# How to Improve Coding Interview Performance with Personal Stories and Targeted Technical Practice

DevFeed: [How to Improve Coding Interview Performance with Personal Stories and Targeted Technical Practice](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/i-used-to-suck-at-coding-interviews-then-i-quadrupled-my-salary-32370.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://brianjenney.substack.com/p/i-used-to-suck-at-coding-interviews-b9c>)

Author: Brian Jenney

Published: 2026-03-24T15:05:22Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Brian Jenney](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brian-jenney.md>)

Topics: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [approach](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/approach.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [interviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interviews.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manager.md>), [recursion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recursion.md>), [software-engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineer.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes struggling with coding interviews despite being able to do the underlying job. They recommend cataloging personal work stories for recurring behavioral questions and focusing practice on recurring technical gaps.

## Source excerpt

Five years ago, during an interview for a senior dev role, I had a panic attack.