The STAR-method interview coach for software engineers. Answer real behavioral questions by voice, get instant feedback scored against Situation, Task, Action, and Result — calibrated to Amazon Leadership Principles, Google's Googleyness, and the bar at Meta, Stripe, and Shopify.
Three connected loops. Recorded answers feed your story bank, the bank feeds your Readiness score, and the score tells you exactly what to drill next.
Real interviews are spoken, not typed. Answer questions by voice. Whisper transcribes, Claude scores against the STAR rubric for your target company.
Every answer scored on Situation, Task, Action, Result — plus the leadership principle it best demonstrated. One concrete fix you can apply in your next take.
A single number that tells you when you're ready. Combines STAR average, story-bank coverage, and the leadership principles you've actually proven.
“Tell me about a time…” questions are scored against a four-part rubric. Miss any of the four and the answer falls flat — even if your story is strong.
Set the scene. What was the project, the team, the constraint? 15–20 seconds, no more.
What were you on the hook for? Make ownership unambiguous. Avoid “we”.
The longest section. Specific things you did, in order. Trade-offs you made and why.
Measurable outcome. Numbers, percentages, dollars. What changed because of you?
Sixty interviewer-grade behavioral questions covering all 16 Amazon Leadership Principles plus the signals Google, Meta, Stripe, and Shopify look for. Each question ships with hints, follow-ups, and a target level.
The Amazon loop is the toughest behavioral interview in tech — every other FAANG bar is below it. Get ready for Amazon and you're ready for everywhere else.
Pick the company, level, and round. We filter the question bank and calibrate the bar to that loop.
Pick a coach persona, hit record, and answer like you would in the room. 1–3 minutes per answer.
Whisper transcribes; Claude scores. You see Situation, Task, Action, Result — plus the one fix that matters.
High-scoring answers join your story bank. We track which leadership principles you've covered and which you've ducked.
Five free coaching sessions to make sure it works for you. Upgrade when you want unlimited practice and Memory Coaching across your full prep cycle.
Launch pricing for early users
Everything engineers ask before they sign up. Still unsure? Try a free session — it takes about three minutes.
STAR stands for Situation, Task, Action, Result. It's a four-part framework for answering behavioral interview questions like 'Tell me about a time…' Situation sets the scene, Task names what you owned, Action is what YOU specifically did, and Result is the measurable outcome. FAANG interviewers — especially at Amazon — score answers against this rubric, and a missing letter is the most common reason a strong story gets a weak signal.
Build a story bank of 8 to 12 high-signal stories from your work history, map each one to the competencies your target company tests (Amazon's 16 Leadership Principles, Google's Googleyness, Meta's signals), then practice them out loud against an AI coach until each story scores 7+ on STAR structure, scope, and ownership. Out loud is the part most people skip — and it's where the real signal lives.
Amazon behavioral loops are structured around their 16 Leadership Principles. Common openers include 'Tell me about a time you had to make a decision with incomplete information' (Bias for Action), 'Describe a time you disagreed with a manager' (Have Backbone), and 'Tell me about a time you took on something significant outside your responsibility' (Ownership). The Bar Raiser interviewer goes deep on follow-ups and is specifically calibrated against the principles you appear weakest on.
You answer out loud — by voice, like the real interview. We transcribe with Whisper, score the answer against a STAR rubric calibrated to your target company, and remember every story you've told so the next session builds on the last. Generic AI can read you a question; it can't grade your delivery, track ambiguity coverage across 16 principles, or notice you've been ducking Ownership for three weeks.
Median user reaches a Readiness score of 70+ in 14 days of daily practice — about 25 minutes a day. Heavy practice (3 sessions a day) gets you there in 5 to 6 days. Readiness combines STAR average, competency coverage across 16 principles, and your bankable-story count.
Amazon (16 Leadership Principles), Google, Meta, Stripe, Shopify, Atlassian, and Grab on day one. The question bank is filtered by company target, and coaching feedback is calibrated to that company's bar. Amazon is the deepest because it has the most explicit rubric — but the coaching loop works the same for any behavioral round.
Behavioral interviews are universal. Series-B startups, banks, consulting firms, and internal-mobility loops all use 'Tell me about a time' questions and most are loosely calibrated to the same competencies the FAANG bar tests for. Practice on the harder bar and the easier ones get easier.
Yes. Audio is sent to OpenAI Whisper for transcription only and is not retained for training. Transcripts and scores are stored on your account so you can review them; you can delete any session at any time, and the entire account purge is one click in Settings.
Five free coaching sessions, no credit card. Pick a question, hit record, get a score. That's the whole onboarding.