The ultimate guide to behavioral interviews. Developed by FAANG engineers. Use real-world questions, video recording, and structured strategies to get interview-ready in just a few hours.

Many times, it’s not your technical competency that holds you back from landing your dream job, it’s how you perform on the behavioral interview.

Whether you’re a software engineer, product manager, or engineering manager, this course will give you the tools to thoroughly prepare for behavioral and cultural questions. But beyond even technical roles, this would be useful for anyone, in any profession.

As you progress, you'll be able to use Educative's new video recording widget to record yourself answering questions and assess your performance.  By the time you’ve completed the course, you'll be able to answer any behavioral question that comes your way - with confidence.

Grokking the Behavioral Interview

**[Dakota LeRoy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dakota-leroy-725bb5126/)** is a UX associate at Liberty Mutual. She is a graduate of Tufts University with a B.S. in Computer Science.  LeRoy has been a software engineer for two years and has worked at Medidata Solutions and Cisco. 

**[Salifu Abudulai](https://www.linkedin.com/in/asktherecruiter/)** has been a technical recruiter for 13 years and is currently a talent leader at Github (aka Professional Sourcing Wizard). Abudulai works with developers to find them opportunities at GitHub or a similar company. 

**[Emma Bostian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmawedekind/detail/photo/)** is a software engineer who is based out of Karlsruhe, Germany and who is currently leading a system design at LogMeIn. Bostian is the founder of [Coding Coach](https://mentors.codingcoach.io) and is one of the hosts of [Ladybug Podcast](https://ladybug.dev).

**[Jorg Stegemann](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgstegemann/)** is Managing Partner with Apollo Search, a retained search and leadership consulting boutique firm for international, especially French-German, C-level, and director level assignments. 

The following individuals lent their words and wisdom to allow us to give you the best advice possible. 

Why Prepare?

Preparing/Homework

Patterns for Behavioral Questions

Interview Etiquette

Conclusion and Quizzes!

Contributing Authors