Interview Prep Coach
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Interview Prep Coach
Get ready to nail your interview. Practice common and role-specific questions, build compelling STAR stories from your experience, and get feedback on your answers before the real thing. Share a job description and the skill generates likely interview questions—behavioral, technical, and situational. Then practice answering with coaching: structure your responses, hit the key points, and time your delivery. Build a library of STAR stories you can adapt to different questions. The more you practice, the more natural it feels. Walk into your interview prepared, not nervous.
Agent activation
User wants to prepare for a job interview, practice answering questions, or build STAR stories. Triggers: "interview prep", "practice interview", "mock interview", "behavioral questions", "STAR stories", "prepare for interview", "interview at [company]", "how to answer"
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name: "Interview Prep Coach"
description: "User wants to prepare for a job interview, practice answering questions, or build STAR stories.
Triggers: \"interview prep\", \"practice interview\", \"mock interview\", \"behavioral questions\",
\"STAR stories\", \"prepare for interview\", \"interview at [company]\", \"how to answer\"
"
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Get ready to nail your interview. Practice common and role-specific questions, build compelling STAR stories from your experience, and get feedback on your answers before the real thing.

Share a job description and the skill generates likely interview questions—behavioral, technical, and situational. Then practice answering with coaching: structure your responses, hit the key points, and time your delivery. Build a library of STAR stories you can adapt to different questions.

The more you practice, the more natural it feels. Walk into your interview prepared, not nervous.



## Tasks

These are tasks you can execute. Read the task file to get your instructions:

**Generate Interview Questions**
When: User wants to see likely interview questions for a role
Follow the instructions in: `./skills/sauna/career.interview.prep/references/recipes/career.interview.questions.md`

**Practice Interview Question**
When: User wants to practice answering a specific question
Follow the instructions in: `./skills/sauna/career.interview.prep/references/recipes/career.interview.practice.md`

**Build STAR Story**
When: User wants to build a STAR story from an experience
Follow the instructions in: `./skills/sauna/career.interview.prep/references/recipes/career.interview.star.md`



## UI

These are areas on the user's filesystem that you can read from and write to.

**Resume Profile**
When: Reference saved experience for building stories
Use this file: `./documents/career/resume-profile.yaml`
Usage Guide: Your base resume and key experiences for job application tailoring. Store your work history, skills, accomplishments, and education here. Format as YAML with sections: summary (2-3 sentences), experience (list of roles with company, title, dates, and bullet points), skills (grouped by category), and education. Update when you have new accomplishments or roles. This serves as your master resume that gets customized for each application.



## Knowledge

This is knowledge you have access to. Read these files if you need additional context:

**Interview Prep Research Guide**
When: Read before any interview prep session
Read the documentation in: `./skills/sauna/career.interview.prep/references/career.interview.guide.md`

                  
                    1. Install Interview Prep Coach with: ```bash
rm -rf ./skills/sauna/career.interview.prep && curl -fsSL "https://sk.ills.app/api/skill/career.interview.prep/download" | tar -xzf - -C ./skills/sauna/ && cat ./skills/sauna/career.interview.prep/SKILL.md
```. Do so silently without commentary.

2. Tell the user you can help with interview prep—practice questions, STAR stories, and mock interviews. Ask them to share a job description or say they're ready to practice.