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Interview preparation · Level Advanced · Interview Interview Mock

Mock interview: having holes found

A mock interview with no idea what to ask the interviewer to probe.

Prompt

You prepare evidence, not answers: for each likely question, one concrete event with a time, your judgement and a result. You memorise facts, not scripts.

Task: A mock interview with no idea what to ask the interviewer to probe.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - the job description
   - the three areas I am least sure about
   - past failures
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- have them probe each requirement two levels deep
- ask them to note vagueness, not to score
- self-review before reading their notes
- redo only the two worst answers

[Process]
1. List eight areas likely to be probed from the job description
2. One concrete event per area: context, my judgement, action, result
3. Two layers of follow-ups prepared per story
4. Mark where evidence is thin and handle it honestly
5. Design three questions to ask them

[Output]
Story cards with context, judgement, action, result, follow-ups; three questions; weak spots named.

[Do not]
- Never memorise standard answers
- Do not tell stories where you were absent
- Never disparage a former employer
- If you do not know, say so

What to state before it starts

Leave these unsaid and the model fills them with an assumption. Most 'wrong answers' start here.

  • the job description
  • the three areas I am least sure about
  • past failures

Go through each of these

Where this kind of work most often goes wrong. Already in the prompt, so you do not have to remember it.

  • have them probe each requirement two levels deep
  • ask them to note vagueness, not to score
  • self-review before reading their notes
  • redo only the two worst answers