1 min lesson
The five-minute open, said out loud
Walk through "The five-minute open, said out loud" in order, then name the proof that tells you it worked.
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The five-minute open, said out loudDrill protocol
- 10–1 min · One-line fit. Name the product surface you ship, the strength you bring and why inventing better ways to build software is work you would choose.
- 21–3 min · Two product stories. Use examples with an ambiguous start, a decision you owned and a result. Keep your contribution distinct without erasing the team.
- 33–4 min · Product evidence. Name a real Cursor task, what helped, where it failed and what you would improve. Separate what you observed from what you propose.
- 44–5 min · Practical fit. The role is listed for San Francisco and New York. Confirm the location and ask recruiting about current working expectations rather than repeating an online claim.
Interview move
Make your evidence inspectable. “I rebuilt a webhook handler in Cursor, kept the scaffolding and rewrote retry logic after an idempotency test failed” supports a product opinion. “I love AI tools” does not show what you observed or decided.