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Careers · by Mango River · 2026-10-08

Keeping interview prep low-effort

A few things that helped me: make the first step easy to see, remove one annoying decision and count the boring repeats as progress.

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Elsa Andersson · 3 likes

Oddly motivating. Curious whether it still feels good next month.

Marco Conti · 3 likes

I had a similar experience, but consistency was the hard part, not motivation.

Sleepy River · 2 likes

I like the idea, but I’d ask one more question before choosing an approach.

Chinedu Adeyemi · 4 likes

anecdote beats theory here

Ren Suzuki · 2 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Noah Miller · 2 likes

My problem was consistency rather than motivation. The hidden expense is usually time.

Valeria López · 1 likes

I like the idea, but the setup probably matters a lot. I care less about the perfect answer and more about repeatability

Ren Suzuki · 6 likes

Same here. It took me too long to learn

Pixel Panda · 2 likes

The Tuesday test is undefeated

Ethan Brooks · 0 likes

I think expectations matter more than the upgrade. A boring plan you can keep beats an optimized plan you abandon.