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The Think-Aloud Protocol

Lessons

1. Intro

2. What Think-Aloud Means

3. The Science: Ericsson & Simon

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4. Three Levels of Verbalization

5. The Right Amount of Talking

6. Anatomy of 45 Minutes

7. Quiz: Interview Pacing

8. Minutes 0-3: Clarify & Confirm

9. Minutes 3-5: Outline Your Approach

10. Minutes 5-35: Code While Narrating

11. Minutes 35-40: Test Your Solution

12. Minutes 40-45: Discuss & Extend

13. When You're Running Behind

14. When You Finish Early

15. Quiz: Coding Phase Communication

16. Reading Interviewer Signals

17. Why Clarifying Questions Matter

18. Input Constraints & Bounds

19. Edge Cases to Ask About

20. Performance Requirements

21. The "Can I Assume..." Framework

22. Questions That Show Engineering Thinking

23. When to Stop Asking

24. Asking Without Looking Unprepared

25. Quiz: Clarifying Question Strategy

26. What to Verbalize (and Skip)

27. Finding Your Natural Pace

28. Common Think-Aloud Mistakes

29. The "Half-Thought" Problem

30. Recording Yourself: Why It Works

31. Practice: Narrate a Simple Problem

32. Practice: Record and Review

33. Practice: Write Clarifying Questions

34. Quiz: The Think-Aloud Protocol

35. Section Recap