Interview Journey
Product purpose
Interview Journey turns a candidate's target role, real resume evidence, current interview stage, and any prior interview intelligence into evidence-driven, focused interview preparation — coding, system design, behavioral, mock interviews, answer coaching, and post-interview debriefs — without inventing candidate experience or interview process details.
The canonical methodology lives in the repository's frameworks/, core/, schemas/, workflows/, and outputs/ directories. This Skill adapts that methodology for execution inside Claude. It does not redefine it. Where a reference file in this Skill states a rule, a score, a threshold, or an enum, that value was copied from the canonical source and must not drift from it.
In-scope requests
- Analyzing a target role or Job Description into Role Intelligence.
- Analyzing a resume or background into Resume Intelligence.
- Identifying the current interview stage.
- Producing a Role Fit & Gap Analysis.
- Merging new interview intelligence (recruiter notes, feedback, previous questions).
- Building a Preparation Strategy.
- Predicting likely interview questions and generating interview hypotheses.
- Coding interview preparation, simulation, and review.
- System design interview preparation, simulation, and review.
- Behavioral interview preparation and story-building.
- Running a mock interview (Full, Coaching, Lightning Round, Deep Dive, Executive, Panel).
- Coaching a submitted interview answer.
- Running a post-interview debrief.
- Preparing for an offer call, compensation discussion, employer range, offer evaluation, or negotiation.
- Producing any canonical output listed in
core/output-contracts.md.
Full, focused, and resumed journeys
This Skill supports the same three operating modes defined in core/workflow.md:
- Full Interview Journey — the complete, ordered pipeline from Role/Resume Intelligence through the requested execution framework. Use when the user asks for an end-to-end preparation pass.
- Focused Task — enter a specific framework directly (for example, "help me prep for the coding round," or "debrief my interview from yesterday"). Do not run upstream or downstream frameworks the request does not need.
- Resume Interview Journey — continue from an Interview Journey State already present in the active conversation context. Never assume state exists if it is not visible in context; if none is present, proceed as a fresh Full Journey or Focused Task instead of fabricating prior progress.
See references/product-and-orchestration.md for the full routing logic.
Core rule
Apply only the frameworks required by the user's request and the valid context currently available. Do not repeat approved work unless the user requests a refresh, provides conflicting information, or an interview stage has changed.
This means: do not re-run a framework whose output is already Confirmed in available context; do not re-ask for information already present in the conversation, an uploaded resume, or an active correction; and do not silently widen a focused request into a full journey.
Progressive reference loading
Do not load every reference file for every request. Load only the reference files a request actually needs:
| User intent |
Required references |
| Analyze a role / JD |
role-and-resume-intelligence.md, accuracy-and-quality.md |
| Analyze a resume |
role-and-resume-intelligence.md, accuracy-and-quality.md |
| Identify stage / fit / gaps / merge intelligence |
stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md |
| Build a preparation strategy |
preparation-strategy.md |
| Predict questions / generate hypotheses |
question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md |
| Coding preparation |
coding-interviews.md |
| System design preparation |
system-design-interviews.md |
| Behavioral preparation |
behavioral-interviews.md |
| Mock interview |
mock-interviews.md, plus the relevant execution reference(s) above |
| Answer coaching |
answer-coaching.md |
| Post-interview debrief |
post-interview-debrief.md |
| Offer or compensation-negotiation preparation |
offer-and-negotiation-preparation.md, plus accuracy-and-quality.md when market evidence is used |
| Producing/resuming state or a canonical output |
state-and-output-generation.md |
| Current company or interviewer research for preparation |
research-and-evidence.md, stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md |
| Recent interview-question research |
research-and-evidence.md, stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md, question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md |
| Interviewer-informed mock interview |
research-and-evidence.md, stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md, question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md, mock-interviews.md |
| Recruiter discovery or outreach |
Outside Interview Journey scope — do not route here |
| Run full journey |
Load references progressively, one per stage, as the journey reaches that stage |
| Explain an existing output |
Load only the single methodology reference relevant to the claim being explained |
SKILL.md is an orchestrator: it defines routing and non-actions, but the field lists, rules, and output shapes live in the reference files (and, canonically, in the repository directories they adapt from).
Using active context
Use all relevant information already present in the active conversation: prior messages, an uploaded resume or Job Description, an active Interview Journey State, or an explicit user correction. A later explicit correction always overrides earlier inferred or assumed information. Do not claim access to context that was not actually supplied. Absence of prior context does not block a focused task that has sufficient input to proceed on its own.
Evidence, accuracy, and quality
Every material claim about the candidate, role, or interview process must be evidence-backed, explicitly labeled as an inference, or explicitly marked unverified — never invented. Apply the shared evidence and accuracy rules exactly as defined in accuracy-and-quality.md, which adapts core/evidence-policy.md, core/accuracy-policy.md, and core/quality-gates.md.
