Skip to main content Home › Exercises › Speaking › Technical Interview Exercises in this set Thinking Aloud in Coding Interviews → Narrate your approach: "My first instinct is...", considering edge cases, stating assumptions, and tracing examples out loud. Asking Clarifying Questions → "Just to clarify..." — confirm the expected output, input ranges, error handling, and constraints before you code. Explaining Trade-offs → Time versus space, saying Big-O out loud, justifying a choice, and contrasting designs professionally. Behavioural Answers (STAR) → Structure a story with Situation, Task, Action, and Result for "Tell me about a time..." questions. Behavioral Response Drills → STAR openings, owning the task, narrating actions, quantifying results, and handling follow-up questions.