Grokking the Behavioral Interview
The ultimate guide to behavioral interviews. Developed by FAANG engineers. Use real-world questions, video recording, and structured strategies to get interview-ready in just a few hours.
Fahim ul Haq is the co-founder and CEO of Educative, a hands-on learning platform for software engineers. He spent nearly a decade as a software engineer at Microsoft and Meta, where he gained deep experience building large-scale distributed systems. His work spanned Project Red Dog at Microsoft, which evolved into Microsoft Azure, and Scuba, Meta's real-time data analytics engine. In 2015, Fahim co-founded Educative to help developers get hands-on with new skills. Fahim's courses have helped hundreds of thousands of engineers learn System Design and prepare for technical interviews. Fahim earned his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington in 2015.
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What You'll Learn
- Explain why behavioral interview prep reduces stress and prevents rambling or awkward answers
- Research an organization’s culture and values to tailor authentic interview language and examples
- Identify behavioral interview question types and choose relevant stories or approaches to answer them
- Structure behavioral answers using the STAR technique with clear situation, task, action, and result
- Answer prior experience questions by highlighting individual responsibility and specific contributions
- Handle hypothetical questions by thinking aloud, clarifying assumptions, and outlining tasks and actions
- Apply interview etiquette across phone, video, and in-person settings using strong body language
Learning Roadmap
Fahim ul Haq
Software Engineer, Distributed Storage at Meta and Microsoft, Educative (Co-founder & CEO)
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