interview-loop-strategist

name	interview-loop-strategist
license	Apache-2.0
description	Orchestrates end-to-end interview preparation for senior ML/AI engineers targeting Anthropic and peer companies. Use for prep timeline generation, story coherence across rounds, mock scheduling, and debrief analysis. Activate on "interview prep", "interview loop", "Anthropic interview", "prep timeline". NOT for resume writing, career narratives, or individual round-type practice.
allowed-tools	Read,Write,Edit
metadata	{"gated":true,"category":"Career & Interview","pairs-with":[{"skill":"senior-coding-interview","reason":"Handles coding round preparation and practice"},{"skill":"ml-system-design-interview","reason":"Handles ML system design round deep practice"},{"skill":"anthropic-technical-deep-dive","reason":"Handles Anthropic-specific technical deep dive rounds"},{"skill":"tech-presentation-interview","reason":"Handles technical presentation round preparation"},{"skill":"values-behavioral-interview","reason":"Handles behavioral and values-fit round preparation"},{"skill":"hiring-manager-deep-dive","reason":"Handles hiring manager screen preparation"},{"skill":"interview-simulator","reason":"Runs mock interviews with realistic evaluation"},{"skill":"career-biographer","reason":"Upstream -- extracts career narrative raw material"},{"skill":"cv-creator","reason":"Upstream -- resume must be finalized before loop begins"}],"tags":["interview","preparation","strategy","anthropic"]}
category	Career & Interview
tags	["interview-loops","hiring-process","evaluation","strategy","assessment"]

Interview Loop Strategist

End-to-end orchestrator for senior-level AI/ML interview preparation. Coordinates timelines, story coherence across rounds, mock interview cadence, energy management, and post-interview debrief -- routing each round type to its specialist skill.

When to Use

Use for:

• Building a complete interview prep plan for a specific company
• Generating 2-week, 1-month, or 2-month preparation timelines
• Ensuring story coherence -- the same project told correctly across behavioral, technical, and HM rounds
• Scheduling and tracking mock interview cadence
• Energy management strategy for all-day virtual or onsite loops
• Post-interview debrief analysis and improvement planning
• Coordinating across all 7 round-specific interview skills

NOT for:

• Resume or CV creation (use cv-creator)
• Career narrative extraction (use career-biographer)
• Practicing a single round type in isolation (use the round-specific skill directly)
• Salary negotiation or offer evaluation
• General career counseling

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Full Interview Pipeline

flowchart TD
    A[Career Biographer] -->|Extracts narrative| B[CV Creator]
    B -->|Resume finalized| C[Interview Loop Strategist]
    C --> D{Company Target Selected}
    D --> E[Generate Prep Timeline]
    E --> F[Story Coherence Matrix]
    F --> G[Round-Specific Prep]

    G --> G1[Recruiter Screen<br/>Self-prep]
    G --> G2[CodeSignal / Coding<br/>senior-coding-interview]
    G --> G3[Hiring Manager Screen<br/>hiring-manager-deep-dive]
    G --> G4[ML System Design<br/>ml-system-design-interview]
    G --> G5[Technical Deep Dive<br/>anthropic-technical-deep-dive]
    G --> G6[Tech Presentation<br/>tech-presentation-interview]
    G --> G7[Values & Behavioral<br/>values-behavioral-interview]

    G1 --> H[Mock Interviews<br/>interview-simulator]
    G2 --> H
    G3 --> H
    G4 --> H
    G5 --> H
    G6 --> H
    G7 --> H

    H --> I[Debrief & Adjust]
    I -->|Iterate| G
    I --> J[Interview Day<br/>Energy Protocol]
    J --> K[Post-Loop Debrief]
    K --> L{Offer?}
    L -->|Yes| M[Negotiation Phase]
    L -->|No| N[Gap Analysis & Retry]
    N -->|Update plan| E

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Skill Routing Table

Each round type maps to a specialist skill. The strategist coordinates -- it does not execute round-specific practice.

Round Type	Specialist Skill	Key Focus
Recruiter Screen