I went through a very similar process and my study plan was similar, though compressed into about a month and a half (no kid, younger). It was for an IC positio

I went through a very similar process and my study plan was similar, though compressed into about a month and a half (no kid, younger). It was for an IC position. I wrote a blog post about it also (which I won't share). These interviews aren't very inclusive of parents since they can't sacrifice as much time. However, I interviewed at [redacted], and their interview required no prep (though it probably helped) yet was very difficult. Meanwhile, other places threw leetcode hards at me like dude... if I didn't study every day there's no way I would have been able to write a trie and backtrack and write unit tests in ~50 minutes (https://leetcode.com/problems/palindrome-pairs/ https://leetcode.com/problems/palindrome-pairs/) I think [redacted]'s a lot closer to the ideal interview process than most other places. The sweet spot is "be difficult, yet do not require a bunch of prep and keep it immune from gaming" FWIW after you do this prep grind like two times, it kinda sticks. Like, I don't think I'll ever have to study for more than a week again to grind back up A key take-away from this blog post is that you should really be lining up your offers. I got a bunch of offers and was able to get an uplevel out of it I would have otherwise not gotten. Don't be a schmuck, folks. Know your worth and always re-evaluate