Behavioral stories that land

A small, flat, talent-dense team reads evidence best. A fit conversation goes better with stories that end in something real, and for DX that means artifacts you can pull up on a screen mid-answer.

Prepare four stories that together cover all five behaviors. Lead with the result or the insight, then back into how you got there. The structure is tight situation-action-result with the order inverted: the payoff comes first so the interviewer knows where the story lands.

Cursor publishes no stages for this role. The only published process note, two or three short technicals then an onsite build, sits on Software Engineer postings. The four stages below are a loop shape to prepare for, and each one applies only if it appears.