Although you now have a prioritised list of questions, you need to have an interview plan, a framework which will help structure how you approach the interviewing process.

To help you form an interview plan, let’s consider these three ‘modes’ for interviewing:

1. Fundamentals - assessing the game’s core principles.

2. Bridging - moving between questions.

3. Investigating - deep dive into a specific issue.

It’s likely that you will spend the majority of your interview time in one of these three modes. It may help you to remember these three interviewing modes by calling it the FBI Method - Fundamentals, Bridging, and Investigating.

Next, let’s look into each of the three interviewing modes in the FBI Method.

Key Takeaway

Having a framework for interviewing is useful as you’ll have a clear starting point and also a method of getting to the insights you need.

Next: 47. Mode 1 - Goals, Roles, and Rules