Turn a Job Post Into Interview Practice Cards
You already have the stories — the blank is the moment the question is asked. This reads the posting for the skills it's really asking about, turns them into likely questions, and pairs each with one of your stories on a STAR card. Local only; nothing leaves the tab.
- Mapping
- Posting keywords turned into likely questions
- local
- What it replaces
- A list of 50 generic interview questions
- $0.00
- Input
- The posting plus your stories
- no card
- Output
- STAR cue cards, question matched to story
- recomputed
What you pay otherwise
| Route | What you get | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Interview coach | Mock interviews and tailored questions | $150+/session |
| Generic question bank | Every question, none derived from this job | $20 |
| Winging it | Stories un-rehearsed, told out of order | rambling |
| This page | This posting's questions, matched to your stories | $0 |
The workflow
Paste the posting, not the title
The full text is what feeds the question deriver — 'stakeholder management' and 'tight deadlines' become different questions than 'communication'. The keywords are the questions in disguise.
List your stories one per line
Each story is a situation you lived: 'the time we shipped early', 'the angry customer I turned around'. You need fewer stories than you think — one good story answers several questions.
Read the card as a STAR frame, not a script
Situation, Task, Action, Result — the card holds the order. You don't memorise the words; you memorise the order, so the story comes out the same every time it's asked.
Say it out loud once per card
Reading the cards is not practice; speaking them is. Two minutes per card, out loud, is the difference between having a story and delivering one.
Worked example
Sample: a PM posting with three skills Keywords stakeholder, deadline, launch Questions 3 (one per keyword) Stories 3, matched one-to-one Cards STAR frame on each Uploaded nothing — built in the tab
Numbers above are sample data produced by the tool's own pre-loaded example, run in the browser — not averages or measured benchmarks.
What breaks this
Pasting only the title gives the deriver one word — paste the body. Listing stories as 'the time I did good work' gives the mapper nothing to work with; name the concrete moment. Rehearsing silently is the trap — the cards work when you say them out loud. Two minutes each, and the room will feel familiar.
Try it now
A PM posting and three stories are loaded and mapped. Paste your own posting and stories to rebuild the deck.
Open the practice board →Go deeper: the printable deck
The practice board is free forever. The $4 one-time tier adds:
- Printable card deck — the cue cards on one sheet to cut out — estimate: ~15 min saved versus writing cards by hand.
- Saved prep shelf — keep decks per application — estimate: ~12 min saved per interview.
- Answer timer — a two-minute timer on each card — estimate: ~8 min saved of watching the clock.