Technical Interviewing.

Rubric design, whiteboard coaching, behavioral signals, calibration, loop design, pairing interviews, debrief mechanics, feedback writing. Covers 14 sub-skills.

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  Structured vs unstructured (Schmidt-Hunter, Bock)

  Comparing a structured loop with an unstructured 'culture fit' chat, what defines the structured format?

  ASame questions, same rubric, and same dimensions across candidatesBSame interviewer pool but freeform questions chosen on the day of loopCSame panel size but each interviewer picks their own scoring scaleDSame time-box but topics drift based on the candidate's resume reading

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  System-design interview rubrics by level

  Comparing a mid-level design rubric with a staff design rubric on the same prompt, which expectation appears at staff but not mid?

  AChoosing a reasonable database for a single-service CRUD scenarioBNaming the cache layer in front of the primary read endpointCDrawing a clear box for the API tier with named request methodsDCapacity numbers tied to a stated read/write access pattern

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  Pairing / take-home interview design

  An interviewer reports a strong-hire on a candidate. Their feedback: 'reminded me of a former coworker who was great'. Hiring manager rejects the score. What is the documented mechanism the manager is invoking?

  AHalo bias, since one dimension has lifted the whole read hereBRecency bias, since the last round heard carries the most weightCAnchoring bias, since the first read set the range for the restDAffinity bias, surfaced through an explicit reminds-me-of anchor