Coach Blogs
Articles and links written by our coaches, engineers who've been on both sides of the interview table.
Product Management: From Execution to Influence and Leadership
AMA recap, product management from execution to influence: growing from delivery-focused PM into strategic product leadership.
Hande ÖrmenFrom Code to Cloud: Scaling Engineering Excellence
AMA recap, From Code to Cloud: scaling engineering excellence, with practical lessons on architecture, teams and delivery.
Hande ÖrmenHow Alizey Landed Her Dream Job with Tech Interview Coaching
How Alizey landed her dream job with Tech Interview Coaching: her preparation plan, coaching sessions, and interview results.
Hande ÖrmenSystem Design of Netflix: Streaming at Global Scale
System design of Netflix: CDN and Open Connect, encoding pipelines, personalisation and how streaming works at global scale.
Ramesndra KumarSystem Design of Twitter: A Deep Dive
System design of Twitter/X: timelines, fan-out, the social graph and caching: a deep dive into large-scale feed architecture.
Ramesndra KumarSystem Design of Uber: Real-Time Dispatch at Scale
System design of Uber: matching riders and drivers, geospatial indexing, surge pricing and the architecture behind real-time dispatch.
Ramesndra KumarSystem Design Interview Prerequisites
The prerequisites for system design interviews: networking, databases, caching, queues and scaling fundamentals to learn first.
Ramesndra KumarHow to Become a CTO: Insights from Adelina Chalmers
AMA recap, how to become a CTO: career paths, skills and inflection points, with insights from engineering leadership coach Adelina Chalmers.
Hande ÖrmenHow to Transition from IC to Engineering Manager
How to move from individual contributor to manager in tech: signals you're ready, skills to build, and how to land the first role.
Arvind MuthukumarMastering System Design Interviews: Key Concepts and Strategies
Master system design interviews: a step-by-step framework, core building blocks, trade-offs, and worked examples from real systems.
Andrea Della CorteML/AI System: Architectural Patterns
ML and AI system architecture patterns: pipelines, feature stores, serving and monitoring: what to know for AI system design interviews.
Andrea Della CorteFrontend Engineering: Architectural Patterns
Frontend architectural patterns explained: component architecture, state management, rendering strategies and how to discuss them in interviews.
Andrea Della Corte