Same questions, different things being scored
These are the patterns that come up for each role, and what the person across the table is listening for. Your sprint is built around the patterns for your role and your job description.
Can you coach a team, not just run its ceremonies?
- The team has missed its sprint goal three sprints running. What do you do?
- The Product Owner changes scope mid-sprint. Walk me through it.
- Your manager wants to use velocity to rate people.
- How do you use AI in your Scrum practice?
Do you know where your project really is?
- You’re six weeks late. Walk me through the recovery plan.
- How do you know the real percentage complete?
- The sponsor wants a date you don’t believe.
- A vendor is slipping and blames your team.
Will you catch failure before the client does?
- Status is green, but you suspect it’s red. What do you do on day one?
- The client escalates to your CEO. Take me through the next 48 hours.
- Your strongest engineer has quietly stopped caring.
- Two teams are fighting over a dependency, and neither reports to you.
Four parts, one interview date
Everything is aimed at the interview you already have. If it doesn’t help you in that room, it isn’t in the sprint.
Your resume, re-aligned to this job
The panel will have your resume open and question you from it. We make sure every line on it is one you want them to ask about.
- Resume checked against this job description, with gaps flagged before the panel finds them
- Summary and recent bullets rewritten result-first for this role
- LinkedIn headline and About section matched, because panels check it
- A backup plan for your pipeline, so one interview isn’t your only bet
24 AI prompts, from job description to offer
A tested library for each stage of preparation, with rules that stop the AI inventing experience you don’t have. Yours to keep for every future interview.
- Decode the job description, the company and the panel
- Build and stress-test your story bank
- An AI mock interviewer set up for your role and round, for daily practice
- Thank-you notes, debriefs and offer negotiation
The scenarios your role is tested on
A focused training session for your track: Scrum Master, Project Manager or Delivery Manager. It draws on the frameworks in my books, so you can explain the method behind your answers.
- The scenario patterns for your role, and what a strong answer looks like
- The vocabulary and metrics the panel expects to hear
- The practice kit from the matching book, for your own revision
Recorded mocks with written feedback
You hear yourself answer, get stopped and corrected, and answer again. Written feedback within 24 hours covers structure, evidence and how you come across.
- A 90-second “tell me about yourself” that leads into your strongest story
- 8–10 stories mapped to the competencies in this job description
- Questions to ask this panel, and a closing statement
- Offer and salary preparation, so you’re ready if the call comes
24 prompts, in the order you use them
These build on the 9-prompt system from Land Your Next Role, extended for the interview itself. The 48-Hour Rescue includes the 8 essential prompts. The Interview Sprint and Sprint + Pipeline include all 24.
Decode the role 3
- Job description decoder
- Company & market brief
- Panel profile from LinkedIn
Align the resume 4
- Job description match & gap check
- Summary rewrite for this role
- Result-first bullet rewrite
- LinkedIn alignment
Build the story bank 4
- Story builder
- Story-to-competency map
- The failure story, told well
- Your 90-second narrative
Role scenarios 3
- Scrum Master scenario drill
- Project recovery & critical path drill
- Delivery escalation & leadership drill
Practise 3
- AI mock interviewer for your round
- Answer critic: structure, evidence, presence
- Follow-up stress test
Questions & close 2
- Questions to ask this panel
- Closing statement
After the interview 2
- Debrief capture
- Thank-you note
The offer 3
- Salary benchmark prep
- Negotiation script
- Offer comparison
Every prompt has the same rule built in: use only facts you provide, and mark anything inferred for you to check. AI is for preparation. You never use it during a real interview.
You are the hiring manager for the role below. I have an interview for it on [date]. The round is [recruiter screen / hiring manager / panel / case]. Job description: [paste] My resume: [paste] 1. List the 5 capabilities this role will really be judged on, in priority order. Quote the job description line that shows each one. 2. For each capability, write the 2 questions a panel is most likely to ask a [Scrum Master / Project Manager / Delivery Manager] with my experience. 3. Find the 3 places where my resume is weakest against this job description, and the question each gap will trigger. Rules: do not invent experience I don't have. If you are unsure, say so.
Help me turn a real situation into an interview story. My rough notes: [paste] Role I'm interviewing for: [role] Shape it as: Context (2 lines) → the decision I faced → what I did and why (the judgement, not the activity) → the result, with a number → what I'd do differently. Keep it under 2 minutes spoken (about 250 words). Then list the 3 follow-up questions a sharp panel would ask, and what a weak answer to each sounds like. Rules: use only facts from my notes. Mark anything you inferred with [CHECK].
Three tracks, pick the one you’re interviewing for
Taught live in your second session and built on the frameworks in my books. You leave able to name the method behind your answer, which is what separates a senior answer from an experienced one.
