Interview Prep Library

A prep system for busy engineers who need to remember who they are.

templates/ (start here)
00-intro.md (Your "tell me about yourself")
01-career-narrative.md (Career arc, themes, differentiators)
02-star-stories.md (Story bank for behavioural questions)
03-pre-interview-drill.md (30-min pre-interview checklist)

books/system-design/
Alex Xu - System Design Interview (2020)
Alex Xu - ByteByteGo System Design (2023)
Martin Kleppmann - Designing Data-Intensive Applications (2017)
Grokking the System Design Interview (2019)
Alex Petrov - Database Internals (2019)

books/coding/
Gayle Laakmann McDowell - Cracking the Coding Interview (2015)

books/architecture/
Eric Evans - Domain-Driven Design (2003)
Max Kanat-Alexander - Code Simplicity (2012)
Addy Osmani - Beyond Vibe Coding (2025)

excalidraw/ (System Design Diagrams — view gallery)
Netflix
WhatsApp
Newsfeed
TinyURL
Ticketmaster (HI)
Ticketmaster (SDFC)
File Storage
Google Maps
Google Photos
Nearby Friends
Proximity Service
Price Tracker
Tweet Search
Donation Drive
LRU Cache
Coupang Web Scraper

notes/
Minimum Edit Distance (DP)