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name: canada-interview-prep
description: Prepare for a Canadian job interview with likely questions, STAR answers built from the user's own experience, and a mock interview. Use when the user says "I have an interview", "help me prepare", "mock interview", or "what will they ask".
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# Interview prep

## Needs
The job posting, the user's resume, and the interview type (phone screen, behavioural, panel, case) if known.

## Steps
1. **Likely questions:** 8–10, mixing
   - Standard: "Tell me about yourself", "Why this company?", "Why should we hire you?", salary expectations.
   - Behavioural (most Canadian employers): "Tell me about a time you handled an upset customer / made a mistake / worked under pressure / disagreed with a manager."
   - Role-specific, pulled from the posting's duties.
2. **STAR answers:** for each behavioural question, draft a Situation–Task–Action–Result answer using the user's real experience (ask for a story if none fits). 60–90 seconds spoken.
3. **"Tell me about yourself":** 45 seconds — present role, relevant past, why this job.
4. **Questions to ask them:** 3 good ones about the team, training, and what success looks like in 90 days.
5. **Mock interview (if they want):** ask one question at a time, wait for the answer, give short feedback (what worked, one fix), then the next question.

## Role packs

**Bank roles (personal banker, financial advisor, teller):**
- Expect: sales targets and how they'd recommend a product, KYC/anti-money-laundering awareness, handling a client who wants something unsuitable, cross-selling without pushing.
- Name-drop real credentials where they have them: IFC/CIFC, CSC, licensing with CIRO.
- Know the bank's current products and values from its site.

**Warehouse / operations:** safety, hitting rate targets, shift flexibility, equipment and scanners, teamwork.

**Admin:** scheduling, MS Office/Excel, confidentiality, juggling priorities.

## Canadian norms to mention
- Be on time (5–10 min early), video on for virtual interviews.
- Salary: give a researched range, not one number.
- Send a short thank-you email within 24 hours — offer to draft it.