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Mock: values & behavioral
Show why this lesson detail matters: "Cursor keeps the team small and exceptional, so the values round is a real gate."
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Cursor keeps the team small and exceptional, so the values round is a real gate. For a builder-PM it probes two things at once: whether your stories prove ownership and shipping bias and whether you genuinely fit a flat org with no process, no project managers and no approval layers.
Answer one question per value from your story bank, on the clock. Deliver each result-first in about 90 seconds, then have a peer probe the soft spots. Generic and over-rehearsed both fail here and they fail the same way.
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Full explanation
What the Values Round Weighs Hardest
Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.
Score each of your stories against these signals before the loop; the lowest bar is the one to rehearse.
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Advanced table
One story per value
One story per valueMap your bank
- Cursor value
- Extreme ownership
- The question behind it
- Tell me something you took all the way to users.
- What your story must prove
- The whole arc was yours - idea to shipped, in first person.
- Cursor value
- Shipping bias
- The question behind it
- When did you choose to ship now over exploring more?
- What your story must prove
- You chose the fast, decisive move over more exploration, and it landed.
- Cursor value
- Truth-seeking, low ego
- The question behind it
- Tell me about a time you were wrong.
- What your story must prove
- You caught and fixed your own error, and say so plainly.
- Cursor value
- Taste & craft
- The question behind it
- A small quality thing you fought for.
- What your story must prove
- You fought for a small quality detail others would have skipped - and it counted.
- Cursor value
- Generalist, do-what-it-takes
- The question behind it
- When did you do work outside your lane?
- What your story must prove
- You did the hands-on work yourself instead of delegating it.
| Cursor value | The question behind it | What your story must prove |
|---|---|---|
| Extreme ownership | Tell me something you took all the way to users. | The whole arc was yours - idea to shipped, in first person. |
| Shipping bias | When did you choose to ship now over exploring more? | You chose the fast, decisive move over more exploration, and it landed. |
| Truth-seeking, low ego | Tell me about a time you were wrong. | You caught and fixed your own error, and say so plainly. |
| Taste & craft | A small quality thing you fought for. | You fought for a small quality detail others would have skipped - and it counted. |
| Generalist, do-what-it-takes | When did you do work outside your lane? | You did the hands-on work yourself instead of delegating it. |
Pre-assign one story per row. If two values share a story, you're short one and will sound thin under follow-ups.
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Optional practice
Practice: Mock: values & behavioral
QWhich behavioral answer best signals fit for Cursor's builder-PM culture?