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Exponent
Pass Tough CODING Interviews
Mike Mroczka, author of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview, joins Kevin on Exponent to break down how engineers can thrive in today’s evolving interview landscape.
They discuss how AI is reshaping technical interviews, why some prep strategies no longer work, and how Mike’s MIKE Framework helps engineers confidently solve unseen problems.
The Pragmatic Engineer
In this post on The Pragmatic Engineer, one of the most widely read engineering blogs with over a million subscribers, Mike Mroczka introduces the MIKE Framework—a clear, structured way to approach unseen coding interview problems.
Exponent
Coding Interview Framework
Mike Mroczka walks through his MIKE Framework that helps engineers confidently solve new coding problems on the spot.
He explains the core mechanics of each step and why they are necessary. With this framework in place, you can solve any coding question. It's detailed more in his book, Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview.
Code for Thought
Mike Mroczka and Peter Schmidt discusses the changing landscape of coding interviews and how to get good at them when you have a non-traditional background.
Platform Engineering Pod
Cory O'Daniel and Mike Mroczka discuss how interviews are conducted and differences in hiring processes between start-ups and big tech companies.
They dive into what makes an interview process a good one and what makes them terrible while discussing the implications of AI on the industry.
Tech and Test Pod
Host Peter Johnson welcomes Mike Mroczka, author of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview, for a conversation on how to navigate FAANG and big tech interviews with confidence.
The episode covers strong interview preparation, effective approaches to system design, and red and green flags in a company's hiring process. It provides actionable advice for engineers to improve performance and find suitable roles.
Inspiring Tech Leaders Pod
Host Dave Roberts talks with Mike Mroczka, former Google and Salesforce engineer and they explore why many interview processes are broken, how companies can identify and prevent AI-assisted cheating, and what both candidates and employers can do to make interviews more fair and effective.
interviewing.io
How well do LeetCode ratings predict interview performance? Here's the data.
A guest blog post on interviewing.io where Mike walks through data related to coding interviews and LeetCode rankings. He breaks down what rankings can tell you and how to think about which questions you should be tackling next.
Hardcore Soft Skills Pod
How do you prepare for an interview as a softawre developer? How has the landscape change in the age of AI?
In this live episode, Mike Mroczka discussed all how to prepare in each stage and the role of "soft" skills to succeed in technical interviews.
WIRED
Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control
A recent Wired article that cites my work from an Interviewing.io blog post on how crazy tech interviews are getting in the industry.
Business Insider
Tech interviewers can't tell when candidates use ChatGPT to cheat in coding rounds, experiment finds
A recent Business Insider article that cites my work from an interviewing.io blog post about how crazy tech interviews are getting in the industry and how easy it is to cheat on them!
HackerNews
Testing how hard it is to cheat with ChatGPT in interviews
A viral post on hacker news where I detail one of my latest experiments on cheating in interviews with AI. It stayed on the front of HackerNews and got picked up by some larger news outlets after that later.
The Hiring Edge Pod
Host Josh Matthews sits down with ex-Google and Salesforce engineer Mike Mroczka, author of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview, for an unfiltered look at how AI is transforming tech hiring—from deepfakes to ChatGPT-assisted code tests.
interviewing.io
How hard is it to cheat in technical interviews with ChatGPT? We ran an experiment.
A guest blog post on interviewing.io where Mike walks through data related to coding interviews and LeetCode rankings. He breaks down what rankings can tell you and how to think about which questions you should be tackling next.
Agile Thoughts Pod
A short episode with Lancer Kind about AI cheating tools and coding interviews where we discuss how to get noticed and why resume tweaking is no longer a good place to spend your time in the job search.