CareerKit

Free Interview Cheat Sheet

Paste a company + role. Get a focused 1-page brief — talking points, smart questions, watch-outs.

Generated from AI training data. Verify recent specifics before the interview.

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Who's interviewing you, anything you already know about the team, a recent signal worth including.

What goes in a great interview cheat sheet?

Most candidates show up to interviews having Googled the company for 20 minutes — scrolling press releases, half-reading the careers page, skimming a few Glassdoor reviews. Then they get blindsided by questions they could have prepped for. The interview cheat sheet condenses what to actually research, in one scannable page you can re-read in the 5 minutes before the call.

Built for the company + role + round you're interviewing for: recent signals worth referencing, talking points to weave into your answers, smart questions to ask, honest watch-outs. Free, three cheat sheets per day, no signup.

How to use the cheat sheet

  1. 1

    Be specific about the role and round

    "Senior PM at Linear, hiring-manager round" gets a sharper cheat sheet than "PM at Linear". The round matters too — recruiter screens want different prep than panel onsites.

  2. 2

    Add context if you have it

    Who's interviewing you, the team they came from, any signal you already noticed. Anything you put in shapes the brief.

  3. 3

    Verify the recent signals

    AI training data has a cutoff. Anything tagged "(verify currency)" — open the company's blog, press page, or LinkedIn and double-check before you rely on it in the room.

  4. 4

    Take the cheat sheet into the Mock Interview

    The Mock Interview tool grades your answers against the role. Run a session before the real thing — using the cheat sheet as context — and you'll spot weak answers before they cost you.

  5. 5

    Re-read it 5 minutes before the interview

    The whole point is that it's scannable. Skim the talking points and questions, take a breath, hit "Join meeting".

Tips for stronger interview prep

  • Have 3-5 questions to ask, NOT 1-2 — questions that aren't a copy-paste from "best questions to ask in interviews" lists.
  • Reference one specific thing from the company in your first answer. Just one. It signals you actually prepared.
  • For panel rounds, write a 1-line note to each interviewer using whatever you learned about them — calibrate your story choices accordingly.
  • Don't memorise answers. Memorise STORIES and have 4-5 ready you can adapt to any question.
  • Watch-outs aren't for pessimism — they're for not being caught off guard. If a company had layoffs last year, the recruiter is expecting you to ask about stability.
  • Send a thank-you email within 24 hours. The free Thank-You Email tool handles the wording.

Interview cheat sheet FAQs

How current is the company information?▾

Mixed. The AI was trained up to a specific date and won't know about anything more recent than its cutoff. We flag uncertain items with "(verify currency)" — always double-check anything date-sensitive on the company's actual site.

Does it work for small / private companies?▾

The bigger and more public the company, the better. For unknown startups the brief gets thinner — the tool will say so honestly at the top rather than fabricate facts.

Should I bring the cheat sheet to the interview?▾

Don't pull up a printout during a live conversation. Read it once 5 minutes before, internalise the talking points and questions, then close it. Interviewers can tell when you're reading.

How is this different from the Mock Interview tool?▾

Cheat Sheet is RESEARCH — what to know about the company and role going in. Mock Interview is PRACTICE — actually answering questions and getting feedback. The natural order is cheat sheet first, then mock interview, then the real thing.

Can the AI search the web for live info?▾

No — it generates from its training data. We deliberately don't scrape company sites because that's legally fuzzy and surface-level. The brief is a starting point that tells you what to verify, not a final research document.

What if the cheat sheet gets details wrong?▾

Treat it as a 70%-accurate draft, not the final word. The structure is right (sections worth covering); the specifics are worth verifying. Use it as a prep scaffold and add what your own research confirms.