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I have some technical interviews coming up and I'm nervous. What coding interview tips do you have from the perspective of someone who has conducted interviews? I want to know what actually impresses interviewers beyond just solving the problem correctly.

As someone who conducts interviews, my top coding interview tip: talk through your thought process. We care more about how you think than whether you get the perfect solution immediately. Say what you're thinking, even if it's wrong. Ask clarifying questions. Consider edge cases. Show that you're methodical and thorough.

Practice explaining code out loud. Record yourself solving problems and watch it back. Do you sound confident? Clear? Do you jump around or stay organized? Also, practice on a whiteboard or plain text editor - no IDE assistance. And remember: interviewers are looking for someone they'd want to work with, not just a coding machine.

Know the fundamentals cold. You should be able to implement basic data structures (linked list, hash map, tree) from memory. Understand time/space complexity. Be comfortable with recursion. These come up constantly. Also, have a few projects you can discuss in detail - not just what you built, but the tradeoffs you made and what you learned.

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