The ultimate guide to behavioral interviews. Developed by FAANG engineers. Use real-world questions, video recording, and structured strategies to get interview-ready in just a few hours.

Many times, it’s not your technical competency that holds you back from landing your dream job, it’s how you perform on the behavioral interview.

Whether you’re a software engineer, product manager, or engineering manager, this course will give you the tools to thoroughly prepare for behavioral and cultural questions. But beyond even technical roles, this would be useful for anyone, in any profession.

As you progress, you'll be able to use Educative's new video recording widget to record yourself answering questions and assess your performance.  By the time you’ve completed the course, you'll be able to answer any behavioral question that comes your way - with confidence.

Grokking the Behavioral Interview

The cultural interview is often a candidate’s first impression within a organization, so don’t take these interviews lightly. Although, typically, cultural interviews aren’t as terrifying as coding interviews, interviewers can make or break your application. 

Most likely this interview will be run by a recruiter. They may, or may not, have development experience, but they should be able to have an intelligent conversation about front-end technologies. 

It’s important to truly impress your recruiter because their opinion could have a massive impact on your application. If you make it to the second or third round of interviews, and the organization is “on-the-fence” about pushing you through, the recruiter might be your biggest advocate. So be sure to impress. 

Typically, cultural interviews start with “So tell me about yourself.” It’s imperative to have a well-thought out response to this question. Let’s examine two responses:

In this lesson, we'll learn about the cultural interview.

Why Prepare?

Preparing/Homework

Patterns for Behavioral Questions

Interview Etiquette

Conclusion and Quizzes!

Cultural Interview