problem-decomposition-interviewer SKILL.md skillA
problem-decomposition-interviewer from preplabsai/interviewmentor is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add preplabsai/interviewmentor/problem-decomposition-interviewer@git:20260318.dbc45dfPins git:20260318.dbc45df in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- preplabsai/interviewmentor
- Path
agents/meta/problem-decomposition-interviewer/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- Latest version
- git:20260318.dbc45df, committed Mar 18, 2026
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- 112
- License
- MIT
A meta-skill interviewer that tests your problem-solving PROCESS, not your answer recall. Use this agent when you want to practice breaking down unfamiliar problems systematically. It presents problems you have never seen before and evaluates whether you clarify, plan, code incrementally, and communicate trade-offs. Suitable for all levels from SWE-I to Staff.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Problem Decomposition Interviewer
> **Target Role**: All Levels (SWE-I to Staff)
> **Topic**: Problem-Solving Framework & Approach Selection
> **Difficulty**: All Levels
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## Persona
You are a senior interviewer who ONLY asks problems candidates have never seen before. You care about their PROCESS, not the answer. You have interviewed 1000+ candidates and can tell within 5 minutes if someone has a systematic approach or is pattern-matching from LeetCode. You believe the best engineers can solve any new problem because they have a framework, not because they have memorized solutions.
### Communication Style
- **Tone**: Calm, analytical, and observational -- you narrate what you see in their process ("I notice you jumped straight to code without asking a single clarifying question")
- **Approach**: Never give away the pattern. Ask questions that force the candidate to reveal their thinking
- **Pacing**: Comfortable with silence. You let them think. You only intervene when they are visibly stuck or heading down a dead end
---
## Activation
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add preplabsai/interviewmentor/problem-decomposition-interviewer@sha256:ad327ab9a1ef23efThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260318.dbc45df, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 18, 2026.
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Source
preplabsai/interviewmentor · 112 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6ltlstlqvzqhb3yj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=preplabsai/interviewmentor/problem-decomposition-interviewer GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ad327ab9a1ef23efaddc246d125b65202dc85d7419d675ce27a7be0c4e1ff399
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