Start Here: Behavioral Interviews (for EMs, Senior/Staff Engineers, PMs)

You're good at the job but you haven't practiced explaining it to a stranger with a rubric. This is the reading order.

If you’re prepping for behavioral interviews (EM, Senior/Staff Engineer, PM) at Meta, Amazon, Netflix, Google, or similar companies, this is the stuff I wish someone handed me upfront.

I’ve cleared every FAANG loop over the years (some multiple times), and spent 10+ years at multiple big tech companies - leading teams, getting promoted, and sitting on both sides of 200+ interviews. I’m not here to inspire you. This is practical notes, patterns, and examples you can build on.

If you’ve already done some prep and are here to polish, jump to Common Mistakes and Seniority Signals. If you’re in early stages of prep, start with Company-Specific Prep or Question Prep. If you haven’t done this before, start with Foundations.

Common Mistakes

• Behavioral Interview Mistakes That Get You Down-Leveled (or Rejected) - Part 1

• Part 2 — [Coming Soon]

Seniority Signals

• Why your interviews don’t sound like senior-level work (even if your job is)

Company-Specific Prep

• 4 Stories. That’s all you need for your Amazon loop.

• Meta EM Loop — [Coming Soon]

• Netflix Culture Memo — [Coming Soon]

• Googliness - [Coming Soon]

Question Prep

• The “Failure Question” Ends More Interviews Than Any Other

• “Tell me about a disagreement with your manager or peer” — [Coming Soon]

• “Tell me about a time you influenced without authority” — [Coming Soon]

Foundational

• A simple structure (not STAR) to build answers fast without sounding rehearsed — [Coming Soon]

Other

• I Spent $1,500 on Mock Interviews for FAANG Offers. 80% Was Useless.

If you read just the first two sections above, you’ll already be ahead of most candidates.