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The prompt
Create a software engineering interview prep checklist
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About the framework
Organize practice around five interview areas
The software engineering checklist is one text block with twenty-one checkbox items. Behavioral preparation has five prompts, including a short introduction, motivation, failure, conflict, and ownership. The coding section has five entries covering common data structures, dynamic programming, and a system design primer.
Four design topics follow: a URL shortener, chat, news feed, and rate limiter. Four questions address team culture, technical challenges, early success, and deployment or on-call work. Three final preparation items cover company research, spoken coding practice, and day-before logistics.
Use the list to identify where preparation is thin, then adapt it to the actual role and interview format. The sample has no worked coding solutions, completed STAR stories, or study schedule. Add those selectively, using your own projects for behavioral examples and the employer's stated topics to set technical priorities.
What's included
What you get
- Twenty-one checklist items in five labeled sections
- Five behavioral prompts under a STAR-format heading
- Coding topics plus four system design practice prompts
- Four interviewer questions and three final preparation reminders
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Does the checklist include answers to behavioral questions?
No. It names five prompts under a STAR heading. Add a real situation, your task, the action you took, and the result for each story you plan to practice.
Which system design questions are included?
The list names a URL shortener, chat system, news feed, and rate limiter, with brief concept reminders. It does not include completed designs or a scoring rubric.
How should I adapt it for an interview with no design round?
Remove the system design primer and design-topic section, then expand the role-specific material. For a frontend role, for example, request browser, accessibility, and UI implementation practice matched to the job description.
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