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Readiness self-assessment

Use "And be ruthless, because a generous self-grade is the most expensive shortcut here" to describe the practical rule.

The last mile isn't more cramming. It's an honest scan of where you're sharp and where you're soft, so the hours before the loop go to the reds, not to re-reading what you already own. Rate each area red, yellow or green - and be ruthless, because a generous self-grade is the most expensive shortcut here.

Treat the rubric as a gap finder, not a score to admire. Mark the weakest proof, turn it into one practice rep and keep the artifact you would show an interviewer.

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Area: Scheduling craft
Green means: You build a multi-zone loop with buffers and recover from a drop in under 10 min.
If yellow/red, do this: Re-run the section 1 drill twice with a fresh curveball each time.

Area: ATS / ops
Green means: You can clean a messy pipeline and pitch one scoped fix with a metric.
If yellow/red, do this: Redo the section 3 triage; write the before/after from memory.

Area: Candidate experience
Green means: Your four core messages are warm, both-zones, personalized.
If yellow/red, do this: Rewrite the rejection until it sounds human, not templated.

Area: Behavioral / values
Green means: Six STAR stories, each mapped to a value and quantified.
If yellow/red, do this: Record the weakest two answers; re-tape until warmth + reliability both land.

Area: Cursor knowledge
Green means: You can name the real process cold.
If yellow/red, do this: Drill the four facts below until they're reflexive.

Area	Green means	If yellow/red, do this
Scheduling craft	You build a multi-zone loop with buffers and recover from a drop in under 10 min.	Re-run the section 1 drill twice with a fresh curveball each time.
ATS / ops	You can clean a messy pipeline and pitch one scoped fix with a metric.	Redo the section 3 triage; write the before/after from memory.
Candidate experience	Your four core messages are warm, both-zones, personalized.	Rewrite the rejection until it sounds human, not templated.
Behavioral / values	Six STAR stories, each mapped to a value and quantified.	Record the weakest two answers; re-tape until warmth + reliability both land.
Cursor knowledge	You can name the real process cold.	Drill the four facts below until they're reflexive.

Spend your last-mile hours on rows you marked red, in this order of impact.

Readiness self-assessment

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