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The ultimate guide to behavioral interviews. Developed by FAANG engineers. Use real-world questions, video recording, and structured strategies to get interview-ready in just a few hours.

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Many times, it’s not your technical competency that holds you back from landing your dream job, it’s how you perform on the behavioral interview. Whether you’re a software engineer, product manager, or engineering manager, this course will give you the tools to thoroughly prepare for behavioral and cultural questions. But beyond even technical roles, this would be useful for anyone, in any profession. As you progress, you'll be able to use Educative's new video recording widget to record yourself answering questions and assess your performance. By the time you’ve completed the course, you'll be able to answer any behavioral question that comes your way - with confidence.

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TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Management

Prepare for Interview

Behavioral Interview

Content

36 Lessons5 Quizzes

Why Prepare?

4 Lessons

Get familiar with the importance of preparation, authenticity, professionalism, and behavioral interview goals.

Why Prepare?

Authenticity

Everyone is an Interviewer

The Purpose of Behavioral Interviews

Preparing/Homework

7 Lessons

Discover the logic behind effective interview prep, organization research, and cultural analysis.

Doing your Homework

Exercise: List Organization Values

Exercise: Create a List of Experiences

The STAR Technique

Exercise: STAR Technique

Borrowing from other disciplines

Be a Cultural Anthropologist

Patterns for Behavioral Questions

12 Lessons

Explore behavioral interview strategies, answer personal experience questions, handle hypotheticals, and ask insightful organizational questions.

Recognizing Behavioral Interview Questions

Prior Experience Questions

Parsing Prior Experience Questions

Sample Prior Experience Questions

Exercise: Answering Prior Experience Questions

Practice: Answering Prior Experience Questions

Hypotheticals

Practice: Answering Hypothetical Questions

Values-Based Questions

Asking Questions

Good Questions to Ask

Quiz: Test yourself

Interview Etiquette

11 Lessons

Enhance your skills in effective interview etiquette, communication, and professional interactions.

Introducing Yourself

Cultural Interview

Phone interviews

Techniques for phone interviews

Body Language

Body Language Techniques

Video Conference Interviews

Techniques for Video Conference Interviews

Not an exact match? No problem!

On Being Rejected

Three different ways to practice

Conclusion and Quizzes!

2 Lessons

Take a closer look at practicing responses, self-reflection, authenticity, and meet key contributors.

Conclusion

Contributing Authors

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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