Career & interview coaching

Your next interview is too important to wing it.

Prepare the story, communication and confidence to show what you can do — in a way interviewers understand and trust.

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$90/hour · Free 30-minute discovery call · Share your interview date and we plan around it

What we work on

More than practicing answers.

Your experience needs a clear professional narrative. We turn complex work into answers that show judgment, impact and how you operate with others — then rehearse them until they hold up under pressure.

  • Role-specific positioning and your 2-minute pitch
  • “Tell me about yourself” without sounding rehearsed
  • Professional stories built with the PAR method
  • Behavioral questions: conflict, failure, feedback, leadership
  • Technical and system-design communication
  • Full mock interviews with specific feedback
  • Final-round preparation and offer negotiation
  • Promotion conversations and internal interviews
Investment

Career & Interview Coaching

$90 / hour

Book focused sessions around your interview date, or build a plan over several weeks that covers CV, LinkedIn and strategy as well.

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A clear process

Diagnose → prepare → simulate → refine → perform.

We work from the actual role and interview date, not an abstract list of questions.

  1. Diagnose

    Review the role, the stage, the date and the gap between your profile and what the role needs.

  2. Prepare

    Build your PAR story bank, your pitch and answers to the questions you’re most likely to face.

  3. Simulate

    Run full mock interviews — behavioral, technical or panel — as close to the real thing as possible.

  4. Refine

    Sharpen structure, pacing, directness and tone, especially under follow-up questions.

  5. Perform

    Final-round preparation, closing questions and negotiation language for when the offer arrives.

The core method

PAR: a structure interviewers remember.

PAR gives your answers a shape that feels natural to interviewers in the UK, US and Western Europe — and it keeps working after you’re hired, in status updates and presentations.

P

Problem

Set the context: the challenge, constraint or situation. Specific and brief.

A

Action

What you did: your contribution, decisions and reasoning, in strong, active language.

R

Result

What changed. Real numbers where possible — this is the part interviewers remember.

Is this for you?

A good fit if…

  • You’re a developer, engineer, product manager, or data or design professional
  • You get interviews but struggle to convert them into offers
  • You’ve been applying for months with little traction
  • Your technical skills are strong but you feel invisible on paper or in the room
  • You’re targeting a role in the UK, US, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland or the Nordics
Probably not the right fit if…

Not the right fit

  • You’re looking for general life coaching
  • Your English is below B2 — start with communication coaching
  • You’d rather not do mock interviews or practice between sessions
Results

What focused preparation can change.

Career & interview

Senior software developer

Starting point
Months of applications, interviews that didn’t turn into offers.
The work
Job-search strategy, a rewritten CV and LinkedIn profile, and repeated interview practice.
Outcome
Received a job offer live — during a coaching session.
Leadership & executive

Senior HR leader

Starting point
Exceptional credentials, but struggling to be heard in panel interviews.
The work
Tone, cadence, PAR stories and executive presence under multi-interviewer pressure.
Outcome
Landed a VP of HR role at a first-choice company.
Client feedback

Interview and career coaching.

“After many attempts on Preply, I finally found the right teacher. Mark is an exceptional teacher with deep technical knowledge. He inspires, encourages, and helps me excel in job interviews. Highly recommend to anyone in tech!”

AlexandraTech candidate · Five-star review on Preply

“I've been learning with Mark to boost my technical English and get ready for IT job interviews. Lessons are focused on what I need — learning new words and speaking fluently. His tips made me feel confident talking about tech stuff in English!”

CarlosSoftware engineer · Five-star review on Preply

“Mark is an awesome teacher. He has it all perfectly structured and organized, with a highly professional method tailored exactly to my needs. On top of that, his technical background is directly aligned with my goals. Highly recommended!”

DaniTech professional · Five-star review on Preply
Questions

Interview coaching FAQ.

How many sessions will I need?

It depends on your timeline. With an interview next week, a few focused sessions on your stories plus a mock interview make a real difference. With more time, we can also work through your CV, LinkedIn and search strategy.

What should I send before the first session?

Your CV and the job description, if you have one. Add your interview date when you book so the preparation can be planned around it.

Do you run mock interviews?

Yes — they’re central to the work. Behavioral, technical-communication or panel format, followed by specific feedback on content, language, pacing and confidence.

Can you help with salary negotiation?

Yes: negotiation language, responses to counter-offers and low offers, and professional follow-up emails.

Are sessions online?

Yes, via Google Meet. The booking calendar shows available times in your own time zone.

Make the preparation match the importance of the opportunity.

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