Interview Prep → Practice Page Design & Content

[cherylpinto]

Description

📄 Page Request: Interview Prep → Practice Page Design & Content

📌 Description

This PR enhances the Practice tab within the Interview Prep module.
Previously, the page only displayed mock interview questions without interactivity or tracking.
With this update, users can now engage with questions more effectively, access hints and helpful resources, and monitor their progress.

🧩 Key Features Implemented

• Mock Interview Cards

  • Categories: Technical, Behavioral, System Design
  • Difficulty tags: Easy, Medium, Hard
  • Hints for guided thinking
  • Helpful resources/links for deeper learning

• Timer Mode

  • Countdown for time-bound answering
  • Encourages realistic interview practice

• Hints & Frameworks

  • STAR method for Behavioral questions
  • Templates for Technical answers

• Progress Tracker

  • Tracks completed questions
  • Shows average time per question
  • Provides performance trends

💡 UI/UX Enhancements

• Color-coded difficulty tags
• Interactive timers and completion checkmarks
• Resource links displayed in card layout for quick access

🎯 Purpose / Use Case

To simulate real interview scenarios, provide guided answering frameworks, and enable progress tracking so users can measure their readiness with more structure and engagement.

Implementation

Interview.Preparation.-.RecodeHive.and.20.more.pages.-.Personal.-.Microsoft_.Edge.2025-08-17.18-02-17.mp4

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Referenced Issue

Fixes #313

Type of Change

• New feature (e.g., new page, component, or functionality)
• Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• UI/UX improvement (design, layout, or styling updates)
• Performance optimization (e.g., code splitting, caching)
• Documentation update (README, contribution guidelines, etc.)
• Other (please specify):

Checklist

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project.
• I have tested my changes across major browsers/devices
• My changes do not generate new console warnings or errors , I ran npm run build and attached scrrenshot in this PR.
• This is already assigned Issue to me, not an unassigned issue.

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