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

# Past behavior is a predictor of future behavior
When preparing for interviews, it is very common for people to gloss over the behavioral portion and just focus on fine-tuning their applicable knowledge. However, interviewers also want to know if you are someone they would want to work with. They may be wondering:
* Are you calm under pressure?
* Are you comfortable giving formal presentations?
* Can you respectfully give your boss bad news?


Behavioral interviews help employers to understand how you have performed and behaved in the past in both positive and negative situations. According to [PH.D. Katherine Hansen](https://www.topresume.com/career-advice/how-to-nail-a-behavioral-interview), “behavioral interview questions are said to be 55 percent predictive of future on-the-job behavior.” 

This is because traditional interviews focus on technical questions that you may have spent time studying on codinginterview.com or a similar website. While acing the traditional interview is **extremely** important, it gives no insight into how you handle stress, failure, or conflict. That's why behavioral interviews ​exist; to make sure that you’re not the kind of person who will get overwhelmed with the job in three months and cause an unnecessary commotion.



In this lesson, we'll look at why organizations conduct behavioral interviews.

Why Prepare?

Preparing/Homework

Patterns for Behavioral Questions

Interview Etiquette

Conclusion and Quizzes!

The Purpose of Behavioral Interviews

Past behavior is a predictor of future behavior