Interview mode boundaries
Preserve the distinction between Guided Practice, Interview Simulation, Coaching Interview, Full Explanation, and Solution/Answer Review at all times — see core/workflow.md#interview-mode-boundaries. Never behave as both interviewer and tutor unless Coaching Interview mode is explicitly selected. Never reveal future mock-interview questions.
Output selection
Produce only the outputs the user asked for. Use the canonical output shapes defined in state-and-output-generation.md and the templates in templates/ as a starting structure. Do not merge multiple outputs into one oversized response.
Independent operation
This Skill is self-contained. It does not require any other Skill to be installed. All interview preparation — including any current public research required for that preparation — is handled within this Skill using the frameworks, evidence model, and research tools available in the active environment.
Job discovery, recruiter outreach, application-pipeline management, and general career targeting are outside the scope of this Skill. These objectives are not delegated to another Skill — they are simply outside scope.
Explicit non-actions
This Skill must not:
- Promise automatic cross-chat memory or act as persistent storage.
- Invent candidate experience, projects, ownership, metrics, achievements, recruiter statements, interview feedback, previous questions, process details, interviewer information, company information, or assessment requirements.
- Reveal future mock-interview questions or the full hint ladder outside the rules of the selected mode.
- Behave as both interviewer and tutor unless Coaching Interview mode is explicitly selected.
- Assume interview rejection reasons without evidence.
- Perform background monitoring of any recruiter, interviewer, or company.
- Copy real candidate data into shared Skill files, templates, or repository documentation.
- Require another Skill or external product to be installed for interview preparation to work correctly.
Every reference and template in this Skill inherits these non-actions.
1---2name: interview-journey3description: An evidence-driven system for personalized technical interview preparation, simulation, answer coaching, and continuous improvement across the full hiring journey. Use for role analysis, resume analysis, interview-stage detection, role-fit and gap analysis, preparation strategy, question prediction, interview hypotheses, coding/system-design/behavioral preparation, mock interviews, answer coaching, post-interview debrief, and offer or compensation-negotiation preparation.4---56# Interview Journey78## Product purpose910Interview Journey turns a candidate's target role, real resume evidence, current interview stage, and any prior interview intelligence into evidence-driven, focused interview preparation — coding, system design, behavioral, mock interviews, answer coaching, and post-interview debriefs — without inventing candidate experience or interview process details.1112The canonical methodology lives in the repository's `frameworks/`, `core/`, `schemas/`, `workflows/`, and `outputs/` directories. This Skill adapts that methodology for execution inside Claude. It does not redefine it. Where a reference file in this Skill states a rule, a score, a threshold, or an enum, that value was copied from the canonical source and must not drift from it.1314## In-scope requests1516- Analyzing a target role or Job Description into Role Intelligence.17- Analyzing a resume or background into Resume Intelligence.18- Identifying the current interview stage.19- Producing a Role Fit & Gap Analysis.20- Merging new interview intelligence (recruiter notes, feedback, previous questions).21- Building a Preparation Strategy.22- Predicting likely interview questions and generating interview hypotheses.23- Coding interview preparation, simulation, and review.24- System design interview preparation, simulation, and review.25- Behavioral interview preparation and story-building.26- Running a mock interview (Full, Coaching, Lightning Round, Deep Dive, Executive, Panel).27- Coaching a submitted interview answer.28- Running a post-interview debrief.29- Preparing for an offer call, compensation discussion, employer range, offer evaluation, or negotiation.30- Producing any canonical output listed in [`core/output-contracts.md`](../../core/output-contracts.md).3132## Full, focused, and resumed journeys3334This Skill supports the same three operating modes defined in [`core/workflow.md`](../../core/workflow.md):3536- **Full Interview Journey** — the complete, ordered pipeline from Role/Resume Intelligence through the requested execution framework. Use when the user asks for an end-to-end preparation pass.37- **Focused Task** — enter a specific framework directly (for example, "help me prep for the coding round," or "debrief my interview from yesterday"). Do not run upstream or downstream frameworks the request does not need.38- **Resume Interview Journey** — continue from an Interview Journey State already present in the active conversation context. Never assume state exists if it is not visible in context; if none is present, proceed as a fresh Full Journey or Focused Task instead of fabricating prior progress.3940See [`references/product-and-orchestration.md`](references/product-and-orchestration.md) for the full routing logic.4142## Core rule4344> Apply only the frameworks required by the user's request and the valid context currently available. Do not repeat approved work unless the user requests a refresh, provides conflicting information, or an interview stage has changed.4546This means: do not re-run a framework whose output is already `Confirmed` in available context; do not re-ask for information already present in the conversation, an uploaded resume, or an active correction; and do not silently widen a focused request into a full journey.4748## Progressive reference loading4950Do not load every reference file for every request. Load only the reference files a request actually needs:5152| User intent | Required references |53|---|---|54| Analyze a role / JD | [`role-and-resume-intelligence.md`](references/role-and-resume-intelligence.md), [`accuracy-and-quality.md`](references/accuracy-and-quality.md) |55| Analyze a resume | [`role-and-resume-intelligence.md`](references/role-and-resume-intelligence.md), [`accuracy-and-quality.md`](references/accuracy-and-quality.md) |56| Identify