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The pre-loop readiness checklist
Connect "Rate five role-relevant capabilities before you continue" to the decision you would make.
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Rate five role-relevant capabilities before you continue: TypeScript fluency, editor primitives, AI-systems design, a small-project build playbook and evidence-backed product or values stories. These are preparation categories, not a claim that each appears as a named interview round.
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- Capability
- TypeScript fluency
- Practice exercise
- Confirmed-tool coding drill
- You're ready if
- You can write correct TypeScript and explain it using only the permitted setup
- Capability
- Editor primitives
- Practice exercise
- Editor-work drill
- You're ready if
- You can reason about buffers, diffs and multi-file edits as role-relevant practice
- Capability
- AI-systems design
- Practice exercise
- AI-editor design drill
- You're ready if
- You can scope tab-prediction or context-retrieval with latency and eval baked in
- Capability
- Build playbook
- Practice exercise
- Small-project rehearsal
- You're ready if
- You have a repeatable orient → scope → ship → demo loop for unfamiliar code
- Capability
- Values stories
- Practice exercise
- Introduction + idea discussion
- You're ready if
- Your motivation, project choices and product opinion are specific and supportable
| Capability | Practice exercise | You're ready if |
|---|---|---|
| TypeScript fluency | Confirmed-tool coding drill | You can write correct TypeScript and explain it using only the permitted setup |
| Editor primitives | Editor-work drill | You can reason about buffers, diffs and multi-file edits as role-relevant practice |
| AI-systems design | AI-editor design drill | You can scope tab-prediction or context-retrieval with latency and eval baked in |
| Build playbook | Small-project rehearsal | You have a repeatable orient → scope → ship → demo loop for unfamiliar code |
| Values stories | Introduction + idea discussion | Your motivation, project choices and product opinion are specific and supportable |
Each row is one preparation capability, one exercise and a concrete self-check.
The instinct is to repeat your strongest exercise because it feels good. Find the weakest capability above and put the next useful rep there, then revise the plan when recruiting supplies more detail.
QIn a mock introduction, which answer gives the strongest evidence of real Cursor use?