How do you remember/recall stories you prepared for interviews?

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Have 3 stories or so in your arsenal, and be able to massage them to answer multiple different questions

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From my experience, interviewers sharing stories is more common than not.

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Write them all out beforehand when you’re prepping. I like to categorize each story so I can quickly recal which ones to use if I need a story showing overcoming adversity, leading a team, a data science project, etc

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Write down bullet points in a notebook and bring it with you to refer to.

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When I interviewed for Nestle in bschool they made it clear that you needed 3 unique stories for the 3 interviewers in final rounds. In the bottom corner of my notebook I had an acronym or mneumonic for each one, and I’d sneak a glance while they read the question. I’d cross them out after each interview was over so I knew which unique ones were left.

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