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James Okafor · London

Interview Sprint

You're good at the job and average at the audition. The CV gets you in the room, then the room takes over: rambling answers, blanks on questions you knew were coming, and the drive home spent composing everything you should have said.

£650 ·6 weeks · In person or online

  • Ex-FTSE 100 hiring manager
  • MSc Occupational Psychology
Two chairs facing each other across a small table, a notebook and a glass of water between them
What changes

Where this work takes you

By the final week, the interview is the easy part. You'll have answers with structure, proof and a point; a story that survives 'tell me about yourself'; and enough recorded reps that the real thing feels like one more run-through. Then a negotiation script, so the strongest moment of the process doesn't go to waste.

This is a good fit if

  • You have live applications or interviews on the horizon in the next couple of months
  • You keep reaching final rounds and losing to someone 'more polished'
  • You're returning to interviews after years off the market and the format has changed on you
  • You'd rather rehearse hard now than improvise under pressure later

It's not the right fit if

  • You want someone to hand you scripted answers — canned lines collapse under the first follow-up question, and interviewers spot them a mile off
  • You're not actually applying yet — the Sprint runs on real job specs, so come back when there's a live role on the table

How it unfolds

  1. Week one: the audit

    A recorded baseline interview against the real job spec. We watch it back together — brief, uncomfortable, and the fastest diagnostic there is.

  2. Weeks two to four: rebuild

    Answer architecture, an evidence bank of your best stories, delivery drills. Every session recorded; every answer restructured until it lands.

  3. Week five: full dress rehearsal

    A complete mock against a cold interviewer brief — new questions, real pressure, written feedback within 24 hours.

  4. Week six: the offer stage

    Negotiation preparation and your salary script, rehearsed out loud — because the deal isn't done when they say yes.

Every session includes

  • Weekly 1:1 sessions
  • Email support between sessions
  • Recorded practice with playback
  • Written feedback within 24 hours
  • Salary negotiation script for the offer stage

Price

£650

Duration

6 weeks

Format

In person or online

Location

London & online

Four final-round rejections before the Sprint; an offer in week five of it. The difference wasn't luck — I could feel the room change.
Product manager, London

It starts with an application

Not because coaching is a club — because the work only works when the fit is right. Tell me where you are, where you're headed and what's standing in the way. Ten minutes, no essay, and I read every application myself.

Apply to work together

Free 30-minute fit call before anything is booked · evening slots available

Asked before booking

What's the time commitment?

One session a week, plus 60–90 minutes of drills between them. If a live interview lands mid-programme, we flex the plan around it — that's the point of it.

Do I need a live interview booked to start?

No, but you need live applications. The Sprint works best under real conditions — a real job spec beats a hypothetical one every time.

Can we do the whole thing over video?

Yes — about half my clients I've never met in person. For interview practice, video is arguably better: most interviews happen there now anyway.

Next step

It starts with an application

Not because coaching is a club — because the work only works when the fit is right. Tell me where you are, where you're headed and what's standing in the way. Ten minutes, no essay, and I read every application myself.

Apply to work together

Free 30-minute fit call before anything is booked · evening slots available