# 1:1 Director Interview Prep for ICs (60 min) with Marina Krutchinsky

> [Reframing your IC work as Leadership] You're interviewing for a Director role and you've never held the title for. This session pressure-tests your stories so you walk in sounding like a leader, not a senior IC who got lucky. This session is for you if-- → You’re a Senior, Lead, Staff, or Principal UX professional interviewing for Director roles → You’ve never held a Director title before., OR held one at a small company → You have interviews in the next 2–4 weeks → You suspect your answers may still sound too tactical Before the session (send at least 48 hours ahead): → The completed prep brief (I'll send it to you to fill out right after booking) → 4–6 career stories drafted using my structure (about an hour of work) → The job descriptions for the roles you're interviewing for I read and pre-audit everything, so we spend the full hour working and fixing. --- During the session → We audit your stories for Director-level altitude → We find which answers land and which sound under-leveled → We reframe your weakest stories in real time → We sharpen your language around leadership, judgment, influence, and business impact → We run 4–5 live mock questions and coach your answers on the spot You’ll leave with → A clear read on which stories work at Director level → Reframed language for your weakest answers → Live feedback on how you come across under pressure → A specific fix list for the days before your interview

- Host: Marina Krutchinsky
- Duration: 60 min
- Location: Google Meet
- Host time zone: America/New_York
- Confirmation: Bookings are confirmed instantly.
- Payment: required, and collected on the booking page.
- Booking page: https://cal.com/ux-mentor/director-interview-prep-for-ics
- Event type id: 5850081

## Check availability

```http
GET https://api.cal.com/v2/slots?eventTypeId=5850081&start=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD&timeZone=<IANA time zone>
cal-api-version: 2024-09-04
```

The response is `{"data":{"YYYY-MM-DD":[{"start":"<ISO 8601 with offset>"}]}}`; no API key is needed.

## Book

```http
POST https://api.cal.com/v2/bookings
cal-api-version: 2026-02-25
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "eventTypeId": 5850081,
  "start": "<UTC ISO 8601 start from the slots response>",
  "attendee": {
    "name": "…",
    "email": "…",
    "timeZone": "<IANA time zone>"
  },
  "bookingFieldsResponses": {
    "notes": "…"
  }
}
```

- Required fields: `name` (Your name), `email` (Email address)
- Optional fields: `notes` (Additional notes)
- `name` and `email` go in `attendee` and `guests` is a list of emails; every other field goes in `bookingFieldsResponses` under its name.