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Separate what Cursor publishes from what you infer
Use "Separate what Cursor publishes from what you infer" to explain each part and the role it plays.
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Separate what Cursor publishes from what you infer
- Published for SWE postings
- Two or three short technical interviews, then an onsite where you build a small project. That is the SWE postings' wording, not a described RC loop.
- Published for this role
- Host candidates onsite, keep them warm and informed, and keep the ATS accurate. Cursor uses Ashby. Those are duties, not interview stages.
- Not published
- RC interview stages, loop length, take-home or paid work-trial policy and AI-tool policy. Treat any number you have heard as hearsay.
- The rule
- Read your live posting, ask your recruiter, and say out loud where the known part ends and the inferred part begins.
If you can't say which side of the line a statement falls on, don't say it in the room.
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Story bank coverage check
Story bank coverage check
Walk your stories against the JD's pillars and the values this module draws from the duties. Every pillar should have at least one story; every value should have at least one. Gaps are where the interviewer will find air.
- Pillars: complex scheduling, candidate hosting, comms hub, stakeholder collaboration, ATS hygiene, process improvement, discretion.
- Values: truth-seeking, ownership, reliability, detail obsession, empathy, calm under load, discretion, hospitality.
- If a pillar or value has no story, build one before the loop, because even a small, true one beats a confident blank.
Confirm the obvious things that the role is literally about: you replied to every recruiter email within hours, you triple-checked your own interview times and zones, you know exactly where the office is and when to arrive and you've prepped warm, specific questions. The strongest signal is being the candidate you'd want greeting people at the door, warm and on time. Model the job before you have it.
QWhich statement about Cursor's hiring process can you make with confidence?