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Score yourself per loop stage

Take this situation: "Cursor bans AI use in its technical screen and runs a ~2-day on-site build-with-the-team round. What does this tell you about how to prepare and what's the trap?" Lead with your decision, then add the reason.

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Score yourself per loop stage1 = would not pass · 5 = bar-clearing

Readiness scorecard
Recruiter / HM screen
Can you say why Cursor, your fit and remote setup crisply? __ / 5
Technical conversation
SDLC, CI/CDContinuous Integration / Continuous Delivery. The automated pipeline that builds, tests and ships code so changes reach production safely and often. Press Enter for the full definition., enterprise infra and customer scenarios - depth? __ / 5
Live demo / presentation
Two tailored demos driven live, with recovery ready? __ / 5
Mock discovery
Stakeholder-specific questions, real need uncovered? __ / 5
On-site work-sample
Could you build/configure for real over ~2 days with the team? __ / 5
Values / why-Cursor panel
Ownership, curiosity, beginner's mindset - evidenced, not claimed? __ / 5

Score honestly. Your two lowest numbers are the only thing your prep plan should target.

Watch out

The hands-on stage is where talkers get exposed. Cursor's ~2-day on-site is real work with the team and AI is banned in the technical screen because it wants a clean read on skill and a teachable beginner's mindset. If you can articulate a perfect rollout but couldn't actually configure privacy mode, write a .cursor/rules file, debug a broken environment or drive Agent unaided - that gap fails you, no matter how good the slideware.

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Confirm you can do the hands-on thing

Confirm you can do the hands-on thing

  • Could you configure privacy mode, SSOSingle Sign-On. One company login (usually via SAML or OIDC) instead of a separate password per tool. Press Enter for the full definition./SCIMSystem for Cross-domain Identity Management. A standard for automatically creating and removing user accounts when people join or leave. Press Enter for the full definition. and model routing in a real admin console, not just describe them?
  • Could you write a working .cursor/rules file and wire an MCPModel Context Protocol. A standard that lets an AI agent pull in context from outside the repo, like Jira tickets or internal docs. Press Enter for the full definition. context source from scratch?
  • Could you drive Agent and Tab through a multi-file change, reject bad output and get tests green - with no AI assist on the underlying coding?
  • Could you debug a thorny broken environment live while a developer watches?