rewrites.15 min
- Lesson 01A Coding-Interview Study Plan Mapped to This SiteThe handbook's 3-month plan (about 11 hours a week), three ways to order your study, and a 12-week table that points to the matching DSA lessons.14 min
- Lesson 02Practising Well: Mock Interviews, Feedback Loops and NervesThe four things interviewers score, techniques for before, during and after coding and when stuck, a mock-interview routine, a scoring sheet and a mistake log.14 min
Glossary
10 terms used in this series. Inside any lesson, hover or tap a dotted term to see its meaning without leaving the page. Browse all terms →