# Tech Interview Coaching

> Marketplace connecting engineers and PMs with vetted coaches for technical, behavioural, and system-design interview prep. Book 1:1 sessions, mock interviews, and career coaching.

## Key pages

- [Find a coach](https://techinterview.coach/coaches): Browse and book vetted interview coaches.
- [How matching works](https://techinterview.coach/match): Get matched to a coach for your target role.
- [Contact](https://techinterview.coach/contact): Reach the Tech Interview Coaching team.

## Blog

- [5 Signs You Need Career Coaching (And How It Can Help)](https://techinterview.coach/blog/5-signs-you-need-career-coaching): Five signs it's time to get a career coach (from feeling stuck to missed promotions) and what coaching actually changes.
- [AI Interviewers Are Here: How to Prepare for Them](https://techinterview.coach/blog/ai-interviewers): AI interviewers now screen real candidates. How automated voice interviews work, what they assess, and how to perform well when the interviewer is an AI.
- [Amazon Customer Obsession: Interview Questions and Answers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazons-customer-obsession-how-to-ace-this-leadership-principle): Master Amazon's Customer Obsession questions: what the principle really means, examples interviewers reward, and STAR stories to prepare.
- [Amazon Frugality: Interview Questions and Answers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-frugality-interview-questions): Amazon Frugality interview questions and answers: show you deliver more with less through constraint-driven STAR stories.
- [Amazon Leadership Principles: Interview Guide and Questions](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazons-leadership-principles): All 16 Amazon Leadership Principles explained, with interview questions and STAR answer tips for each: the complete preparation guide.
- [Amazon Ownership: Interview Questions and Answers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-ownership-interview-questions): Amazon Ownership interview questions and answers: prove you act on behalf of the whole company, beyond your own team's scope.
- [Amazon's Software Engineer Interview](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-software-engineer-interview): What to expect in Amazon's software engineer interview: coding rounds, system design, leadership principles, and how to prepare for each stage.
- [Are Right, A Lot: Amazon Interview Questions and Answers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-are-right-a-lot-interview-questions): Amazon 'Are Right, A Lot' interview questions with example answers: show judgment, seek diverse perspectives, and admit when you're wrong.
- [Backend Systems: Architectural Patterns](https://techinterview.coach/blog/backend-systems-architectural-patterns): Backend architectural patterns for system design interviews: monoliths, microservices, event-driven systems, and when to use each.
- [Bias for Action: Meaning, Examples and Interview Questions](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazons-bias-for-action-how-to-ace-this-leadership-principle): How to show Amazon's Bias for Action in interviews: what the principle means, example behaviours, and STAR stories that prove you move fast.
- [Building Your Story Bank for Tech Interviews](https://techinterview.coach/blog/building-your-story-bank-the-key-to-nailing-your-tech-job-interview): Build a story bank for tech interviews: collect, structure and rehearse STAR stories so you're ready for any behavioural question.
- [Creating a Compelling Personal Brand for Career Success](https://techinterview.coach/blog/creating-a-compelling-personal-brand-for-career-success): How to build a personal brand that advances your tech career: positioning, online presence, and visibility tactics that compound.
- [Deliver Results - How to Master this Leadership Principle](https://techinterview.coach/blog/deliver-results-how-to-ace-this-leadership-principle): How to prove Deliver Results in your Amazon interview: sample questions, strong metrics-driven STAR answers, and pitfalls to avoid.
- [Design a Payment System: System Design Walkthrough](https://techinterview.coach/blog/design-a-payment-system): Design a payment system for interviews: idempotency, double-entry ledgers, PSP integration, reconciliation, and exactly-once money movement.
- [Design a Rate Limiter: System Design Walkthrough](https://techinterview.coach/blog/design-a-rate-limiter): Design a distributed rate limiter: token bucket vs sliding window, Redis counters, race conditions, fail-open choices, and client communication.
- [Design a URL Shortener: System Design Walkthrough](https://techinterview.coach/blog/design-a-url-shortener): Design a URL shortener step by step: short-code generation, storage, redirects at scale, caching, analytics, and the trade-offs interviewers probe.
- [Dive Deep - How to Master this Leadership Principle](https://techinterview.coach/blog/dive-deep): Ace Amazon's Dive Deep questions: how to show analytical depth, example interview questions, and STAR stories that demonstrate rigour.
