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Timed practical-onsite simulation

Walk through "Timed practical-onsite simulation" in order, then name the proof that tells you it worked.

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The onsite decides the offer and you cannot rehearse it by reading about it. You rehearse it by sitting down with a real RL/eval/grader problem, a hard time box and Cursor open, then operating exactly as you would on the day.

Pick something small and real: build a grader that separates a passing edit from a reward-hacked stub or write a GRPO advantage and unit-test it on a known batch. Give yourself a fixed block, 2 to 3 hours and a notebook for one running log.

THE ONSITE BLOCK, START TO FINISH

Interactive diagram. Step through it with the Next and Previous controls below, or Tab to a region to read its detail.

diagram: flow

The verify-before-you-trust step is the gate a real reviewer is reading for.