Harvey Values / Behavioral

Requirements

• Harvey treats the behavioral interview as a values assessment, not a generic Q&A — build your stories around the company's stated values. Recruiters direct candidates to the Harvey Values post and specify what to focus on.
• Common prompts:
  • Conflict or disagreement, including settling disputes between teams.
  • Delivering and receiving feedback.
  • Your mentoring philosophy — how you guide others, whether you hold regular 1:1s.
  • Driving a project: how you distribute work and navigate technical trade-offs.
• Structure: the virtual onsite values round is typically ~30 minutes, so keep narratives concise and resist the urge to drill too far into a single example.

Notes

• The values segment may be paired with the coding round during the virtual stage, while system design and the deep dive happen on-site.
• The hiring manager's version can stretch longer (up to ~70 minutes) and interweaves values with project exploration.

Preparation

• Study the Harvey Values post and craft one or two tight STAR stories for each value.
• Have narratives at the ready for cross-team conflict, a feedback episode, your mentoring style, and a project where you led task delegation and a technical trade-off.