Got an interview coming up and feeling a bit shaky? Don't worry—I've got your back! In this call, I'll share some rock-solid tips and tackle those commonly asked questions to help you feel more prepared, confident, and ready to nail that interview for the job you've had your eye on. Need resume reviews or mock interviews? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

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The ultimate guide to nail your System Design interview! The difference between just doing okay and nailing the Mobile System Design interview. The Mobile System Design Cheat Sheets are designed to streamline your preparation process, providing you with targeted information to tackle the challenges of system design interview exercises effectively, and help you structure your approach when solving them. In this digital product, a PDF document, you'll find different cheat sheets with slightly different purposes:<ul><li>Considerations by priority: comprehensive list of relevant considerations to address, organised by priority—what might be more important to ask first.</li><li>Considerations by topic: comprehensive list of relevant considerations to address, organised by high-level topics.</li><li>System design steps using a real example: step-by-step guide on how to structure your problem-solving approach during the exercise. This section comes with an exercise that we solve together.</li><li>Main decisions: options to consider for decisions that you always need to make in a system design exercise, and decision trees to be more effective.&nbsp;</li></ul> These cheat sheets elevate the way you tackle System Design exercises. They can make a huge difference between just doing okay or nailing the interview. In total, I'm providing:<ul><li>5 decision trees for topics you need to face most of the time.</li><li>9 steps to nail your system design exercise.</li><li>14 pages of mobile system design content.</li><li>50 topics to consider during the exercise.</li></ul> Hope they are as helpful to you as they are to me. This purchase includes future updates at no additional cost. Thank you,Manuel

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Mobile System Design Interview Cheat Sheets

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The best way to ace an interview is to do Mock Interviews with a friend or me! In this call, I will help you in your interview preparation for your next job/internship through a Mock Session. This session will be structured in line with the industry and role you are looking for and help you get a feel of how it really feels to be in an interview. Timing:<ul><li>40 minutes for you to solve a system design exercise.</li><li>15 minutes for me to give feedback about your strengths and weaknesses. How you've done it, what I'd improve and next steps to help you land your dream job.</li></ul> Need career growth or resume review sessions? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

System Design Mock interview

The best way to ace an interview is to do Mock Interviews with a friend or me! In this call, I will help you in your interview preparation for your next job/internship through a Mock Session. This session will be structured in line with the industry and role you are looking for and help you get a feel of how it really feels to be in an interview. Timing:<ul><li>40 minutes for you to solve a Data Structures and Algorithms problem (don't worry if you solve it in 15 minute ;) we'll build upon it and increase its difficulty).</li><li>15 minutes for me to give feedback about your strengths and weaknesses. How you've done it, what I'd improve and next steps to help you land your dream job.</li></ul> Need career growth or resume review sessions? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

Data Structures and Algorithms Mock interview

The best way to ace an interview is to do Mock Interviews with a friend or me! In this call, I will help you in your interview preparation for your next job/internship through a Mock Session. This session will be structured in line with the industry and role you are looking for and help you get a feel of how it really feels to be in an interview. Timing:<ul><li>40 minutes for you to answer technical questions and solve the problems you're asked for.</li><li>15 minutes for me to give feedback about your strengths and weaknesses. How you've done it, what I'd improve and next steps to help you land your dream job.</li></ul> Need career growth or 1:1 Android best practices sessions? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

Android Mock interview

Get ready to dive deep into the world of Android best practices with me! As an expert in Android Architecture, Coroutines, multi-threading, Jetpack Compose, Dependency Injection, and various other key Android topics, I'm here to guide you through any challenges you're facing. Whether you're struggling with a pesky bug that's been haunting your app for days or seeking advice on optimizing your code for performance, I've got the expertise to help you overcome obstacles and level up your Android development skills. During our 1:1 session, we'll pair program to tackle your specific issues head-on, providing tailored solutions and actionable insights to address your concerns. Let's work together to unlock the full potential of your Android projects and elevate your Android dev game! Need career growth sessions or mock interviews? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

Android 👥 Pair Programming session

Get ready to dive deep into the world of Android best practices with me! As an expert in Android Architecture, Coroutines, multi-threading, Jetpack Compose, Dependency Injection, and various other key Android topics, I'm here to guide you through any challenges you're facing. Whether you're struggling with a pesky bug that's been haunting your app for days or seeking advice on optimizing your code for performance, I've got the expertise to help you overcome obstacles and level up your Android development skills. During our 1:1 session, we'll tackle your specific issues head-on, providing tailored solutions and actionable insights to address your concerns. Let's work together to unlock the full potential of your Android projects and elevate your Android dev game! Need career growth sessions or mock interviews? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

1:1 Android Best Practices

Do you want to nail that conference talk? This is the right package for you. It includes: <ul><li>1 brainstorming session to work on the idea you have in mind, create the abstract, and outline of the talk.</li><li>2 1:1 sessions to see how you're making progress on the content of your talk, and give feedback on the content and slides.</li><li>1 Conference talk feedback session for you to practice the talk in front of me and get both content and delivery feedback.</li></ul> With this, your confidence levels will increase and you'll be ready to nail your conference talk on stage.

