How to not over prepare for a behavioral and case style interview? I have a list of questions that could be asked

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The key is not to try and create and memorize an exhaustive list of questions because 1) it’s impossible to be exhaustive and 2) there’s a good chance you’ll forget during an interview if you’re trying to match an exact answer to an exact question

Instead, focus on creating a framework or broad set of answers that are good and can be applied across to many different question types e.g., have a story for when you failed and the learnings from it which can be translated to a weakness, a failure, a learning, a challenging time, etc.

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Overpreparation does exist, but for the vast majority of people the primary risk is underpreparation.

Agree with above. Have good stories that apply to a range of scenarios. You can have a story where you came up with an innovative solution while dealing with a difficult coworker for instance. Then you can use it for both topics.

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