interview-prep
Behavioral frameworks, technical interview patterns, system design, coding, and negotiation prep
Profile →npx skills add cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills --skill interview-prep --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Interview Prep Systematic preparation for technical and behavioral interviews. ## Behavioral Frameworks ### STAR for Behavioral Questions Tell me about a time when... | Element | What to Cover | |---------|--------------| | **S**ituation | Context — project, team, timeline | | **T**ask | Your specific responsibility | | **A**ction | What YOU did (not the team) | | **R**esult | Quantified outcome, what you learned | ### Common Questions to Prepare 1. "Tell me about yourself" → 60-second career narrative 2. "Biggest challenge/project" → STAR with technical depth 3. "Conflict with a teammate" → Show emotional intelligence 4. "Failure/mistake" → Honest story + what you learned 5. "Why this company?" → Research-driven, specific ## Technical Interview Prep ### Coding - Practice 2-3 problems daily (LeetCode medium) - Focus on: Arrays, Hashmaps, Trees, Graphs, DP - Always: Clarify → Brute force → Optimize → Code → Test - Think out loud — interviewer wants to hear your process ### System Design Practice these scenarios: - Design URL shortener (read-heavy, hashing, scaling) - Design chat system (WebSockets, persistence, presence) - Design news feed (fan-out, caching, ranking) - Design rate
- Behavioral Frameworks
- STAR for Behavioral Questions
- Common Questions to Prepare
- Technical Interview Prep
- Coding
- System Design
- Pre-Interview Checklist
What does the interview-prep skill do?
Behavioral frameworks, technical interview patterns, system design, coding, and negotiation prep
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills --skill interview-prep --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent-skills, a repository with 364 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.