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Best prompts for a job interview

AI prompts for a job interview. Paste the job ad, get answers you can say out loud, then rehearse with a mock interviewer who's had a long day.

The interview is Thursday. The job ad is still open in a tab. You have rewritten tell me about yourself four times and it still sounds like a cover letter. These prompts get you to answers you can say out loud. Paste the posting. Paste whatever you have on yourself, even if it's messy. Then practice the questions.

3 prompts

01

AI prompt to prep job interview answers

Night before. Paste the ad and your notes. The questions they will ask, and answers that don't sound written.

I have an interview. I need answers I can actually say. Job ad: [PASTE THE JOB AD] Me: [PASTE CV, NOTES, OR A MESSY PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE] The bit I hope they skip: [GAP, SHORT STINT, CAREER CHANGE, NO DEGREE, OR SKIP] Give me: 1. The 8 questions this job ad is basically asking, in plain wording. 2. For each one, a spoken answer in my kind of English. Short. If I didn't give you a fact, write [I NEED TO FILL THIS IN] instead of inventing it. 3. Two questions I should ask them at the end. Not "what's the culture like." Don't write "I'm passionate." Don't write "I thrive in." If a sentence sounds like LinkedIn, cut it.

How to use

  1. Paste the real job ad. A one-line job title is not enough.
  2. Leave your notes messy. The prompt works better on facts than on a polished CV.
  3. Read the answers out loud. If you wouldn't say a line to a person, ask for a different one.

Tips

  • Fill every [I NEED TO FILL THIS IN] before Thursday. That's the homework.
  • If the answers still sound stiff, paste one back and say "this one, but like I talk."

Example output

Question
"Tell me about a time you dealt with a messy process."

Spoken answer
"Yeah, the ticket queue was a mess. The angry ones just sat there. I started taking those and we changed how we routed them. I don't have the exact number in front of me. [I NEED TO FILL THIS IN]"

Ask them
"You mention response time in the ad. What does a bad week look like on that number right now?"
02

AI prompt for tell me about yourself

The opener you will actually be asked. Use this until you can say it without looking at your phone.

Write my "tell me about yourself" for this interview. I want it to sound like me talking. Job: [PASTE JOB AD OR ROLE] Me: [A FEW SENTENCES ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE] How long I get: [30 SECONDS / 90 SECONDS / 2 MINUTES] What I don't want to sound like: [CORPORATE / TRY-HARD / APOLOGETIC / OTHER] Give me 3 versions: 1. The one I'd actually say 2. A tighter one 3. One that leads with the thing they care about in the job ad Bad (do not do this): "I'm a results-driven professional who thrives in fast-paced environments." Good (this kind of thing): "I've been doing customer support at a travel company for four years. I started taking the angry tickets nobody wanted. I'm interested in this role because you're hiring someone to fix the queue." No "I'm passionate." No "I thrive in." Just how I'd talk if I wasn't nervous.

How to use

  1. Time yourself saying version 1. If you run long, use version 2.
  2. Swap [HOW LONG I GET] if they said the intro is short.
  3. If it still sounds written, paste it back and say "cut the clever bits."

Tips

  • Practice only this opener until you can say it without looking at the screen.
  • Stop after the last sentence. Don't tack on "and yeah, that's me."

Example output

Version 1
"I've been on customer support at a travel company for four years. I ended up owning the angry tickets, which is how I stopped just closing chats but got into fixing the queue actually. I'm looking at this role because you're hiring for that."

Version 2
"Four years in travel support. I took on the worst tickets and started changing how we routed them. That's the work I want to keep doing here."
03

AI prompt for a mock job interview

When the answers exist on paper but you have not said them to anyone yet. One question at a time. They've already seen a few people today.

You're interviewing me for this job. You've already seen eight people today. Job: [PASTE JOB AD OR ROLE] Me: [PASTE CV, LINKEDIN, OR MESSY NOTES] Company if I know it: [NAME OR SKIP] The thing I hope they don't ask: [GAP, SHORT STINT, CAREER CHANGE, OR SKIP] Rules: - Ask one question. Then wait for me. - After I answer, one sentence on what was weak. Then the next question. - Start with tell me about yourself. - Do not write answers for me. - If I named a company and you can look it up, ask one question that only works if you actually did. If you can't look it up, skip it. - After 5 questions, give me hire / lean hire / no hire in two sentences. Be honest. Interview me.

How to use

  1. Stay in the same chat. A new chat after question one obviously kills the interview.
  2. Type your answer the way you'd say it. Keep the stumbles.
  3. If the interviewer is too nice, reply with "be more bored" and keep going.

Tips

  • Do one run where they pick at [THE THING I HOPE THEY DON'T ASK]. That's something that throws people.
  • After the verdict, ask "what would have moved this to hire" if you want a second evaluation.

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Example output

Interviewer
"Tell me about yourself."

[you answer]

That was a tour of your CV. I still don't know why this job. Next: walk me through a time you disagreed with your manager.

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