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Interview prep, without the marketing fog.
How the overlay actually works, why people freeze, and how to talk through a system design. Written by the team that ships the product.
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System design
Design a URL shortener, diagrammed
The most-asked system design question, worked end to end — with the architecture drawn rather than described.
July 28, 2026 · 9 min read
Interview prep
Why you freeze in interviews, and what actually helps
Interview performance and job competence are different skills. Here is what the research says about the gap, and the handful of things that close it.
July 14, 2026 · 7 min read
Product
How AI interview tools actually work
Screen capture, system audio, and overlay windows — a technical look at what these tools do and what they cannot do.
June 30, 2026 · 8 min read
Interview prep
The STAR method, without sounding rehearsed
STAR is what interviewers score against. It is also what makes candidates sound like they are reading. Both can be true.
June 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Ethics
Where we stand on AI in interviews
We build an interview copilot. We also think the disclosure question deserves a straight answer rather than a paragraph buried in the terms.
May 20, 2026 · 5 min read
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