Rachel Bennett
Managing Editor
Rachel edits the TechScreen blog and writes practical guides on interview preparation, from study plans and mock interviews to handling nerves on the day.
- Interview preparation
- Study plans
- Interview performance
Articles by Rachel Bennett
Debugging Interview Guide 2026: How to Ace Live Debugging
A debugging interview tests how you find a bug in code you have never seen. This guide gives you a repeatable 6-step protocol and walks it through a realistic multi-file bug, line by line.
Pair Programming Interview Guide 2026: How to Collaborate Well
A pair programming interview grades how you build software with another engineer, not just whether you reach the answer. This guide gives you the rubric, the dialogue, and the habits that score well.
AWS Interview Questions for Cloud and Backend Engineers 2026
AWS interviews in 2026 test judgment, not memorized service lists. Here are the core, serverless, networking, reliability and cost questions, plus worked scenario answers with diagrams and decision tables.
Bootcamp Graduate Interview Guide 2026: How to Get Hired Fast
Bootcamps teach you to build apps, but technical interviews test data structures, complexity, and systems thinking. This guide shows you exactly which gaps to close, gives you a 60-day plan, and tells you where to apply.
Best Mock Interview Platforms 2026: interviewing.io vs Pramp/Aced
Pramp is now Aced, Hello Interview stopped selling live mocks, and AI interviewers are free. Here is how the mock interview platforms stack up in 2026, with scores and a free plan.
Node.js Interview Questions for Backend Engineers (2026)
Senior Node.js interviews in 2026 test whether you can keep a production service healthy, not whether you can define a callback. Here are the questions that come up, with answers and debugging walkthroughs.
Technical Interview Anxiety: 12 Proven Ways to Stay Calm (2026)
Technical interview anxiety comes from being watched while you think, not from a lack of skill. These 12 techniques, organized by timing, help you stay calm enough to show what you actually know.
Technical Phone Screen Guide 2026: Pass the First Round
A technical phone screen is a 45 to 60 minute live coding interview that decides whether you reach the onsite. Here is a block-by-block plan for the call, the mistakes that end most screens, and a setup checklist for remote rounds.
Low-Level Design Interview: Design a Parking Lot (2026 Guide)
The parking lot is the most common low-level design interview question. Here is a complete answer, from requirements to running code, plus a 5-step framework you can reuse in any machine coding round.
Concurrency and Multithreading Interview Questions (2026)
Concurrency rounds test whether you can reason about shared state, not whether you memorized API names. This guide covers the core concepts and gives working Java and Python solutions to the four classic problems interviewers ask.