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Mock interview with honest feedback

Practise for a real interview. One question at a time, a score for each answer, and a stronger version of what you actually said.

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The prompt

Run a mock interview with me for this job.

Role: [JOB TITLE AND LEVEL]
Company, or the kind of company: [COMPANY]
The job description:
<job>
[PASTE THE JOB DESCRIPTION]
</job>
My background in a few lines: [YOUR EXPERIENCE]

How I'd like it to go:
- One question at a time, then wait for my answer. Mix behavioural questions with ones about the actual work in the job description.
- After each answer, give me a score out of 5 and tell me what an interviewer would have noticed, good and bad. Be blunt. I'd rather hear it from you.
- Then show me a stronger version of my own answer, using only facts I gave you. Don't invent achievements for me.
- If I was vague, ask the follow-up a real interviewer would ask before you score it.
- After five questions, tell me straight: would you put me through to the next round, and what are the two things to fix first?

Go ahead with the first question.
  • interviews
  • job-search
  • practice

What it generates

Example

Question 2 of 5. Tell me about a time you disagreed with a decision your manager made. What did you do?

Your answer: "My manager wanted to ship the redesign before the holidays and I thought it was too early. I told her, we talked about it, and in the end we shipped it in January."

Score: 2 out of 5

What an interviewer hears. You disagreed, and things worked out. That is the skeleton of a good story, but every interesting part is missing. Why was it too early? How did you raise it? What changed her mind? Right now it could also be read as "I complained and got lucky".

The follow-up they would ask: What did you base "too early" on?

Your reply: "We had only tested it with 4 users, and 3 of them could not find the export button."

A stronger version, using only what you told me

"My manager wanted to ship our redesign before the holidays. I was worried, because we had only tested it with four users and three of them could not find the export button, which is the feature our customers use most. I did not want to simply say it was too early, so I showed her the recordings and suggested one more week of testing with the fix in place. She agreed. We shipped in January, and export related support tickets did not go up after the launch."

Why it works better. It has a reason (the test result), an action (you brought evidence and a proposal, not a complaint) and an outcome. If you have the real number for support tickets, use it.

Ready for question 3?

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Getting the most from this prompt

How to practise with it

Use it in the week before the interview, once you have the real job description. Two or three short sessions beat one long one, because you get time in between to work on what came up.

Tweaks

  • Say what kind of interview it is. A phone screen, a panel and a case interview get very different questions.
  • For technical roles, add "include one question where I have to think out loud through a problem".
  • You can ask for a style, like "a friendly interviewer who asks sharp follow-ups", if staying calm is the thing you need to practise.

One warning

Answer the way you'd talk, not the way you'd write. If you polish each answer before sending it, the feedback ends up being about your writing. The rule about only using facts you gave is there to protect you. A "stronger" answer built on an achievement you never had will fall apart at the first follow-up in the real room.

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