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Nobody here is paid by the word. Every guide is about one conversation, written by whoever wrote the room it rehearses, and the way into that room is at the bottom of it.
Interviews
6 min read
Sep 11, 2026
Eight questions, twelve minutes, and the one at the end that decides whether there is a second call. The order almost never changes, which means it can be rehearsed.
Talent Partner, Series C fintech12 min
The shelf
10 more, under the 6 at the top of the page
How scoring worksAug 17, 20269 min
Two passes, three runs, and a quote checked against your own transcript before any of it reaches you. What the grader is allowed to say, and what it is made to leave blank.
Speaking examiner, university language center13 min
Work conversationsAug 12, 20266 min
He rang you. He is already angry. Three things work on this call and explaining your process is not one of them.
VP Operations, your biggest client10 min
Work conversationsAug 7, 20266 min
Your manager has a specific example and has stopped talking. What you say next decides whether this is a conversation or a record.
Engineering Manager, your manager10 min
InterviewsAug 2, 20265 min
Ninety seconds, through glass, with a queue behind you. Short answers win and elaboration is the most common mistake in the room.
Consular officer5 min
InterviewsJul 28, 20268 min
You know it perfectly and you have never once said it to another engineer. Twenty minutes of talking is a different skill from twenty months of building.
Staff Engineer, infrastructure20 min
Everyday lifeJul 22, 20265 min
The till, the fridge log, and three other things needing him. What to ask in the ninety seconds you have his attention.
Shift manager, your first day8 min
The bylines
15 of the 56 personas in the catalog are behind the 16 guides above. The length on each card is the median room, and the name opens the profile you would go in from.
Persona in Denver, CO
2guides
12min a room
Persona in Austin, TX
1guide
15min a room
Persona in Manchester
1guide
15min a room
Persona in Chicago, IL
1guide
12min a room
Persona in Cambridge
1guide
13min a room
Persona in Chicago, IL
1guide
6min a room
Persona in Portland, OR
1guide
13min a room
Persona in Boston, MA
1guide
10min a room
Persona in Leeds
1guide
10min a room
Persona in Arlington, VA
1guide
5min a room
Persona in San Jose, CA
1guide
20min a room
Persona in Phoenix, AZ
1guide
8min a room
Persona in Houston, TX
1guide
10min a room
Persona in Birmingham
1guide
13min a room
Persona in Brooklyn, NY
1guide
12min a room
The list
One a week
Monday morning. Nothing else is ever sent from this list.
No profiles in it
We do not put a persona, a rate or an offer inside the email.
The address stays here
Not sold, not shared, not matched to anything you rehearsed.
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