Interview guides

Long-form guides on how interviews work and how to prepare for them, with sources for every claim.

To Edit a Resume PDF, Rebuild It From Its WordsWhy an old resume PDF fights back when you edit it, and how to rebuild it from the same file: import the words, check what came across, then edit.
How to Fit a Resume on One Page, and When Two Pages Is RightMIT and federal hiring guidance both meet at 10-point text and half-inch margins. Why that leaves words as the real cut, and when a second page belongs.
Your Resume Summary's Years Should Match the Dates Below ItThe years in a resume summary can be checked against your dates. Writing one from your own resume, and the limits our AI summary writer works under.
From Resume to Cover Letter With AI, Without New FactsWhich facts an AI cover letter drawn from your resume may state, which it should leave blank, and how our builder drops or rejects a draft that invents.
How to Practice for an Interview: One Day or One WeekChoose interview practice for the time you have: a one-day priority list, an optional week of rehearsal, and a checklist for reviewing your answers.
Ashby's AI Resume Review: The Percentage Reviewers Can Rank ByAshby says its AI never ranks applicants, yet its knowledge base describes a percentage column reviewers can sort to rank them. We read Ashby's own pages.
Behavioral Interview Questions: 30 Questions and How to AnswerPractice behavioral interview questions grouped by skill, plus related general prompts. Learn to select true examples and explain them with STAR.
How to Defend the Numbers on Your Resume in an InterviewExpect three follow-ups on any resume number: the baseline, how it was measured and your share. How to answer each, label estimates and fix weak ones.
How to Explain an Employment Gap in an Interview (With Examples)A three-sentence structure for explaining an employment gap, example answers for five reasons, what not to volunteer, and how to show the dates on a resume.
How to Explain Being Laid Off in an Interview (With Examples)How to explain a layoff in an interview: a two-sentence answer, layoff versus fired, what to say about your old company, and what a new employer can check.
Your Resume in Greenhouse, According to GreenhouseWe read Greenhouse's own documentation to follow a resume after upload: the 2.5 MB parsing limit, who opens the file, Talent Matching and automatic rejection.
What iCIMS Makes Public About How It Handles Your ResumeWhat iCIMS's public pages say about your resume: a login per employer, a parser you can correct, AI ranking the employer buys, and what sits behind a login.
Interview Anxiety: Preparing for Nerves and Going BlankWhy interview nerves happen, the five kinds of interview anxiety, and a practical plan to calm down before and during an interview, built on rehearsal.
Job Interview in English: Questions, Phrases and PracticeA guide for non-native speakers: common interview questions in English, useful phrases, sample answers, how to handle accents and nerves, and how to practice.
How Lever Reads Your Resume, and Where Its Own Pages DisagreeA close reading of Lever's own documentation: how it parses a resume, what its Talent Fit AI returns, how knockout rules work, and where its pages disagree.
Interview Questions Based on Your Resume (and How to Answer)The questions interviewers ask about your resume: walk-throughs, each role, skills, numbers, gaps and job changes, with a method to predict and practice them.
Situational Interview Questions and How to Answer ThemWhat situational interview questions are, how they differ from behavioral ones, and how to answer with the SPAR method. Includes 20 questions and examples.
The STAR Method: A Complete Guide With ExamplesHow to use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) in behavioral interviews, with labeled example answers, common mistakes and a practice plan.
How to Talk About Resume Projects in an InterviewHow to talk about the projects on your resume in an interview: which one to lead with, a two-minute structure, team projects and the follow-ups to expect.
Workday and Your Resume: Each Employer Sets Its Own RulesWe read Workday's public documentation to see what happens to a resume: autofill, optional scoring, rules that decline, and a delayed rejection notice.
Career Change Interview: How to Explain Your ResumeHow to explain a career change in an interview: the three-part bridge answer, a reordered resume walk-through, and two examples built on official job data.
How to Explain Job Hopping in an Interview (With Examples)What interviewers worry about when they see short stays, how to label them on your resume, and an answer structure that ends on why this role will last.
How to Pass an AI Interview: What Gets Evaluated and How to PrepHow AI-run interviews like HireVue and Mercor work, what their own documentation says they evaluate, your rights as a candidate, and a practice plan.
Video Interview Tips: Live and One-Way Recorded InterviewsPractical video interview tips for live calls and one-way recorded interviews: setup, lighting, camera, timing, what to do when tech fails, and how to practice.
Questions to Ask the Interviewer, Round by RoundSmart questions to ask at the end of an interview, organized by round (recruiter, hiring manager, team, final), plus questions to avoid and how many to ask.