Guides on AI interview practice, behavioral questions and technical rounds, written from the marking side of the table.
AI Tools & Technology · 6 min read
Beacon has been rebuilt, dark mode included. Underneath it, the interview now asks about what your CV does not cover, and the match rate is worked out rather than asserted.
Csaba Balazs
Industry Insights 11 min
Hiring trend reports quote figures nobody can trace and expire within a year. The job advert in front of you is better evidence. Here is how to read i…
Career Advice 11 min
A practical guide to managing a career on purpose: deciding what you are aiming at, staying ready for opportunities, running a targeted job search, ne…
Technical Interviews 11 min
A technical interview measures whether you can solve the problem and whether anyone can follow how you solved it. A sequence for coding rounds, a stru…
Behavioral Questions 11 min
Behavioral questions ask what you have actually done, not what you would do. How to structure an answer with STAR, build a bank of ten stories that co…
Preparation Strategies 11 min
A four week interview preparation plan covering research, stories, delivery, nerves and logistics, plus how to compress it into one week or three days…
Interview Tips 11 min
Practical interview advice for the parts most guides skip: building a story bank, weighting STAR towards the action, handling salary and weakness ques…
AI Tools & Technology 8 min
After conducting hundreds of technical interviews as an engineering lead, I noticed that talented engineers often failed not because they couldn't cod…