Interview prep, in writing.
Tactics, frameworks, and product notes from the team building Sottos. Long-form work that hangs around longer than a tweet.
InterviewingMay 21, 2026· 4 min readAI Mock Interview Debriefs: What to Review
A field manual for turning mock interview recordings into better answers: what to review, what to ignore, and how to use AI without training bad habits.
InterviewingMay 20, 2026· 3 min readAI Interview Tools in 2026: Help vs. Cheating
Field manual for the AI interview line: use tools to practice, structure, and debrief; do not let them produce hidden answers you cannot defend.
Job SearchMay 18, 2026· 4 min readAI Resume Tailoring per Job: What Actually Works
Sending the same resume to two hundred jobs is over. Here's the per-posting tailoring workflow that lifted reply rates 3.4× in our test — what to change, what to leave alone, what to never let the AI rewrite.
InterviewingMay 18, 2026· 5 min readCluely vs Interview Coder vs Sottos: Honest 2026 Compare
We installed Cluely, Interview Coder, and Sottos, ran twelve mock loops on each, and recorded what actually shipped useful answers under realistic interview pressure.
Job SearchMay 18, 2026· 4 min readLazyApply vs Sonara vs Sottos · Apply: 30-Day Test
We ran LazyApply, Sonara, and Sottos · Apply for thirty days on the same candidate profile and counted real recruiter replies. Here's the methodology, the numbers, and which one we'd ship to a real job hunt.
InterviewingMay 18, 2026· 4 min readHow to Use AI in Coding Interviews Without Cheating
A line exists between AI-assisted preparation and AI quietly running the interview. Here's where we draw it, why, and how to use a copilot like Sottos on the right side of it.
InterviewingMay 18, 2026· 5 min readAI for System Design Interviews: 6 Walkthroughs
Six classic system design prompts, solved live with the Sottos overlay watching the whiteboard. Includes the exact structure each walkthrough follows and what a defensible answer looks like.