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title: 'Week 7'
description: 'Top-target onsites. Keep coding light. Coinbase last.'
sidebar:
  icon: building-2
---

**September 28 – October 4, 2026.** Run the top-target onsites. Keep coding light. Interview with Coinbase last.

## Goals

- [ ] Keep coding light: 1 to 2 timed problems each day.
- [ ] Run the Plaid, Circle, and Stripe onsites.
- [ ] Run the Coinbase onsite on Friday.
- [ ] Rest before each onsite.

:::note[Schedule shift]
Coding stays light this week. Solve 1 to 2 timed problems each day as a warm-up only. Spend the day on onsite prep and the onsites.
:::

## Daily schedule

| Day | Coding — light | Prep — B4 | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 2 timed Coinbase-tagged problems: matching, balance accounting, and event sourcing | Tough-tradeoffs stories, plus Base L2 and AI-fluency prep | Plaid onsite |
| Tue | 2 timed mixed problems | Circle pair-programming warm-up: narrate a live build | Circle onsite |
| Wed | Stripe-format practical only | Integration dry run: an unfamiliar API, 45 minutes | Stripe onsite |
| Thu | 1 timed warm-up problem | Final founder-narrative pass. Sleep early. | — |
| Fri | 1 timed warm-up problem only | — | **Coinbase onsite** |
| Sat | Off | Write the negotiation-lever notes, per company | Tell all loops: "consolidating by October 16" |

## No gate this week

:::danger[Coinbase last]
Interview with Coinbase last. Run the Coinbase onsite on Friday, after the other top targets.
:::

## Outputs

- Onsites at Plaid, Circle, Stripe, and Coinbase.
- The negotiation-lever notes, per company.
- All loops told the decision date: October 16.