# Grill Me Interview

> Conduct an interactive, rigorous architecture interview. Grills the user with probing questions one at a time to clarify ambiguous requirements, design decisions, edge cases, and tradeoffs before coding.

- Skill: `pedroiff0/grill-me-interview` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add pedroiff0/grill-me-interview`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/pedroiff0/grill-me-interview/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- License: MIT
- Author: pedroiff0 (https://skillmd.com/u/pedroiff0)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/pedroiff0/grill-me-interview

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# Grill-Me Architecture & Requirements Interview

> **Attribution**: Created by Matt Pocock (skills.sh). Adapted to canonical multi-agent format.

Use this skill when a user proposes a project or feature and needs a thorough design alignment interview before writing any code.

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## Interview Rules

1. **One Question at a Time**: Never overwhelm the user with a wall of 5+ questions. Ask one focused question, wait for the response, then dig deeper.
2. **Challenge Assumptions**: Actively look for scalability bottlenecks, security oversights, concurrency bugs, and ambiguous data models.
3. **Synthesize & Conclude**: Once all tradeoffs are clarified, produce a concise summary specification artifact for user sign-off.