Agent skill · marketing growth · erichowens
interview-loop-strategist
Orchestrates end-to-end interview preparation for senior ML/AI engineers targeting Anthropic and peer companies. Use for prep timeline generation, story coherence across rounds, mock scheduling,
Why this skill is useful
Provides a structured interview preparation timeline and coordination across multiple specialized skills that the AI wouldn't generate on its own.
What it needs
About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-14. 180 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Interview Loop Strategist End-to-end orchestrator for senior-level AI/ML interview preparation. Coordinates timelines, story coherence across rounds, mock interview cadence, energy management, and post-interview debrief -- routing each round type to its specialist skill. When to Use Use for: Building a complete interview prep plan for a specific company Generating 2-week, 1-month, or 2-month preparation timelines Ensuring story coherence -- the same project told correctly across behavioral, technical, and HM rounds Scheduling and tracking mock interview cadence Energy management strategy for all-day virtual or onsite loops Post-interview debrief analysis and improvement planning Coordinating across all 7 round-specific interview skills NOT for: Resume or CV creation (use cv-creator) Career narrative extraction (use career-biographer) Practicing a single round type in isolation (use the round-specific skill directly) Salary negotiation or offer evaluation General career counseling --- Full Interview Pipeline --- Skill Routing Table Each round type maps to a specialist skill. The strategist coordinates -- it does not execute round-specific practice. Round Type Specialist Skill Key Focus ------------ ----------------- ----------- Recruiter Screen Self-prep (no skill needed) Pitch, motivation, logistics, salary range Online Assessment / Coding senior-coding-interview LC hard, system design lite, time management Hiring Manager Screen hiring-manager-deep-dive Leadership, team fit, technical judgment ML System Design ml-system-design-interview End-to-end ML pipelines, tradeoffs, scale Technical Deep Dive anthropic-technical-deep-dive Past work forensics, technical depth, AI safety Tech Presentation tech-presentation-interview 45-min talk, audience calibration, Q&A Values / Behavioral values-behavioral-interview STAR stories, Anthropic values alignment Mock Execution interview-simulator Realistic timed practice with scoring --- Prep Timeline Selection Choose based on time u …
How to use it
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