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Mock Interviews

1How much time does it take?2Rejections 3I need experience to get experience 4Referral 5CV 6How to stand out 7Investigate the company 8Useful resources

Do and Don'ts 10Be human Why do you want to work at our company Why are you switching Technical questions from HR What are your salary expectations Interview with the Hiring Manager

16Before We Begin Try to talk about the problems of the system instead of the advantages What is Concurrency ACID Isolation levels And Common Sense Isolation levels And The Twist Optimistic and Pessimistic locks A Bit More About Locks Indexes, Part 1: Main Types Indexes, Part 2: Composite index Indexes, Part 3: Clustered vs Non-Clustered Indexes, Part 4: Geospatial SQL traps, Part 1 SQL traps, Part 2 SQL traps, Part 3 How to improve a slow database Problems with ORMs Troubles with distributed systems Monolith vs Microservices gRPC vs HTTP RabbitMQ and Kafka How do you deal with traffic Kubernetes: Part 1, Recap Kubernetes: Part 2, Interview Kubernetes: Part 3, GitOps The Problem with Open Source

42Leetcode Home Coding Interview

44Prepare the whiteboard What NOT to do Back-of-the-Envelope Math SQL vs NoSQL CAP Protocols Universal Patterns Know the Tricks, Part 1 Know the Tricks, Part 2 Know the Tricks, Part 3 All the concepts

55Intro Focus on the Business Need What is SCRUM From Idea to Production How Do You Test Observability What is your code smell How can you deal with an argument at work I need to give you more work at the end of the sprint

64State of Tech Today AI Enthusiasm Determinism vs Non-Determinism Tokenomics

68Salary Negotiation How to pass the probation period Sell Yourself Story of 2 Engineers Who Wanted a Promotion

72Interview is not an exam Which Grades to Apply to HRs are ghosting me Gut feeling My company offers me more money Books to Read Good and seamless habits Afterword

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Mock Interviews

1How much time does it take?2Rejections 3I need experience to get experience 4Referral 5CV 6How to stand out 7Investigate the company 8Useful resources

Do and Don'ts 10Be human Why do you want to work at our company Why are you switching Technical questions from HR What are your salary expectations Interview with the Hiring Manager

16Before We Begin Try to talk about the problems of the system instead of the advantages What is Concurrency ACID Isolation levels And Common Sense Isolation levels And The Twist Optimistic and Pessimistic locks A Bit More About Locks Indexes, Part 1: Main Types Indexes, Part 2: Composite index Indexes, Part 3: Clustered vs Non-Clustered Indexes, Part 4: Geospatial SQL traps, Part 1 SQL traps, Part 2 SQL traps, Part 3 How to improve a slow database Problems with ORMs Troubles with distributed systems Monolith vs Microservices gRPC vs HTTP RabbitMQ and Kafka How do you deal with traffic Kubernetes: Part 1, Recap Kubernetes: Part 2, Interview Kubernetes: Part 3, GitOps The Problem with Open Source

42Leetcode Home Coding Interview

44Prepare the whiteboard What NOT to do Back-of-the-Envelope Math SQL vs NoSQL CAP Protocols Universal Patterns Know the Tricks, Part 1 Know the Tricks, Part 2 Know the Tricks, Part 3 All the concepts

55Intro Focus on the Business Need What is SCRUM From Idea to Production How Do You Test Observability What is your code smell How can you deal with an argument at work I need to give you more work at the end of the sprint

64State of Tech Today AI Enthusiasm Determinism vs Non-Determinism Tokenomics

68Salary Negotiation How to pass the probation period Sell Yourself Story of 2 Engineers Who Wanted a Promotion

72Interview is not an exam Which Grades to Apply to HRs are ghosting me Gut feeling My company offers me more money Books to Read Good and seamless habits Afterword

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Interview is not an examFreeTreat every interview as training with a bonus. There are plenty of companies and opportunities out there. Do not fixate on one company and dream that…
Which Grades to Apply toIf you have never worked as a Software Engineer and you are looking for a Junior position — I have bad news. This is the level with the most competition.…
HRs are ghosting meDay comes after night, water is liquid, fire is hot, and HRs ghost people. ~~If~~ When they ghost you — stalk them. This is just common sense, but you'd…
Gut feelingTrust your gut feeling about the company. Intuition is your life experience and emotional intelligence combined, trying to signal you that something is…
My company offers me more money
Books to ReadThe Only Book You Need to Read There is only one book you need to read, reread, and understand. It will give you a deep understanding of the systems that…
Good and seamless habitsWhen in GYM or when in the kitchen, instead of listening to music, watch and listen to mock interviews. Try to start a day with a Medium article or any…
AfterwordIf you're here, you've probably finished the course. I've been trying to give you fast and intuitive answers to pass interviews. This is Software…