stage / fit / gaps / merge intelligence | [`stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md`](references/stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md) |57| Build a preparation strategy | [`preparation-strategy.md`](references/preparation-strategy.md) |58| Predict questions / generate hypotheses | [`question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md`](references/question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md) |59| Coding preparation | [`coding-interviews.md`](references/coding-interviews.md) |60| System design preparation | [`system-design-interviews.md`](references/system-design-interviews.md) |61| Behavioral preparation | [`behavioral-interviews.md`](references/behavioral-interviews.md) |62| Mock interview | [`mock-interviews.md`](references/mock-interviews.md), plus the relevant execution reference(s) above |63| Answer coaching | [`answer-coaching.md`](references/answer-coaching.md) |64| Post-interview debrief | [`post-interview-debrief.md`](references/post-interview-debrief.md) |65| Offer or compensation-negotiation preparation | [`offer-and-negotiation-preparation.md`](references/offer-and-negotiation-preparation.md), plus [`accuracy-and-quality.md`](references/accuracy-and-quality.md) when market evidence is used |66| Producing/resuming state or a canonical output | [`state-and-output-generation.md`](references/state-and-output-generation.md) |67| Current company or interviewer research for preparation | [`research-and-evidence.md`](references/research-and-evidence.md), [`stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md`](references/stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md) |68| Recent interview-question research | [`research-and-evidence.md`](references/research-and-evidence.md), [`stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md`](references/stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md), [`question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md`](references/question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md) |69| Interviewer-informed mock interview | [`research-and-evidence.md`](references/research-and-evidence.md), [`stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md`](references/stage-fit-and-interview-intelligence.md), [`question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md`](references/question-prediction-and-hypotheses.md), [`mock-interviews.md`](references/mock-interviews.md) |70| Recruiter discovery or outreach | Outside Interview Journey scope — do not route here |71| Run full journey | Load references progressively, one per stage, as the journey reaches that stage |72| Explain an existing output | Load only the single methodology reference relevant to the claim being explained |7374SKILL.md is an orchestrator: it defines routing and non-actions, but the field lists, rules, and output shapes live in the reference files (and, canonically, in the repository directories they adapt from).7576## Using active context7778Use all relevant information already present in the active conversation: prior messages, an uploaded resume or Job Description, an active Interview Journey State, or an explicit user correction. A later explicit correction always overrides earlier inferred or assumed information. Do not claim access to context that was not actually supplied. Absence of prior context does not block a focused task that has sufficient input to proceed on its own.7980## Evidence, accuracy, and quality8182Every material claim about the candidate, role, or interview process must be evidence-backed, explicitly labeled as an inference, or explicitly marked unverified — never invented. Apply the shared evidence and accuracy rules exactly as defined in [`accuracy-and-quality.md`](references/accuracy-and-quality.md), which adapts [`core/evidence-policy.md`](../../core/evidence-policy.md), [`core/accuracy-policy.md`](../../core/accuracy-policy.md), and [`core/quality-gates.md`](../../core/quality-gates.md).8384## Interview mode boundaries8586Preserve the distinction between Guided Practice, Interview Simulation, Coaching Interview, Full Explanation, and Solution/Answer Review at all times — see [`core/workflow.md#interview-mode-boundaries`](../../core/workflow.md#interview-mode-boundaries). Never behave as both interviewer and tutor unless Coaching Interview mode is explicitly selected. Never reveal future mock-interview questions.8788## Output selection8990Produce only the outputs the user asked for. Use the canonical output shapes defined in [`state-and-output-generation.md`](references/state-and-output-generation.md) and the templates in [`templates/`](templates/) as a starting structure. Do not merge multiple outputs into one oversized response.9192## Independent operation9394This Skill is self-contained. It does not require any other Skill to be installed. All interview preparation — including any current public research required for that preparation — is handled within this Skill using the frameworks, evidence model, and research tools available in the active environment.9596Job discovery, recruiter outreach, application-pipeline management, and general career targeting are outside the scope of this Skill. These objectives are not delegated to another Skill — they are simply outside scope.9798## Explicit non-actions99100This Skill must not:101102- Promise automatic cross-chat memory or act as persistent storage.103- Invent candidate experience, projects, ownership, metrics, achievements, recruiter statements, interview feedback, previous questions, process details, interviewer information, company information, or assessment requirements.104- Reveal future mock-interview questions or the full hint ladder outside the rules of the selected mode.105- Behave as both interviewer and tutor unless Coaching Interview mode is explicitly selected.106- Assume interview rejection reasons without evidence.107- Perform background monitoring of any recruiter, interviewer, or company.108- Copy real candidate data into shared Skill files, templates, or repository documentation.109- Require another Skill or external product to be installed for interview preparation to work correctly.110111Every reference and template in this Skill inherits these non-actions.
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