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You have hours, not weeks. Here’s what still matters.
Pick your interview, set how long you have, and tick off what you've already done. You get a weighted readiness score and the single biggest thing you're still missing — not another list that makes everyone feel equally ready.
Afterpay Software Engineer
A time-banded plan for the hours you actually have left, weighted so you can see what still matters most.
Atlassian Software Engineer
A time-banded plan for the hours you actually have left, weighted so you can see what still matters most.
Canva Product Designer
A time-banded plan for the hours you actually have left, weighted so you can see what still matters most.
Commonwealth Bank Business Analyst
A time-banded plan for the hours you actually have left, weighted so you can see what still matters most.
Questions people ask
- How do you prepare for an interview in 24 hours?
- Work backwards from the interview rather than forwards from the job description. With 24 hours, the highest-return order is: understand the shape of the loop so nothing surprises you, prepare three or four concrete stories you can reuse across rounds, do one full run of whatever the hardest round is — a timed coding screen, a portfolio walkthrough, a case study — and leave the final two hours for logistics and one rehearsal out loud. What people usually do instead is read broadly, which feels productive and changes nothing, because interviews test retrieval under pressure and reading only builds recognition.
- What should you do the night before an interview?
- Stop learning anything new and switch to rehearsal. The night before, the marginal value of another article is close to zero while the marginal value of saying your two strongest stories out loud is high, because that is the first time your brain has to retrieve them rather than recognise them. Confirm the logistics — link, camera, mic, documents open, phone silenced — and then stop. Sleep is a genuine performance input, and candidates routinely trade it for preparation that will not survive the first question.
- Is it worth preparing if I only have two hours?
- Yes, but only for a very short list. With two hours, reading more about the company has almost no effect on the outcome. What does have an effect is running through your opening answer once out loud, having a single clear story for the most likely behavioural question, checking your equipment, and writing down two questions to ask them. That is roughly forty minutes of work, and the remaining time is better spent not spiralling than on more material.
- Why does this tool give a score instead of just a checklist?
- Because a checklist everyone receives identically is a blog post with tick boxes, and it lets you finish feeling prepared without being prepared. Every item here carries a weight reflecting how much it actually decides that specific loop, so the score moves more when you do the things that matter and the tool can always name the single highest-weighted thing you have not done yet. The intent is that you leave knowing what you are still missing, not that you leave feeling sorted.