we have the leetcode kata to prime cognitive state for coding rounds, but what about for system design and behavioral?
we can do the same! a familiar and relevant exercise to calm nerves and bring relevant info top-of-mind
this pairs nicely with the advice to split a final loop over 2 days, ideally enabling a code kata on one day and some other kata on the other day (coding quarantine strategy)
for behavioral, structured light shadowboxing makes sense like this:
candidate reviews the values for the target company
candidate reviews their own behavioral answers and writes (or rewrites) matching signals per story
candidate goes through a mental exercise of imagining (or asks an LLM) 3-5 behavioral questions and maps them to answers that optimize for impact and signal demonstration
we have the leetcode kata to prime cognitive state for coding rounds, but what about for system design and behavioral?
we can do the same! a familiar and relevant exercise to calm nerves and bring relevant info top-of-mind
this pairs nicely with the advice to split a final loop over 2 days, ideally enabling a code kata on one day and some other kata on the other day (coding quarantine strategy)
reviewing Hello Interview videos is a great approach to system design kata imo, eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfa-uUHuFHg
for behavioral, structured light shadowboxing makes sense like this: