The interview masterclass

Interview like a pro: the Mom Test, four questions, and a Claude practice dojo before any human.

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9:15

start

90m

duration

exercises

things you leave with

Welcome

Everyone lies to be nice, especially to you, and especially your friends. Today you learn the craft that separates real founders from wantrepreneurs: asking about the last time the problem actually happened, and listening to behaviour instead of opinions. You practice on an AI that plays a difficult customer before you ever touch a real one.

You walk out with

✓The four questions, internalized

✓Two scored practice reps

✓The reflex of following up on behaviour

The arc, minute by minute

9:15

The Mom Test: why would-you-use-this is poison

9:30

The four questions, built into your guide with Claude

9:45

The dojo: Claude plays a difficult customer, two scored rounds each

10:20

Debrief: the leading questions Claude caught you asking

Exercises

The dojo

Claude role-plays an evasive, polite, slightly-lying customer. Run the interview. It scores you on every leading question.

Guide build

Four questions only. If your guide needs ten, you are pitching, not listening.

prompt · give this to the room verbatim

Role-play a customer for my problem interview. Be realistic: polite, a bit evasive, occasionally lying to be nice, like a real adult talking to a student. After the interview, score me: which of my questions were leading? Where did I pitch instead of listen? What did I fail to follow up on? Problem area: [X].

Tools in play

Claude as sparring partner

Materials to prep

Interview guides ×40A bell for rotations

The checkpoint · nothing counts unless it is live

Dojo score reviewed. Then it counts: 5+ real interviews before lunch.

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