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Score yourself per practice stage

Rebuild the parts of "Score yourself per practice stage", then say why each one matters.

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

Readiness scorecard
Motivation & fit
Can you say why Cursor, your fit and remote setup crisply? __ / 5
Technical depth
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: real depth? __ / 5
Live demo / presentation
Two tailored demos driven live, with recovery ready? __ / 5
Mock discovery
Stakeholder-specific questions, real need uncovered? __ / 5
Hands-on work sample
Could you build and configure for real, then demo it? __ / 5
Why Cursor / motivation
Ownership, curiosity, comfort with ambiguity: evidenced with real moments? __ / 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. The SA job description puts configuring environments, running hands-on enablement and solving workflow friction at the center of the role. If you can articulate a perfect rollout but couldn't actually configure Privacy ModeCursor's setting that guarantees code data is not used for training by Cursor or its model providers, and that an admin can enforce org-wide; data-retention terms are a separate, contractual layer. Press Enter for the full definition., write a .cursor/rules file, debug a broken environment or drive Agent unaided, that gap fails you, however good the slideware.

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Full explanation

Confirm you can do the hands-on thing

Confirm you can do the hands-on thing

  • Could you configure Privacy ModeCursor's setting that guarantees code data is not used for training by Cursor or its model providers, and that an admin can enforce org-wide; data-retention terms are a separate, contractual layer. Press Enter for the full definition., 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, and 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?
  • Could you debug a thorny broken environment live while a developer watches?
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