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Build a durable mental model, then transfer it into a working application.
Stage purpose: Establish the vocabulary and first working mental model.
Required background: Complete the linked prerequisites below or bring equivalent experience.
Expected outcome: Explain the core idea and use it in a small example.
Estimated time: 70 minutes
Prerequisites: No prerequisite topics
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: LangGraph, State Machines & Execution Graphs — Carry the LangGraph — Agentic Workflows mental model into the next step with a concrete transfer exercise.
Prerequisites: LangGraph — Agentic Workflows
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: State Machines & Execution Graphs — Carry the LangGraph, State Machines & Execution Graphs mental model into the next step with a concrete transfer exercise.
Stage purpose: Connect the concepts into a repeatable problem-solving model.
Required background: Complete the linked prerequisites below or bring equivalent experience.
Expected outcome: Apply the model to a representative exercise without copying a recipe.
Estimated time: 70 minutes
Prerequisites: LangGraph, State Machines & Execution Graphs
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: The ReAct Architecture — Carry the State Machines & Execution Graphs mental model into the next step with a concrete transfer exercise.
Prerequisites: State Machines & Execution Graphs
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: Persistence & Threading — Carry the The ReAct Architecture mental model into the next step with a concrete transfer exercise.
Stage purpose: Transfer the concepts into a realistic implementation task.
Required background: Complete the linked prerequisites below or bring equivalent experience.
Expected outcome: Produce a small artifact that proves the decision works.
Estimated time: 175 minutes
Prerequisites: The ReAct Architecture
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: Context Management & Summarization — Carry the Persistence & Threading mental model into the next step with a concrete transfer exercise.
Prerequisites: Persistence & Threading
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: Guardrails & Execution Bounding — Carry the Context Management & Summarization mental model into the next step with a concrete transfer exercise.
Prerequisites: Context Management & Summarization
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: Tool Binding & Execution — Move from bounded model behavior to the concrete contract that lets an agent request and execute tools safely.
Prerequisites: Guardrails & Execution Bounding
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: The ReAct Agent — Production Loop Safety — Use the tool contract inside a production ReAct loop and add the controls that keep cyclic execution bounded.
Prerequisites: Tool Binding & Execution
Evidence: Practise the outcome in code and record what you learned.
Current status: Not started
Recommended next: Complete this path by applying these outcomes in your own project.
Prioritise high-frequency material, retrieve it quickly, and practise explaining it clearly.
Stage purpose: Secure the concepts that recur in most interviews.
Required background: Complete the linked prerequisites below or bring equivalent experience.
Expected outcome: Give a concise, accurate explanation with one concrete example.
Estimated time: 24 minutes
Prerequisites: No prerequisite topics
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: LangGraph, State Machines & Execution Graphs — Use LangGraph — Agentic Workflows as the setup for the next interview trade-off and explain the connection aloud.
Prerequisites: LangGraph — Agentic Workflows
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: State Machines & Execution Graphs — Use LangGraph, State Machines & Execution Graphs as the setup for the next interview trade-off and explain the connection aloud.
Stage purpose: Rehearse implementation choices that invite common follow-up questions.
Required background: Complete the linked prerequisites below or bring equivalent experience.
Expected outcome: Walk through a realistic API decision and defend the trade-offs.
Estimated time: 24 minutes
Prerequisites: LangGraph, State Machines & Execution Graphs
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: The ReAct Architecture — Use State Machines & Execution Graphs as the setup for the next interview trade-off and explain the connection aloud.
Prerequisites: State Machines & Execution Graphs
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: Persistence & Threading — Use The ReAct Architecture as the setup for the next interview trade-off and explain the connection aloud.
Stage purpose: Prepare the details that distinguish a deeper answer.
Required background: Complete the linked prerequisites below or bring equivalent experience.
Expected outcome: Connect the concept to reliability, complexity, or production behavior.
Estimated time: 60 minutes
Prerequisites: The ReAct Architecture
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: Context Management & Summarization — Use Persistence & Threading as the setup for the next interview trade-off and explain the connection aloud.
Prerequisites: Persistence & Threading
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: Guardrails & Execution Bounding — Use Context Management & Summarization as the setup for the next interview trade-off and explain the connection aloud.
Prerequisites: Context Management & Summarization
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: Tool Binding & Execution — Connect guardrails to the tool-binding contract and explain where execution and error handling belong.
Prerequisites: Guardrails & Execution Bounding
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: The ReAct Agent — Production Loop Safety — Follow tool execution with the loop-safety trade-offs interviewers probe in production agent designs.
Prerequisites: Tool Binding & Execution
Evidence: Answer aloud, give a concrete example, and identify the relevant trade-off.
Current status: Weak
Recommended next: Complete this path by applying these outcomes in your own project.