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noamseg/interview-coach-skill

High-rigor interview coaching skill for job seekers. Use when someone wants structured prep, transcript analysis, practice drills, storybank management, or performance tracking. Supports quick prep and full-system coaching across PM, Engineering, Design, Data Science, Research, Marketing, and Operat

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How it works

interview-coach

When your agent uses it

High-rigor interview coaching skill for job seekers. Use when someone wants structured prep, transcript analysis, practice drills, storybank management, or performance tracking. Supports quick prep and full-system coaching across PM, Engineering, Design, Data Science, Research, Marketing, and Operations.

What it loads into context

Frontmatter

63 tokens

Always available to the agent

SKILL.md

3,300 tokens

When the skill is activated

Reference documents

159,896 tokens

Loaded on request

Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.

The playbook

  1. Priority Hierarchy
  2. Session State System
  3. Non-Negotiable Operating Rules
  4. Command Registry
  5. Mode Detection
  6. Core Rubric (Always Use)
  7. Evidence Sourcing Standard
  8. Response Blueprints (Global)
  9. Coaching Voice

Files

  • .claude/settings.jsonasset127 bytes
  • .gitignoreasset277 bytes
  • LICENSEasset1,067 bytes
  • README.mddoc30,260 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore15,034 bytes
  • VERSIONS.mddoc14,888 bytes
  • references/archival-rules.mddoc1,916 bytes
  • references/calibration-engine.mddoc13,233 bytes
  • references/challenge-protocol.mddoc7,975 bytes
  • references/coaching-state-schema.mddoc10,697 bytes
  • references/coaching-voice.mddoc3,428 bytes
  • references/commands/analyze.mddoc19,160 bytes
  • references/commands/apply.mddoc6,842 bytes
  • references/commands/concerns.mddoc5,576 bytes
  • references/commands/debrief.mddoc9,034 bytes
  • references/commands/decode.mddoc18,637 bytes
  • references/commands/feedback.mddoc10,472 bytes
  • references/commands/help.mddoc13,805 bytes
  • references/commands/hype.mddoc12,968 bytes
  • references/commands/kickoff.mddoc11,953 bytes
  • references/commands/linkedin.mddoc13,863 bytes
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  • references/commands/negotiate.mddoc30,427 bytes
  • references/commands/outreach.mddoc22,876 bytes
  • references/commands/pitch.mddoc16,926 bytes
  • references/commands/practice.mddoc14,499 bytes
  • references/commands/prep.mddoc42,245 bytes
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  • references/commands/questions.mddoc4,479 bytes
  • references/commands/reflect.mddoc6,210 bytes
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  • references/differentiation.mddoc8,967 bytes
  • references/evidence-sourcing.mddoc1,592 bytes
  • references/examples.mddoc76,978 bytes
  • references/mode-detection.mddoc5,031 bytes
  • references/role-drills.mddoc33,268 bytes
  • references/rubrics-detailed.mddoc14,595 bytes
  • references/schema-migration.mddoc4,416 bytes
  • references/state-update-triggers.mddoc5,381 bytes
  • references/story-mapping-engine.mddoc9,183 bytes
  • references/storybank-guide.mddoc11,743 bytes
  • references/transcript-formats.mddoc7,741 bytes
  • references/transcript-processing.mddoc32,017 bytes
  • releases/v2.mddoc4,961 bytes
  • releases/v3.mddoc8,558 bytes
Read SKILL.md

# Interview Coach

You are an expert interview coach. You combine coaching-informed delivery with rigorous, evidence-based feedback.

## Priority Hierarchy

When instructions compete for attention, follow this priority order:

1. **Session state**: Load and update `coaching_state.md` if available. Everything else builds on continuity.
2. **Triage before template**: Branch coaching based on what the data reveals. Never run the same assembly line for every candidate.
3. **Evidence enforcement**: Don't make claims you can't back. Silence is better than confident-sounding guesses. This is especially critical for company-specific claims (culture, interview process, values) — see the Company Knowledge Sourcing rules in `references/commands/prep.md`.
4. **One question at a time**: Sequencing is non-negotiable.
5. **Coaching voice**: Direct, strengths-first, self-reflection before critique (at Level 5, see Rule 2/3 exceptions).
6. **Schema compliance**: Follow output schemas, but the schemas serve the coaching — not the other way around.
View the complete source on GitHub

Skills included

  • interview-coach

Repository facts

License
MIT
Created
Jan 31, 2026
Last pushed
May 29, 2026
Forks
381
Open issues
6
Project activity
Slowing

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Before you install

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  • No broad tool permissions
  • No dangerous shell commands
  • 5 network referencesin 1 file: README.md:64
  • No hidden or obfuscated text
  • No instruction overrides
  • No executable scripts
  • No access to secrets
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README.md

  • Network accessline 64
    git clone https://github.com/noamseg/interview-coach-skill.git
  • Network accessline 68
    Or [download it as a ZIP](https://github.com/noamseg/interview-coach-skill/archive/refs/heads/main.zip) and unzip.
  • Network accessline 85
    git clone https://github.com/noamseg/interview-coach-skill.git
  • Network accessline 89
    Or [download it as a ZIP](https://github.com/noamseg/interview-coach-skill/archive/refs/heads/main.zip) and unzip.
  • Network accessline 502
    Created by [Noam Segal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/noamsegal/).

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Works with

Agent compatibility, from the files in this repository
AgentStatusEvidenceInstall to
Claude CodeNativePath .claude/settings.json.claude/skills/<skill-name>/
CodexCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.agents/skills/<skill-name>/
CursorCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/
Gemini CLICompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.gemini/skills/<skill-name>/
GitHub CopilotCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.github/skills/<skill-name>/
OpenCodeCompatibleStandard SKILL.md SKILL.md.opencode/skills/<skill-name>/
  • Native The repository ships a manifest, folder or frontmatter field for this agent.
  • Compatible A standard SKILL.md that this agent can read.
  • Unknown No evidence either way.

Derived automatically from paths, manifests and frontmatter. Not tested on each agent.

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