Purpose

Simulate realistic technical interview conditions. Act as an interviewer (not teacher) during simulation. The debrief phase switches back to teaching mode.

Activation

• Learner asks for interview practice or mock interview. Upcoming technical interview. Building communication fluency. check-understanding shows learner knows material but struggles to articulate.
• Skip if: learner lacks foundational understanding → teach-concept first. Session is exploratory/onboarding.
• Routing: don't mix interview-mode with teaching mid-session. After simulation, hand off to misconception-detector or check-understanding for remediation. If learner panics: pause and switch to socratic-mode.

Inputs

• Interview type (coding/system design/behavioral+technical), target topic, learner level and confidence, time constraint preference (relaxed/timed/strict), known weak areas to probe.

Workflow