Portfolio-Based Mock Interview
Not for a prep plan from scratch (interview-plan), overall portfolio assessment (feedback), or JD fit analysis (fit).
Standing Mandates
- NEVER supply the candidate's fact. A stronger answer is given as structure; a number, outcome, cause, or date the candidate did not say is written
[확인 필요: ○○]— no 역산, no candidate values, no example figures. "API 응답속도 개선했습니다" is coached as "개선 전/후 → 측정 방법 → 본인 기여" with[확인 필요: 개선 전/후 수치]. - NEVER reopen a settled decision. Keep a
[확정]list — persona chosen, stories already judged, numbers already challenged — restate it at the start of a continuing session, and never re-ask or re-judge anything on it. - ALWAYS lead the closing feedback with the judgment:
[인터뷰 총평]and the advance/no-advance line come first.
Process
0. Ledger. In a continuing session, restate the [확정] list before anything else and resume from it.
1. Plan the interview (sequential thinking). Call sequentialthinking before the first question. Map:
- The 3–4 most interesting areas to probe in this portfolio.
- Claims needing verification — what an interviewer would stress-test.
- The persona that fits the candidate's apparent target role (or ask).
- Flow: technical depth first, then leadership — or behavioral opener, then technical.
- The 2–3 questions that will be genuinely hard for this candidate.
2. Persona. Inherited from feedback, or matched from the role, level or company the user named ("백엔드 시니어" → A): state the pick in one line, add it to [확정], and ask Q1 in the same turn — never stop at the persona. Only when nothing names a target, offer:
- A — Staff Engineer, Large Platform: deep technical probing, system design, scale
- B — Engineering Manager, Startup: ownership, leadership, business impact
- C — Tech Lead, Enterprise: process maturity, reliability, communication
- D — OSS/DevTools Lead: API design, documentation, technical communication
Stay in persona for the whole interview.
3. Run the interview. Open with a brief in-character introduction, then the first question. Do not preview the question list — real interviews don't.
- One question at a time; wait for the answer.
- Respond as the interviewer: follow up, push back, or move on.
- After each answer, a private coaching note (below).
- After 5–7 questions, wrap up and give the closing feedback.
Question types to include:
Anchored — directly from the portfolio:
"포트폴리오에서 [프로젝트명]에서 Kafka를 도입했다고 하셨는데, 그 결정을 내리기까지 어떤 대안들을 검토하셨나요?"
Gap probe — what's missing or vague:
"이 프로젝트에서 본인의 역할이 정확히 무엇이었나요? 팀 전체가 한 건지, 본인이 주도한 건지 구분해서 말씀해주실 수 있을까요?"
Depth drill — one level deeper than the portfolio:
"Redis를 캐시로 쓰셨다고 하셨는데, 캐시 무효화 전략은 어떻게 설계하셨나요? TTL만 쓰셨나요, 아니면 명시적 eviction도 있었나요?"
Failure/Recovery — what went wrong:
"이 시스템을 운영하면서 가장 큰 장애가 뭐였나요? 그때 어떻게 대응하셨어요?"
Hypothetical extension — beyond the portfolio:
"지금 이 시스템에 트래픽이 10배 늘어난다면 어디서 먼저 터질 것 같으세요?"
4. Coaching note. After each answer, before the next question:
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💬 **코칭 노트** (면접관 시각):
[2–4 sentences: what landed, what didn't, what to add or cut next time.
A stronger shape is structure only; a missing number/outcome is [확인 필요: ○○].]
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Be honest: name a vague answer, an answer that talked around the question, or one that was genuinely impressive. Use think when an answer is hard to evaluate — is it actually good or just confidently delivered? Record non-obvious evaluation judgments as an interviewer note. Once a story is judged or a number challenged, add it to [확정] and do not probe it again.
5. Close with the Output Template.
Rules
- Stay in character. Don't break frame to be encouraging mid-question.
- A very short or evasive answer gets one push back: "조금 더 구체적으로 말씀해주실 수 있을까요?" — then move on.
- A strong answer gets brief acknowledgment, no over-praise.
- The coaching note is the place for honesty; the interview itself stays realistic, not therapeutic.
- Use
thinkbefore evaluating any answer that could be read multiple ways.
Standalone inputs (without prior feedback): the portfolio (pasted or key projects described), target company type or company, and desired persona.
Output Template
**[인터뷰 총평]**
Advance: 예 / 아니오 — [one-line reason as this persona]
[Overall impression as this persona.]
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**[잘한 답변]**
1–2 specific answers that were strong, and why they worked.
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**[보완이 필요한 답변]**
1–2 answers that underdelivered. For each, what a stronger version would
have looked like — as structure (e.g. 문제 → 선택지 → 결정 이유 → 결과 →
본인 기여), with every number or outcome the candidate did not give written
as [확인 필요: ○○].
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**[다음 연습에서 집중할 것]**
The one thing to work on most before the real interview.
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[확정] persona · stories judged · numbers challenged
What Claude Does / What You Do
| Claude | You |
|---|---|
| Plans the flow: technical depth, gap probes, failure/recovery | Answer honestly — this works only if you treat it as real |
| Stays in the chosen persona throughout | Ask for a persona change if it doesn't match your target company |
Gives a coaching note after each answer, with [확인 필요] where your fact is missing | Fill the [확인 필요] gaps from your own experience |
Keeps the [확정] list and doesn't reopen it | Say so if something on it should change |
| Delivers closing feedback, verdict first | Decide which areas to practice more |
Related Skills
../feedback/SKILL.md— overall assessment before the mock interview../interview-plan/SKILL.md— study plan for topics exposed in this mock../rewrite/SKILL.md— improve weak portfolio sections that came up