Nail that conference talk 🗣️

Are you delivering a conference talk in a cool event and need to get some feedback about your talk? I can help you with that! Timing:<ul><li>45 minutes for&nbsp;you&nbsp;to deliver your talk.</li><li>30 minutes for&nbsp;me&nbsp;to give feedback about the content.&nbsp;How&nbsp;you've done it,&nbsp;what&nbsp;I'd improve from the content, what I'd improve from your delivery style and&nbsp;next steps&nbsp;to keep improving the talk.</li></ul> Need career growth sessions? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

Conference talk 🗣️ feedback

This time is for you to chat with me about anything you desire. If you want to talk about career growth or Android development, it might be better to book the sessions tailored for that purpose. It'll help me set expectations upfront and be prepared for the session. But it's not a must! Up to you!

1:1 You 🫵 choose the topic

In this session, we'll brainstorm about anything you're working on. Whether you want to gather ideas or create an outline for a conference talk or blogpost, thinking of solutions for a problem you're facing at the moment, how to best prepare for that interview that really matters to you, I got your back! Together, we'll come up with the best possible solution to what you need. Need career growth or mock interviews sessions? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

1:1 Brainstorming 🧠 session

Do you want to nail that technical blog post you have in mind? This is the right package for you. It includes: <ul><li>1 brainstorming session to work on the idea you have in mind, and the expectations and outline of the blog post.</li><li>2 Blog post review sessions for us to go through the content and improve it.</li></ul> With this, your confidence levels will increase and you'll be ready to publish your top-class blog post and give value to the community.

Nail that technical blog post ✍️

Are you writing a blog post and you need someone to proofread and improve it? I can help you with that! In this call, I'll go through your blog post, read the content, and give actionable feedback. After the call, your blog post will have a clear target audience, an outline that makes sense, and will be accessible for everyone. Need career growth sessions? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

📚 Blog post review

Let's dive into your resume together! In this call, we'll go through your resume with a fine-tooth comb. I'll help you tailor it to fit the specific job you're aiming for, suggest any tweaks needed, and share tips to make it ATS-friendly. Got questions about your resume? Bring them on! I'm here to help you make it shine. The main goal of the session is to grab readers' attention and encourage them to pick up the phone and give you a call. Need mock interviews or career growth sessions? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

📃 Resume review

Long 1:1 You 🫵 choose the topic

Let's chat about your career journey! I can help you with: <ul><li>Remove blockers</li><li>Create a career path with next actionable steps</li><li>Coach you through situations</li><li>Grow as an Android engineer</li><li>Road to be a Staff engineer</li><li>Road to be a Google Developer Expert (GDE)</li></ul> And more! Anything you need! Need resume reviews or mock interviews? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

1:1 Career growth 📈

Let's chat about your career journey! This is a kick off session to learn more about you. For other recurring sessions, I recommend sticking to 25 minutes so that we can be more efficient and focus on what really matters: YOU. I can help you in many different aspects: <ul><li>Grow as an Android engineer</li><li>Road to be a Staff engineer</li><li>Road to be a Google Developer Expert (GDE)</li><li>Be a successful public writer and speaker</li><li>Remove blockers</li><li>Create a career path with next actionable steps</li><li>Coach you through situations</li></ul> And more! Anything you need! Need resume reviews or mock interviews? That is not included here but you can check out those items in the other services.

1:1 Career growth 📈 - Kick off session

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3 1:1 sessions to talk about whatever you need

1:1s Bundle 🎁

3 Long 1:1 sessions to talk about whatever you need

Long 1:1s Bundle 🎁

To nail the interview process, you need to nail both DS/A and System design interviews. Let's do that! P.S. You can change some of the interviews in this bundle for an Android interview.

Mock interview bundle 💪

My goal is to see you SUCCEED and GROW. I can guide you in your Android developer journey and help you land your dream job. Check out the free content on my Medium account and personal website, but if you still need help, reach out to me!

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