Tech Interview Handbook
Free, curated coding interview prep materials for busy software engineers.
- Stars
- 143k
- Forks
- 16.9k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last update
- 3 months ago
- Type
- Learning resource
What it is
This is a collection of free interview preparation material for software engineering jobs, including curated practice questions, cheatsheets, resume guidance, and behavioral interview questions. It is mainly read on the project's website, which is built with Docusaurus. It is aimed at people who do not have time to work through hundreds of LeetCode problems.
- Working through the recommended best-practice coding interview questions
- Using the algorithm cheatsheets to review topics by category
- Following the coding interview study plan
- Improving a software engineer resume with the step-by-step resume guide
- Preparing answers to common behavioral interview questions
Great for
- Engineers preparing for technical interviews who have limited study time
- Developers new to technical interviews
- Experienced engineers returning to interviewing after a long break
- Candidates who want non-algorithm content such as resume and behavioral prep
Not ideal for
- People looking for front end interview content, which the README says has moved to a separate site (frontendinterviewhandbook.com)
- Anyone wanting System Design material, since the README says that content is still in progress and points to other courses
- Readers who want a full interactive practice platform, since the README describes condensed written materials and links to paid courses
How to get it
- 1
Read it online
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yangshun/tech-interview-handbook - 2
Run it
- Open https://www.techinterviewhandbook.org in a browser
- Start with the software engineering interview guide linked from the homepage
- Pick a practice question set or cheatsheet and work through it
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Use the coding interview study plan and best-practice question list as a structured schedule
- Read the coding interview cheatsheet for quick do's and don'ts before practice sessions
- Check the resume guide and behavioral questions alongside your technical practice
- Look at the Front End Interview Handbook if you are preparing for front end roles
Downloads
Strengths
- Free and openly licensed under MIT, with content readable on the website
- Condensed and focused, which suits people short on time
- Covers the whole interview process, including offer negotiation, not only algorithms
Trade-offs
- The README mentions affiliate and paid course links throughout, so some recommendations are commercial
- The README says there are no formal contributing guidelines yet and the structure is still changing
- System Design content is not yet included in this repository according to the README
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tech-interview-handbook (this) | 143k | Learning resource | beginner | 3 months ago | Engineers preparing for technical interviews who have limited study time |
| front-end-interview-handbook | 44k | Learning resource | beginner | 1 months ago | Engineers preparing for front end job interviews |
| interviews | 65.5k | Learning resource | beginner | 1.5 years ago | Students preparing for their first software engineering interviews |
| javascript-algorithms | 197k | Learning resource | beginner | 3 months ago | Students learning core computer science concepts in JavaScript |
| C-Plus-Plus | 34.8k | Learning resource | intermediate | 1 months ago | Students learning algorithms and data structures in C++ |
| LeetCode-Go | 33.8k | Learning resource | beginner | 24 days ago | Developers practicing LeetCode problems in Go |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.