Week 107 — Mock interview week

Capstone, portfolio, and interview readiness · Read / diagram

Hard

Phase 10 — Capstone, portfolio, and interview readiness

Overview

System design, coding, behavioral simulations

Mode this week: read_diagram. Match the work to that mode (operating model): implement ships running code; read/diagram ships a doc; deploy/benchmark ships a measured run. Personal dates, checkboxes, and the RPG layer stay in a learner journal.

Core deliverable

Mock interview scorecard

Optional depth

Add a production-shaped benchmark, cost or safety analysis, and an architecture trade-off note.

Week loop (from the cookiecutter journal)

• Mon — Theory: System design, coding, behavioral simulations
• Tue — Build: start the core deliverable above
• Wed — Systems / papers: one paper or system note (see below if this week has assigned reading)
• Thu — Eval / interview: write the four evidence items
• Fri — Algorithmic Forge: Capstone 1 required; Capstone 2 optional at Week 108 (2-3 hr; Boss fights)

Forge theme: Mo's algorithm, capstone integration, tree forensics

Leetcode Darbar (parallel)

This week's band (103-108): Mixed timed sets and mock interviews. Production connection: Mo's traces, Euler/DSU boss, portfolio defense.

Standard: one aligned problem. Auror: the five-slot queue on the Darbar page. Tracker stays in the learner journal.

Topics: Darbar catalog

• Find Target Indices After Sorting Array · easy · array
• Count Negative Numbers In A Sorted Matrix · easy · array
• The K Weakest Rows In A Matrix · easy · array
• Search Insert Position · easy · array
• Check If N And Its Double Exist · easy · array
• Decode Xored Array · easy · array

Evidence contract

Every core week records all four (cookiecutter journal/weeks/week_107.md):

1. Code / implementation (or the design artifact on a writing week)
2. Benchmark / result
3. Design doc / technical explanation
4. Retrospective / learning note (Sailboat: destination, wind, anchor, rocks, heading)

On this site

• Problem catalog
• ML math

Official Tensor-to-Tenant

• Curriculum browser
• Milestone gates
• Weekly operating model
• Leetcode Darbar
• 36-week on-ramp
• Source repo

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