Weeks 5-8: System Design

Study distributed systems fundamentals, database design, caching strategies, load balancing, and API design. Practice with common questions: design Twitter, Uber, WhatsApp, or a URL shortener. Focus on the reasoning process, not memorizing solutions. Draw clear diagrams and practice explaining your decisions aloud.

Weeks 9-10: Behavioral Preparation

Prepare 5-7 STAR stories covering different competencies: leadership, conflict resolution, technical challenges, failures, and successes. Practice delivering them concisely. Research the companies you're targeting and prepare questions to ask interviewers.

Weeks 11-12: Mock Interviews and Review

Do at least 3-5 mock interviews with peers or platforms like Pramp. Review weak areas. Practice coding under time pressure with a whiteboard or simple text editor. Simulate the real interview environment as closely as possible.

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Many developers believe they need to solve hundreds of LeetCode problems to pass technical interviews. But the most effective approach is targeted practice focused on understanding patterns rather than memorizing solutions. With the right strategy, you can be well-prepared with 50-100 carefully chosen problems.

Pattern-based learning

Focus on the 15-20 most common problem patterns: sliding window, two pointers, BFS/DFS, binary search, dynamic programming, backtracking, merge intervals, top K elements, union find, and topological sort. For each pattern, understand the underlying concept and practice 3-5 representative problems.

Efficient practice techniques

Set a time limit (30-45 minutes per problem). If you're stuck, look at the solution, understand it, and re-implement it from memory the next day. Keep a

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