Explain your projects

Summary

Being able to clearly, concisely walk through a project you built — what it does, why you made key decisions, and what you'd do differently — a near-universal interview question.

• 1Prepare a 2-minute summary for your 2-3 strongest backend projects.
• 2Practice explaining one specific hard decision or trade-off you made in each.
• 3Rehearse out loud, not just in your head — it reads very differently.