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from: Tech With Tim <tim@techwithtim.net>
subject: The easiest way to stop bombing interviews
received: 2026-03-05 22:24:26
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status: awaiting_approval
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## Email Content
Hey Ubaid ur rehman,



Most people fail a coding interview because they start coding too

early.



They read the prompt, assume a bunch of stuff that was never

confirmed, and then spend the rest of the interview debugging the

wrong problem under pressure.



If you want a simple way to stop doing that, treat the first 10

minutes like your �setup phase�.



Your goal is to remove ambiguity, confirm the target, and get a

green light on your plan before you write code.



So here are the 3 steps I want you to run every time, before you

write anything.



1. Clarify what the output actually is.



Because a lot of problems sound pretty similar until you force

the details.



Are we returning the area or the position?



Are we looking for a square only, or would any rectangle count?


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