- [Earn Trust - How to Master this Leadership Principle](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazons-earn-trust-how-to-ace-this-leadership-principle): Ace Amazon's Earn Trust questions: what interviewers look for, strong example answers, and how to build trust stories with the STAR method.
- [From Code to Cloud: Scaling Engineering Excellence](https://techinterview.coach/blog/From-Code-to-Cloud-Scaling-Engineering-Excellence): AMA recap, From Code to Cloud: scaling engineering excellence, with practical lessons on architecture, teams and delivery.
- [Frontend Engineering: Architectural Patterns](https://techinterview.coach/blog/frontend-engineering-architectural-patterns): Frontend architectural patterns explained: component architecture, state management, rendering strategies and how to discuss them in interviews.
- [Google's Software Engineer Interview: A Complete Guide](https://techinterview.coach/blog/google-software-engineer-interview): How Google's software engineer interview works: screening, coding rounds, system design, Googleyness, hiring committees, and how to prepare.
- [Handling Competing Job Offers: Timing and Tactics](https://techinterview.coach/blog/handling-competing-offers): How to run multiple interview processes in parallel, align offer timelines, ask for extensions, and use competing offers without burning bridges.
- [Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit: Amazon Interview Questions](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazons-have-backbone-disagree-and-commit-how-to-ace-this-leadership-principle): Prepare for Amazon's Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit: sample questions, what bar raisers look for, and how to frame respectful disagreement.
- [Hire and Develop the Best: Amazon Interview Questions](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-hire-and-develop-the-best-interview-questions): Amazon 'Hire and Develop the Best' interview questions: prove you raise the bar through mentoring, feedback and hiring decisions.
- [How Alizey Landed Her Dream Job with Tech Interview Coaching](https://techinterview.coach/blog/How-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.
- [How to Become a CTO: Insights from Adelina Chalmers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/How-to-Become-a-CTO-Key-Insights-from-Adelina-Chalmers): How to become a CTO: career paths, skills and inflection points, with insights from engineering leadership coach Adelina Chalmers.
- [How to Transition from IC to Engineering Manager](https://techinterview.coach/blog/How-to-Transition-from-Individual-Contributor-to-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.
- [Insist on the Highest Standards: Amazon Interview Questions](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-insist-on-the-highest-standards-interview-questions): Amazon 'Insist on the Highest Standards' questions: show how you raise quality bars and refuse to ship substandard work.
- [Invent and Simplify: Amazon Interview Questions and Answers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-invent-and-simplify-interview-questions): Amazon 'Invent and Simplify' interview questions: demonstrate innovation and simplification with concrete STAR examples.
- [Job Search Strategies That Actually Work in 2024](https://techinterview.coach/blog/job-search-strategies-that-actually-work-in-2024): Job search strategies that work: targeted applications, networking, referrals and interview preparation that cut through the noise.
- [Learn and Be Curious: Amazon Interview Questions and Answers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-learn-and-be-curious-interview-questions): Amazon 'Learn and Be Curious' interview questions: show continuous learning and curiosity with specific, recent examples.
- [Mastering System Design Interviews: Key Concepts and Strategies](https://techinterview.coach/blog/mastering-system-design-interviews): Master system design interviews: a step-by-step framework, core building blocks, trade-offs, and worked examples from real systems.
- [Meta's Behavioral Interview: Signals and How to Prepare](https://techinterview.coach/blog/meta-behavioral-interview): How Meta's behavioral interview works: the signals interviewers grade, example questions, and how to prepare stories that show impact and growth.
- [ML/AI System: Architectural Patterns](https://techinterview.coach/blog/ml-ai-systems-architectural-patterns): ML and AI system architecture patterns: pipelines, feature stores, serving and monitoring: what to know for AI system design interviews.
- [Mock Interviews: Why They Work and How to Run One](https://techinterview.coach/blog/mock-interviews): Why mock interviews outperform solo prep, how to run one properly (realistic conditions, structured feedback) and how to practise with a coach.
