Notes from the long way around.
One essay a week — on honest interview prep, voice practice, and the case against copilots.
2026-06-08 · Essay 06
I Built an Interview Tool for the Head. The Real Problem Lived in the Mouth.
I started building Intervues believing interview prep was a knowledge problem. A hundred transcripts later, the real bottleneck wasn't in candidates' heads — it was in getting the answer out of their mouths.
2026-06-05 · Essay 05
The Translation Problem: Why You Freeze in Interviews When You Actually Know the Answer
Knowing an answer and being able to explain it are not the same skill. The gap — idea to words, often in a second language, under pressure — is the translation problem. The fix is reps.
2026-06-04 · Essay 04
I spent six months teaching an AI to interview engineers. Here's everything it kept getting wrong
Most AI interviewers are built for an American in a quiet room. A field report on accent, silence, memory, honest feedback — and why we will never be a live copilot.
2026-06-03 · Essay 03
If you need a copilot to pass, you'll need one on the job
Live copilots feed you answers during the real call. Cheating rates hit 38.5% in one large dataset. The gap most candidates fail on isn't knowledge — it's saying what they know out loud.
2026-06-02 · Essay 02
Preparing rightly
The gap that costs candidates the most isn't technical knowledge. It's the translation from knowing to saying — out loud, to a voice, in real time.
2026-05-29 · Essay 01
Why interview copilots are the wrong answer
The category split in two. One side feeds you answers during the interview; the other helps you earn them before it.