Most advice about interview prep focuses on grinding problems. That helps, but in my experience the bigger gap is communication: knowing what you know and saying it clearly while someone watches you. Here is a lightweight weekly system I use.
Monday: collect your stories
Pull four recent projects from your resume. For each, write the situation, your action, the result, and one lesson. These become the raw material for nearly every behavioral question.
Wednesday: a timed mock round
Set a 45 minute timer and do a mock interview with a mix of one coding question and two behavioral ones. Talk out loud the entire time. A sensei ai interview assistant can listen to the questions and suggest answers drawn from your resume, and it also offers mock interview practice. It is freemium and works with Zoom, Google Meet and Teams. I treat its suggestions as a draft to learn structure from, not a script to read.
Friday: review and refine
Rewatch or reread your answers and ask three things: Did I answer the actual question? Did I give a concrete example? Did I state trade-offs? Fix one weakness per week rather than ten.
Small habits that add up
- Restate the question before answering to buy thinking time.
- Keep answers to about two minutes, then pause for follow-ups.
- Prepare two honest questions for the interviewer.
- Sleep well the night before; it beats an extra hour of cramming.
Wrapping up
Interview skill is a practice, like any other. Collect stories, rehearse aloud, review honestly, and use tools to shorten the feedback loop. Be sure to follow each employer's rules about assistance during live interviews. What does your weekly routine look like?
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