interview-prep

Original：🇺🇸 English
Translated

Behavioral frameworks, technical interview patterns, system design, coding, and negotiation prep

1installs
Sourcecosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills
Added on

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills interview-prep

Tags

Translated version includes tags in frontmatter
interview-prepbehavioral-interviewtechnical-interviewsystem-designcoding-practice

SKILL.md Content

View Translation Comparison →

Interview Prep

Systematic preparation for technical and behavioral interviews.

Behavioral Frameworks

STAR for Behavioral Questions

Tell me about a time when...
ElementWhat to Cover
SituationContext — project, team, timeline
TaskYour specific responsibility
ActionWhat YOU did (not the team)
ResultQuantified outcome, what you learned

Common Questions to Prepare

  1. "Tell me about yourself" → 60-second career narrative
  2. "Biggest challenge/project" → STAR with technical depth
  3. "Conflict with a teammate" → Show emotional intelligence
  4. "Failure/mistake" → Honest story + what you learned
  5. "Why this company?" → Research-driven, specific

Technical Interview Prep

Coding

  • Practice 2-3 problems daily (LeetCode medium)
  • Focus on: Arrays, Hashmaps, Trees, Graphs, DP
  • Always: Clarify → Brute force → Optimize → Code → Test
  • Think out loud — interviewer wants to hear your process

System Design

Practice these scenarios:
  • Design URL shortener (read-heavy, hashing, scaling)
  • Design chat system (WebSockets, persistence, presence)
  • Design news feed (fan-out, caching, ranking)
  • Design rate limiter (token bucket, sliding window, distributed)

Pre-Interview Checklist

  • Research company and interviewers on LinkedIn
  • Prepare 3 questions to ask at end
  • Test your camera, mic, internet
  • Have water, notebook, pen ready
  • Review your resume and projects