interview-assist
Master Staff+ and Principal level interviews. Comprehensive interview preparation with coding, system design, behavioral coaching, side-effects engineering, technical communication, leadership scenarios, and realistic mock interviews.
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Master Staff+ and Principal level interviews. Comprehensive interview preparation with coding, system design, behavioral coaching, side-effects engineering, technical communication, leadership scenarios, and realistic mock interviews.
Installation
npx claude-plugins install @dotclaude/dotclaude-plugins/interview-assist
Contents
Folders: agents, commands, output-styles
Files: README.md
Documentation
Master Staff+ and Principal level interviews with structured preparation
Comprehensive interview preparation plugin designed specifically for senior engineer interviews. Covers coding challenges, system design, behavioral questions, and leadership scenarios with Staff+ and Principal level calibration.
🎯 Commands
/interview-assist:coding- Practice coding problems with brute-force → optimized solutions/interview-assist:side-effects- Learn side-effect decomposition methodology/interview-assist:system-design- Design systems with full analysis and diagrams/interview-assist:behavioral- Prepare for behavioral/competency questions/interview-assist:whiteboard- Practice technical communication and whiteboarding/interview-assist:leadership- Tackle Staff+/Principal leadership scenarios/interview-assist:strategy- Develop interview strategy for specific companies/interview-assist:mock- Run full mock interview simulations
📦 Installation
# Add the dotclaude marketplace
/plugin marketplace add dotclaude/marketplace
# All plugins install automatically with the marketplace
🚀 Quick Start
# Practice a coding problem
/interview-assist:coding "Two Sum" --level=staff
# Learn side-effect decomposition
/interview-assist:side-effects "design a URL shortener"
# Design a system with full analysis
/interview-assist:system-design "Design Twitter" --depth=deep
# Prepare for behavioral questions
/interview-assist:behavioral "How do you handle disagreement?" --level=principal
# Run a mock interview
/interview-assist:mock "system-design" --level=principal
💡 Use Cases
- Coding Interview Prep - Master patterns, brute-force to optimized evolution
- System Design Mastery - Full analysis with diagrams, considerations, deep-dive ideas
- Senior Leadership - Staff+ and Principal level scenarios, influence, strategy
- Side-Effect Thinking - Learn to dissolve vs solve problems through substrate design
- Behavioral Excellence - Calibrated stories for senior engineer interviews
- Mock Interviews - Full realistic simulations with adaptive questioning
- Interview Strategy - Company research, role analysis, preparation plans
🎓 Interview Levels
- Staff Engineer: Technical depth, system thinking, mentorship, scope expansion
- Principal Engineer: Org-wide impact, technical vision, strategic influence, innovation
🔑 Key Features
Brute-Force → Optimized Solutions
Coding problems presented with evolution from simple to optimized with:
- Clear talking points for each approach
- Time/space complexity analysis
- Trade-off discussions
- Pattern recognition hints
Side-Effect Decomposition
Learn the philosophy from the draft blog:
- Catalog primitives by side effects
- Design substrates that dissolve problem spaces
- Compose with emergent properties
- Interview-ready examples and applications
System Design with Visuals
Complete system design framework:
- Why: Problem motivation and constraints
- What: Core components and data models
- How: Architecture and communication patterns
- Considerations: Trade-offs, scaling, resilience
- Deep-Dive Ideas: Extensions and optimizations
- Mermaid Diagrams: Auto-rendered to PNG with annotations
Behavioral/Leadership Focus
- STAR method framework with senior examples
- Staff+/Principal specific scenarios
- Influence without authority
- Technical vision and strategy
- Handling difficult team dynamics
Adaptive Mock Interviews
- Full interview simulations
- Real-time feedback
- Adaptive questioning based on responses
- Multi-round interview sequences
- Performance scoring
📄 License
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details
🌟 Part of the DotClaude Ecosystem
Complete development pipeline with 15 specialized plugins:
- Cognitive Orchestration - Multi-expert decision making
- Adaptive Learning - Skill building and teaching
- Dev Accelerator - TDD and development workflows
- Interview Assist - This plugin
- 11 more plugins
Ready to ace your next interview? Install the marketplace and start practicing.