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

Now it's time to think of stories from your own life that you can develop into rich and meaningful responses to behavioral questions.


What experiences do you know that you absolutely want to share? Imagine a movie is being made about your life and you get to choose the scenes that show you in the best possible light. What would you choose?

When you run out of ideas, use the prompts below to help you remember more examples. Consider:
  - Times when you felt a huge sense of accomplishment or success.
  - Times when you fixed something that wasn’t working.
  - A time when you had to make a challenging decision.
  - A time when you had to influence a leader or team.
  - Times when you got surprised by something or had overlooked something.
  - Times when you removed barriers or came up with a creative solution.
- A time when you failed but learned.
- A time when you had to defuse​ an escalating situation. 



In this lesson, brainstorm a list of examples that you will use to construct answers.

Why Prepare?

Preparing/Homework

Patterns for Behavioral Questions

Interview Etiquette

Conclusion and Quizzes!

Exercise: Create a List of Experiences