Reddit Experience · Feb 2026 · India

I realized most Indian engineers don’t fail interviews because of lack of knowledge

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Interview Experience

I have been a backend engineer for 10 years and taken a fair number of interviews. One pattern I keep seeing: Good engineers. Strong fundamentals. Real project experience. But during the interview? Th

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I have been a backend engineer for 10 years and taken a fair number of interviews. One pattern I keep seeing: Good engineers. Strong fundamentals. Real project experience. But during the interview? They freeze. They over-explain simple things. They panic in system design. They can’t structure answers properly. Or they struggle with confidence. Especially when switching to product companies. It’s rarely about knowledge. It’s about clarity + structured thinking under pressure. I started wondering: Why do we practice DSA daily… But barely practice speaking answers out loud? So I built something for myself. An AI that: Takes mock interviews Asks follow-up questions Pushes back like a real interviewer Gives feedback on clarity & structure Curious: How do you guys practice interviews? Or do you just “prepare and hope”? 😅

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