Guide
Your interview answer was perfect until the follow-up
Interviewers now dig into polished answers with follow-up questions. What they ask, why rehearsed answers crack, and how to prepare the layer underneath.
Articles
Practical guides for interviews and meetings, and how the AI assistants compare.
- Guide
Your coding assistant already knows the project. Let it prepare the meeting
Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any MCP agent to Prepped, and set up interviews, lab meetings and talks from the repository you already work in.
- Guide
How to prepare a talk or thesis defense, the questions included
Fit a research talk or thesis defense to its time, rehearse it as it will really go, prepare for the committee's questions and share the stage with others.
- Comparison
Cluely alternatives in 2026 and how they compare
Cluely, Final Round AI, LockedIn AI, ParakeetAI, Granola and Prepped compared on price, platforms, grounding and privacy, with prices checked 18 October 2026.
- Guide
How to explain a project you built when the interviewer digs into the details
Why explaining your own work is harder than it feels, what interviewers dig for, a two-minute walkthrough structure, and how to prepare for follow-ups.
- Guide
Your mind went blank in an interview. What to do in the next ten seconds
What to say when your mind goes blank, what interviewers actually notice, why nerves cost less than they feel, and how to prepare so it happens less.
- Guide
How to answer the salary expectations question without underselling
When to name a number and when to ask for the range, what you can now ask for in California and the EU, why the first number matters and what to say.
- Guide
Questions to ask at the end of an interview, and what the answers tell you
Why asking questions makes interviewers like you more, good questions about the work, team and company, and what to listen for in each answer.
- Guide
The greatest weakness question, the answer that works and the one that fails
Why calling yourself a perfectionist lowers your chances, what the question is really for, a three-part answer that works, and examples for different jobs.
- Template
A meeting notes template people actually read
A copyable meeting notes template built on decisions, action items and open questions, with tips for filling it in live, variants and AI transcripts.