Media Kit

Hi there!

This page has everything you need for media appearances—headshots, pronunciation, links, and more.

If I missed something you need, just shoot me a message.

My Name & Pronunciation

  • First: I prefer Mike over Michael

  • Last: Mroczka, which is pronounced muh-ROTCH-kuh (though it’s totally okay if you get it wrong, haha)

Bios

  • Mike Mroczka, author of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview, is a senior engineer (Ex-Google, Ex-Salesforce) and interview specialist. He offers coaching to candidates and helps companies build cheat-resistant interview processes. His work on system design and interview strategy has been featured on (HackerNews, Business Insider, Wired).

  • Mike Mroczka is the author of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview, a definitive guide to mastering technical interviews.

    A senior software engineer with experience at companies like Google & Salesforce, Mike now works as an interview specialist. He provides private interview coaching to candidates and helps companies design interviews that are both effective and cheat-resistant.

    In addition to his book, Mike has written several viral articles on system design and interview strategy, featured on platforms like (HackerNews, Business Insider, Wired).

Shareable Contact Info

Links

Here are some links about some of the most popular things I discuss in interviews that people may find interesting:

  1. Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview

  2. 9 FREE CHAPTERS of BCtCI

  3. ChatGPT cheating experiment

  4. A Senior Engineer's Guide to the System Design Interview

Raw Links (if text is not rendered)

  1. https://bctci.co/amazon

  2. https://bctci.co/free-chapters

  3. https://interviewing.io/blog/how-hard-is-it-to-cheat-with-chatgpt-in-technical-interviews

  4. https://interviewing.io/guides/system-design-interview

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  • 🕸️ Website: mikemroczka.com
  • 💼 LinkedIn: mike-mroczka
  • 🧑‍💻 GitHub: mmroczka

Some Suggested Questions

In an interview setting, there are typically three areas that represent my core competencies. You'll find questions below that are loosely grouped into these categories. These questions all have a lot of “meat on the bone.”

Intro

  • How did you get started in coding? (quick & fun story)

  • Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview is a sequel. Why was a sequel written and how did you get involved with the project?

1) Technical Interviews

  • Why is there so much tension for interviewees and interviewers in the technical interview process?

  • If you had someone fresh out of college, what advice would you give them if they wanted to work at a Big Tech company?

  • What are the biggest mistakes you see candidates make when trying to apply to companies?

2) Cheating with AI in interviews

  • It is easier than ever to cheat in interviews with AI tools. You have a unique job in this space, what is it that you do exactly? (people love this one)

  • What started your interest in AI interview cheating?

3) Hiring the right people

  • What are the problems with technical interviews that you see repeated within companies?

  • What is the best/worst interview processes you’ve ever seen or heard of?

Pictures