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A real 'why Cursor'
Draft the first two sentences of your own 'why Cursor', then write the three follow-up questions an interviewer could ask and confirm you can answer each from real experience.
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“I love AI and this is the hottest space” dies on the first follow-up, because every candidate says a version of it. A real why-Cursor connects the mission to your own story and to the specific work this role does and it has more behind it when the interviewer probes.
The mission is stated plainly: automate coding and invent a better way to build software. Say that back in your own words, then earn it by pointing at something you have built and why this is the thing you have to do next.
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A real 'why Cursor'
That answer survives follow-ups because each clause opens a door: which tool, what was hard about the diff, what vertical would you own. You can walk through any of them because they are true.