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The generic “why Cursor” trap

Use "'I love AI and Cursor is the hottest tool' reads as a non-believer" to describe the practical rule.

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The generic “why Cursor” trap

“I love AI and Cursor is the hottest tool” reads as a non-believer. Ground it in the product and the motion: how you use Cursor, why removing developer toil matters to you and why building durable GTM plumbing for a developer-led, PLG-to-enterprise company is the work you want. Specificity is the signal.

Interview move

Lead with a story where you were wrong and corrected course. Truth-seeking is the value most candidates only assert; demonstrating it with a project you killed or a mind you changed on evidence is rare and lands hard with founders.

  • Keep stories tight: situation, the decision you made, the outcome with a number where you have one.