Mastering Behavioral Interviews

Summer Vacation to Escape AI Optimization (and recent coaching notes)

September coaching is open, book now!

Aug 20 • Austen McDonald

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July 2026

How Recruiting Works at Big Tech

And are recruiters your friend or enemy, really?

Jul 27 • Austen McDonald

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June 2026

How to Network at a Tech Meetup

It can be hard meeting total strangers...

Jun 25 • Austen McDonald

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Upleveling your behavioral responses | Coaching Notes #2

Also, how to answer, "Why (company)?" in a memorable way

Jun 7 • Austen McDonald

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May 2026

Behavioral Coaching Notes: Anthropic Philosophy and OpenAI Technical Deep Dives

Field notes from this week; oh and I'm open to coaching clients again 🧑🏻‍💻

May 28 • Austen McDonald

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April 2026

How to talk about AI in your behavioral interviews

Meta now directly assess AI impact in their behaviorals

Apr 23 • Austen McDonald

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Advice to New Engineers Joining Meta

Four things you need to succeed if you just came onboard

Apr 18 • Austen McDonald

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An Introduction to Manager Behavioral Interviews with Gilad Naor

2026 is a tough year to interview as a manager, get some help

Apr 2 • Austen McDonald and Gilad Naor

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February 2026

What's Different About Amazon Behaviorals

And apparently coyotes live at Stanford?! Who knew!

Feb 19 • Austen McDonald and Gilad Naor

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Why You Fail at Behavioral Interviews

Your beliefs about behaviorals are holding you back

Feb 5 • Austen McDonald

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January 2026

Interview Etiquette in Silicon Valley

Join me for an live event next week on How Big Tech Hears Your Story

Jan 23 • Austen McDonald

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Your Annual Reminder to Update Your Story Catalog

BONUS: a video review from Book Overflow!

Jan 12 • Austen McDonald

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