Interview Playbook

Pick the pattern under pressure, follow a study plan, and communicate like a strong candidate.

What you will learn

  • Choose a pattern from a problem statement in under two minutes
  • Follow a realistic week-by-week plan with a curated problem list
  • Talk through a solution the way interviewers score it
  • Track every practice problem you have solved, per pattern

Interview Playbook

Everything that turns pattern knowledge into offers.

  • The Pattern Picker: Signals in the wording and constraints that point to each pattern — a decision guide.
  • A 10-Week Study Plan: What to study each week, which problems to solve and how to revise.
  • Solving Out Loud: How DSA interviews are scored and what to say at each step.
  • Spot-the-Pattern Drills: Sixty unseen problem statements: name the pattern in under a minute, then check.
  • Mock Interviews, Annotated: Two full transcripts of the same problem — a weak and a strong candidate — and a recovery from being stuck, scored.
  • DSA Cheat Sheet: Every pattern, template and complexity on one page for revision.
  • Problem Tracker: Every practice problem in one place: tick what you have solved and see your progress per pattern.

Interview Playbook cheat sheet