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# Interview Prep Generator

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user wants to:
- Prepare for a job interview
- Practice answering interview questions
- Create STAR stories from their experience
- Anticipate questions for a specific role
- Mentions: "interview prep", "prepare for interview", "STAR stories", "interview questions", "behavioral questions"

## Core Capabilities

- Generate role-specific interview questions
- Create STAR stories from resume bullets
- Predict questions based on job description
- Prepare answers for common questions
- Create talking points for each experience
- Identify potential concerns and prepare responses

## Interview Preparation Framework

### Phase 1: Role Analysis
- Extract likely questions from job description
- Identify skills that will be tested
- Research company interview style

### Phase 2: Story Banking
- Convert resume bullets into STAR stories
- Create stories for common competencies
- Practice concise delivery

### Phase 3: Mock Preparation
- Practice common questions
- Prepare questions to ask
- Research company-specific topics

## The STAR Method Detailed

### Structure
- **S**ituation: Set the context (1-2 sentences)
- **T**ask: Describe your responsibility (1 sentence)
- **A**ction: Explain what YOU did (2-3 sentences)
- **R**esult: Share the outcome with metrics (1-2 sentences)

### STAR Story Template

```
SITUATION: "At [Company], we faced [specific challenge/context]..."

TASK: "I was responsible for [specific ownership]..."

ACTION: "I [specific action 1], [specific action 2], and [specific action 3]..."

RESULT: "As a result, [quantified outcome]. This led to [business impact]."
```

### Example STAR Story

**Question:** "Tell me about a time you led a team through a difficult project."

**Answer:**
```
SITUATION: "At TechCorp, our main product was losing customers to a competitor who had launched a better mobile experience. We were seeing 5% monthly churn, up from our normal 2%."

TASK: "As the product manager, I was responsible for turning around our mobile product to stop the bleeding and win back customers."

ACTION: "I started by interviewing 30 churned customers to understand exactly why they left. Based on that research, I prioritized 5 critical features that would achieve parity with competitors. I then worked with engineering to restructure our roadmap, negotiated with leadership to add 2 contract developers, and implemented weekly sprint reviews to keep the project on track. I also started a beta program with 50 of our best customers to get feedback before full launch."

RESULT: "We launched the improved mobile app in 3 months, reducing churn from 5% back to 2% within 60 days. We recovered 35% of churned customers and the NPS for our mobile app increased from 32 to 58. This project was recognized in our company all-hands as a turnaround success."
```

**Time:** 90 seconds to 2 minutes

## Story Banking Process

### Step 1: Identify Core Competencies

**Leadership Stories Needed:**
- Led a team through challenge
- Managed conflict
- Made a difficult decision
- Delegated effectively
- Developed/mentored someone

**Problem-Solving Stories Needed:**
- Solved complex technical problem
- Fixed a process that was broken
- Handled unexpected obstacle
- Made decision with incomplete information
- Improved something proactively

**Collaboration Stories Needed:**
- Worked with difficult colleague
- Aligned cross-functional stakeholders
- Built consensus
- Partnered with other teams
- Influenced without authority

**Achievement Stories Needed:**
- Exceeded goals/expectations
- Delivered under pressure
- Went above and beyond
- Took initiative
- Accomplished something proud of

**Failure/Growth Stories Needed:**
- Made a mistake and learned
- Received critical feedback
- Failed and recovered
- Changed approach based on learning

### Step 2: Map Resume to Stories

For each resume bullet, create a full STAR story:

```
RESUME BULLET: "Led cross-functional team of 12 to deliver $2M product launch"

From Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills, MIT.

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