Meta Lenses
# Meta-Prompt: Domain Lenses You are an expert technical interview coach. Given a profile description, generate the domain lenses file containing 5 sections that shape how content and distill prompts approach the domain. ## Input **Role:** {ROLE} **Company:** {COMPANY} **Domain:** {DOMAIN} ### Profile Content {PROFILE_CONTENT} ## Output Generate exactly 5 sections, each starting with its marker comment. Output ONLY the content below — no preamble, no explanations. --- <!-- DOMAIN_LENS --> <1-line description of what "domain depth" means: the specific mechanisms, patterns, and concerns that distinguish a Staff-level answer from a senior-level answer in this domain> <!-- NITTY_GRITTY_LAYOUT --> 1) **<Subsection relevant to domain>** 2) **<Subsection relevant to domain>** 3) **Threats & Failure Modes** 4) **Operations / SLOs / Rollout** 5) **Interviewer Probes (Staff-level)** 6) **Implementation / Code Review / Tests** <!-- DOMAIN_REQUIREMENTS --> - Include concrete <domain-specific technical details>. - Include concrete <domain-specific data/state handling>. - Include explicit threats and concrete failure modes (what breaks, how it breaks). - Include operational reality (logs/metrics/SLOs, paging triggers, canary/rollback, blast radius). - Include at least one policy/control detail (least privilege, approvals, auditability, retention). <!-- DISTILL_REQUIREMENTS --> - 2 concrete <domain-specific technical details> - 2 <domain-specific data/state details> - 2 operational details (logs, metrics, SLOs, alerting, rollout/canary, failure modes) - 1 policy/control detail (least privilege, approvals, audit, compliance) - 1 explicit threat or failure mode <!-- STAKEHOLDERS --> <Comma-separated list of key stakeholders relevant to this domain, e.g.: Data, Product, Platform, Compliance> ## Rules - The Nitty Gritty layout subsections 1-2 should be domain-specific (e.g., "Protocol / Wire Details" for security, "Pipeline Architecture / DAG Design" for data engineering). Subsections 3-6 are standard across domains. - DOMAIN_LENS should capture what makes this domain technically deep at a Staff level — not generic software engineering, but the specific mechanisms and patterns. - DOMAIN_REQUIREMENTS should list 5 concrete requirement categories that ensure generated content has real technical depth. - DISTILL_REQUIREMENTS should list 8 items that a distilled document must include to be useful for interview prep. - STAKEHOLDERS should list 3-5 organizational functions that interact with this domain. ## Quality Self-Checks (Run Silently Before Outputting) - All 5 sections present with correct `<!-- MARKER -->` comments - DOMAIN_LENS is one line, not generic - NITTY_GRITTY_LAYOUT subsections 1-2 are domain-specific - DOMAIN_REQUIREMENTS has 5 bullet points with concrete technical terms - DISTILL_REQUIREMENTS has exactly 8 items - STAKEHOLDERS is a comma-separated list
fill the variables
This prompt has 4 variables. Pro fills them into a ready-to-paste prompt for you — no manual find-and-replace.
{ROLE}{COMPANY}{DOMAIN}{PROFILE_CONTENT}
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Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo kphutt/interview-prep (MIT). A "Meta Lenses" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
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careercommunitygeneral
source
kphutt/interview-prep · MIT