Technical interviews are stressful, and the hardest part for me was never the knowledge itself. It was recalling the right example under pressure. Here is the prep routine I settled on after a few rounds of trial and error.

1. Build a story bank from your resume

Before touching any coding problems, I wrote down six to eight projects from my resume. For each one I noted the problem, my specific role, the decision I made, and the measurable result. Almost every behavioral question maps back to one of these stories.

2. Practice out loud, not in your head

Reading solutions feels productive but it isn't. I started doing timed mock interviews where I had to explain my reasoning verbally: restate the problem, talk through trade-offs, then code. Recording yourself is uncomfortable but reveals filler words and rambling quickly.

3. Use a real-time assistant to learn the structure of good answers

Tools like Sensei AI act as a real-time interview assistant.…