- [Netflix Interviews: The Culture Memo Is the Rubric](https://techinterview.coach/blog/netflix-culture-interview): How Netflix interviews test the culture memo: candor, judgment, the keeper test, example questions, and how senior engineers should prepare.
- [Product Management: From Execution to Influence and Leadership](https://techinterview.coach/blog/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.
- [RSUs and Equity Explained: What Your Offer Is Worth](https://techinterview.coach/blog/rsus-equity-explained): RSUs, options, vesting cliffs and refreshers explained: how to value the equity in a tech offer and compare packages across companies.
- [Signs You Need a Career Change (And How to Make It Happen)](https://techinterview.coach/blog/signs-you-need-a-career-change): Signs you need a career change (burnout, stalled growth, misaligned values) and how to plan a switch without derailing your finances.
- [SRE and DevOps Interviews: A Preparation Guide](https://techinterview.coach/blog/sre-devops-interview): How SRE and DevOps interviews work: Linux troubleshooting, incident scenarios, SLOs and error budgets, coding rounds, and a preparation plan.
- [Staff Engineer Interviews: What Changes at Staff+](https://techinterview.coach/blog/staff-engineer-interview): How staff and principal engineer interviews differ: scope and influence signals, deep-dive and design rounds, and how to present staff-level work.
- [Standout Product Manager Resume and Portfolio](https://techinterview.coach/blog/Standout-Product-Manager-Resume-and-Portfolio): Build a standout product manager resume and portfolio: structure, metrics that matter, and examples that get interviews.
- [Strive to Be Earth's Best Employer: Amazon Interview Questions](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-strive-to-be-earths-best-employer-interview-questions): Amazon 'Strive to Be Earth's Best Employer' questions: show how you build safer, more inclusive, higher-performing teams.
- [Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility: Amazon Questions](https://techinterview.coach/blog/amazon-success-and-scale-bring-broad-responsibility-interview-questions): Amazon 'Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility' questions: show judgment about impact, externalities and doing better.
- [System Design Interview Prerequisites](https://techinterview.coach/blog/system-design-interviews-prerequisites): The prerequisites for system design interviews: networking, databases, caching, queues and scaling fundamentals to learn first.
- [System Design of Netflix: Streaming at Global Scale](https://techinterview.coach/blog/System-design-of-netflix): System design of Netflix: CDN and Open Connect, encoding pipelines, personalisation and how streaming works at global scale.
- [System Design of Twitter: A Deep Dive](https://techinterview.coach/blog/in-depth-system-design-twitter): System design of Twitter/X: timelines, fan-out, the social graph and caching: a deep dive into large-scale feed architecture.
- [System Design of Uber: Real-Time Dispatch at Scale](https://techinterview.coach/blog/system-design-of-uber): System design of Uber: matching riders and drivers, geospatial indexing, surge pricing and the architecture behind real-time dispatch.
- [System Design of WhatsApp: Messaging at Billion-User Scale](https://techinterview.coach/blog/system-design-of-whatsapp): System design of WhatsApp: connection handling, message delivery and ordering, offline storage, group fan-out, and end-to-end encryption.
- [Tech Salary Negotiation: A Playbook for Engineers](https://techinterview.coach/blog/tech-salary-negotiation): How to negotiate a tech offer: timing, scripts, evaluating total compensation, and the counter-offer moves that raise packages without risk.
- [Technical Program Manager Interview](https://techinterview.coach/blog/program-manager-interview): How Amazon's Program Manager interview works: rounds, example questions, and the skills to demonstrate, from stakeholder management to delivery.
- [The Engineering Manager Interview: A Complete Guide](https://techinterview.coach/blog/engineering-manager-interview): What engineering manager interviews cover (people, delivery, technical judgment, org design) with example questions and a preparation plan.
- [The STAR Method: A Complete Guide for Tech Interviews](https://techinterview.coach/blog/star-method): Master the STAR method for behavioural interviews: what it is, how to structure Situation, Task, Action, Result, and worked tech examples.
- [Think Big - How to Master this Leadership Principle](https://techinterview.coach/blog/think-big-how-to-ace-this-leadership-principle-2): Show Amazon you Think Big: what the principle means, example questions, and how to craft bold, high-impact STAR interview stories.
- [Ultimate Guide to Preparing for Data Analytics Interviews](https://techinterview.coach/blog/ultimate-guide-for-data-analytics-interviews): The ultimate guide to data analytics interviews: SQL, statistics, case studies and take-homes, with a preparation plan for each round.