Scrum Master & Agile Coach
Facilitation, metrics and coaching stance
- The 10 “what would you do if…” patterns, and a strong answer to each
- Velocity, cycle time, lead time and DORA, defended without weaponising them
- Coaching stance versus facilitating stance, with examples
- AI in Scrum: answers you can back with a real example
Project & Programme Manager
From The Discipline of Delivery
- Charter, scope and WBS: how to explain them in one minute
- Critical path and earned value in plain words, with a worked example
- RAID, change control and the honest escalation
- A recovery plan for a late project that a panel will believe
Delivery Manager & Head of Delivery
From Silent Failures and The Six Metals of Leadership
- “Green status, red reality”: spotting failure early, and saying so
- Leading under fire: client escalations and when everything breaks at once
- Conflict, accountability and delegation stories that show leadership
- Your first 90 days, the answer every senior panel asks for
Not sure what this interview will test you on?
Send the job description on WhatsApp. Within 4 hours you’ll get the three things this panel is most likely to probe, free. Then decide whether you need a sprint.
Priced by how long you have
Pick the plan that matches the time to your interview. If the date moves, your sessions move with it. Plans stay valid for 30 days.
Prices shown for India. International pricing, in US dollars.
- ✓Job description decoded: the 12 likeliest questions for your role
- ✓Your 90-second narrative, drafted and rehearsed
- ✓5 core stories shaped for this job
- ✓Live mock segment, with feedback on the spot
- ✓Quick resume check against this job description
- +8 essential interview prompts
- +WhatsApp support until your interview
- –Role training and written mock feedback
- ✓Resume re-tailored for this job, with LinkedIn headline and About section aligned
- ✓Full 24-prompt library, plus an AI mock interviewer set up for you
- ✓Role training for your track, with the matching practice kit
- ✓Story bank: 8–10 stories mapped to this job description
- ✓2 recorded mock interviews, with written feedback within 24 hours
- +Questions to ask, closing statement and offer preparation
- +Post-interview debrief and thank-you note
- +Daily WhatsApp support until your interview
Or pay ₹7,999 now and ₹6,000 when you accept an offer. How it works
- ✓Up to 3 resume variants for your other target roles
- ✓Full LinkedIn profile rewrite
- ✓30-day job search plan, with 4 weekly 30-minute check-ins
- ✓1 extra mock for your next round
- +Offer negotiation session when the offer arrives
- +30 days of weekday WhatsApp support
40% off the Interview Sprint, in exchange for an honest testimonial
I’m opening five founding spots. You get the full Interview Sprint at 40% off. In return, after your interview, whatever the result, you write an honest testimonial and let me use an anonymised before-and-after of one of your answers. Same sessions, same next-round promise.
The next-round promise. Nobody can honestly guarantee an offer. But if you don’t clear the round we prepared for, your next interview gets one mock session free, within 60 days. If you clear it, the next round’s prep is a single ₹2,500 session.
Book a next-round session (₹2,500) →
Not sure which plan? WhatsApp your interview date →
Built for one moment in a job search
This is for you if
- You’re a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Project, Programme or Delivery Manager, typically with 8–25 years in
- You have an interview booked, or a recruiter has said one is coming
- You’ve done the work but struggle to tell it as judgement rather than activity
- You’ve reached interviews before but not received offers
You’ll be better served elsewhere if
- You’re not getting interview calls yet. Start with resume & job coaching or the ₹499 teardown
- You’re moving into Scrum Master from another role. The Scrum Master programmes build the experience first
- You want ongoing weekly interview practice. The Four-Week Intensive fits better
I’ve sat on the other side of these interviews for 20 years. I know the moment a candidate wins the room, and the moment they lose it.
I’ve spent over 20 years in IT delivery and programme management across BFSI, FinTech and SaaS, hiring and leading Scrum Masters, project managers and delivery managers across three continents.
I’ve written down what I teach: The Discipline of Delivery for project managers, Silent Failures on spotting failure early, The Six Metals of Leadership on leading under pressure, and Land Your Next Role on the senior job search. The Interview Sprint turns those books into the answers a panel wants to hear.
Interview Sprint FAQ
Straight answers. Still unsure? Message on WhatsApp and you’ll get a reply within four hours.
My interview is tomorrow. Can you still help?
What do I need to send?
What if my interview gets rescheduled?
Will you tell me the exact questions?
Which interview rounds do you cover?
Is the prompt library allowed in interviews?
How does “pay part when you get the offer” work?
Do you guarantee I’ll get the job?
How is this different from the Four-Week Intensive?
Do you work with candidates outside India?
6:00–10:00 PM IST, weekdays and weekends. Rescue sessions are fitted in before your interview wherever possible.
Google Meet, video. Mock interviews are recorded and the recording is yours to keep.
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