Interview Prep

The reason most interview prep fails is the practice set. People rehearse "tell me about yourself" twenty times and freeze on "tell me about your biggest professional failure." They prepare the curated highlights and panic on the questions about gaps, short tenures, or what their last manager would say is their weakest area. Real interviewers ask both kinds. This skill prepares both kinds — the expected questions and the uncomfortable ones, ranked by probability of actually being asked given the role and stage.

The skill works in three modes. Question generation pulls requirements from the job posting and turns each one into a behavioural question, so the practice set is specific to this role at this company, not a generic top-50 list. Mock interview runs the questions one at a time, listens to your answer, then gives specific feedback — what worked, what was vague, where you said "we" when you meant "I," where the result was unquantified, where the answer ran over two minutes. Answer coaching takes the one question you're dreading and builds the answer paragraph by paragraph until it's tight, honest, and rehearsable.

The frameworks are explicit. STAR for behavioural questions — Situation brief, Task short, Action long and specific, Result quantified. Present-Past-Future for "tell me about yourself," which is a 60-90 second pitch, not a life story. A specific structure for the weakness question that names a real weakness, shows awareness, demonstrates action, and proves progress without pretending the weakness is secretly a strength. A "moving toward, not running from" frame for "why are you leaving?" that never badmouths the current employer.

The skill is calibrated to interview format. A 25-minute phone screen needs a 60-second pitch and a clear salary range, not eight STAR stories. A panel needs eye contact rules. A case study needs structured problem-solving frameworks. A final round needs strategic questions you'll ask back. Each format gets the right preparation density, not a one-size kit. And at least one curveball question — the one they won't expect, based on the company's recent news or product direction — is always included. Because the goal isn't to pass a rehearsal. It's to not get caught flat-footed on the day.