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Every question is mapped to a competency, calibrated to a level, and validated for reliability. No filler. No gotchas. Just structured signal.

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1,247 questions across 12 categories

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Design a rate limiting service for 100K rps

System Design|Video
8/10

Walk through your approach to a production outage

System Design|Video
7/10

Compare microservices vs monolith for an early-stage startup

System Design|Text
6/10

Design a notification system for 10M daily users

System Design|Video
8/10

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Anatomy of a question

Every question in the library is more than a prompt. It is a complete assessment instrument.

Question Text

The interview question itself, written in plain language and tested for clarity across candidate populations.

Competency Tags

Each question maps to one or more competencies — problem solving, communication, system design, leadership — so you know exactly what signal you are capturing.

Difficulty Level

Calibrated across Junior, Mid, Senior, and Staff tiers so candidates are assessed at the appropriate level of expectation.

Expected Answer Rubric

A structured rubric with criteria for Below Expectations, Meets Expectations, and Exceeds Expectations, including concrete examples for each tier.

Scoring Criteria

Weighted dimensions that determine how the response is evaluated, ensuring consistent scoring across interviewers and sessions.

Follow-Up Triggers

Conditional follow-up questions that activate when confidence is low or when the candidate's response opens a deeper line of inquiry.

Build your own questions

The library is the starting point. When you need something specific to your organization, the guided builder helps you create questions that meet the same quality standard.

Guided Question Builder

Step-by-step interface to create custom questions. Define the competency, set the difficulty, and the system guides you through writing an effective prompt with a clear rubric.

AI-Suggested Rubrics

Paste your question and let the system generate a scoring rubric based on thousands of validated assessment patterns. Refine it, approve it, and deploy.

Test Before Deploying

Run your custom question through a simulated interview to see how scoring works before it reaches a single candidate. Catch ambiguity early.

Question Performance Analytics

Track how each question performs in production: score distribution, discrimination index, confidence levels, and candidate feedback signals.

Explore the question library

See how structured questions lead to better signal and faster, fairer hiring decisions.