--- title: 7 Steps to Pass Technical Interviews - What I Actually Did description: A 7-step framework for passing technical interviews, drawn from personal experience landing a job at Microsoft. Steps cover solidifying data structure... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-steps-to-pass-technical-interviews---what-i-actually-did-3dogw4sdr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 Steps to Pass Technical Interviews - What I Actually Did | daily.dev og:description: A 7-step framework for passing technical interviews, drawn from personal experience landing a job at Microsoft. Steps cover solidifying data structure... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-steps-to-pass-technical-interviews---what-i-actually-did-3dogw4sdr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3DOGw4SDR.png og:image:alt: 7 Steps to Pass Technical Interviews - What I Actually Did og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 7 Steps to Pass Technical Interviews - What I Actually Did **[Tech With Tim](https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim)** · 12 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A 7-step framework for passing technical interviews, drawn from personal experience landing a job at Microsoft. Steps cover solidifying data structure fundamentals, learning algorithmic patterns (two-pointers, sliding window, dynamic programming, etc.) rather than grinding random problems, using a structured platform (AlgoExpert), working through curated problems with video explanations, practicing under timed conditions, and doing mock interviews to develop communication skills. Emphasizes that pattern recognition and verbal communication during interviews matter more than sheer problem volume. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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