The cost of improvising
You sit on panels. You ask decent questions. The notes are still a paragraph of vibes, the debrief is a vote, and the next interviewer invents a different bar. That is not a skill gap in the candidates – it is a missing standard in the room.
What it is
For the people who interview but do not own the requisition. How to ask for evidence, how to follow up until an answer is specific, and how to write notes a debrief can actually use. Narrower than the Mastery Programme by design – this is the interview, not the whole system.
Format
Self-paced + clinics
Work through the material at your own pace, then practise in live clinics: the second and third question most panels never ask.
For
Anyone who interviews
Senior ICs and panel members asked to interview without ever being shown how.
Scope
The interview only
Prepare against the role, ask for evidence, follow up until it is specific, and write notes a debrief can use.
Read the one-pager, not the job advert. Know which competency is yours. Ask about what happened, not what they would do, and write the notes within ten minutes against the bar you set beforehand. Narrower than Mastery on purpose: this is the interview, not the whole system.
Where this is useful
- Anyone who sits on a panel and does not own the requisition.
- Senior ICs asked to interview without ever being shown how.
- Teams rolling a standard out beyond the managers who already have it.
Where it is not
- People who own the whole hire – that is the Mastery Programme.
- Charisma training.
- A script to read out loud.