My System Design Interview Disaster (And How I Fixed It)
I bombed my first system design interview at Meta. Hard. But after months of practice, I finally cracked the code. Here's what actually works.
Sarah Chen
Jan 15, 2024
Real stories from devs who've been there. No fluff, no BS—just what actually works in interviews.
I bombed my first system design interview at Meta. Hard. But after months of practice, I finally cracked the code. Here's what actually works.
Sarah Chen
Jan 15, 2024
After 50+ interviews at FAANG companies, I kept seeing the same patterns. Forget the textbook—here's what you really need to know.
Alex Kumar
Jan 12, 2024
Let's be honest about what everyone's thinking. Here's my setup that got me through 15 interviews undetected (with demos).
Mike Johnson
Jan 10, 2024
No BS, no "10x engineer" nonsense. Just the actual things I did that moved the needle in my career (spoiler: leetcode wasn't one of them).
Emily Rodriguez
Jan 8, 2024
STAR method? Sure, it works. But after watching candidates robotically recite situations, I found a better way that actually connects with interviewers.
David Park
Jan 5, 2024
I'm not gonna lie—DP made me want to quit coding. Then one random Tuesday at 2 AM, it all made sense. Let me save you those 2 years.
Lisa Wang
Jan 3, 2024