AI prompts for job interviews

Prompts for both sides of a job interview: candidates preparing answers, practising with a mock interviewer and researching the company, and interviewers writing structured questions, scorecards and fair feedback.

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29 prompts across 6 topics. Each works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any AI chat: open it, fill in the blanks and copy.

HR & Hiring prompts

Build a structured interview guide and scorecardCompetency-based questions, scoring anchors, and a consistent scorecard.
Create a fair work-sample exercise and rubric for candidatesA realistic, time-boxed exercise based on the actual job, with a level-by-level scoring rubric and follow-up questions.
Write a clear offer letter for my chosen candidateA warm, accurate offer letter and cover email, plus a checklist for everything between the candidate's yes and day one.
Write a candidate submittal summary for the hiring managerA concise, evidence-based candidate write-up that helps a busy hiring manager decide quickly whether to interview.
Handle a candidate's counteroffer or competing offerA plan to understand and respond to a counteroffer or rival offer without overpaying or losing a strong candidate.
Explain the stock options in a startup job offer to a candidateA plain-language equity explainer for a candidate covering grant size, vesting, strike price, and what it could be worth.
Write recruiting outreach messages that candidates reply toShort, personalized first-touch messages to passive candidates, with subject lines and versions for InMail, email, and text.
Write a follow-up sequence for candidates who haven't repliedA 3-4 touch follow-up cadence for silent candidates that adds new value each time and ends gracefully.
Plan the offer call and close a candidateA closing plan and offer call script that surfaces risks early and helps the candidate say yes with confidence.
Create an interview prep guide to send candidatesA candidate-facing guide explaining the interview stages, what we assess, logistics, and accommodations so candidates can perform their best.
Build an exit interview guide and track themes over timeCreates exit interview questions that get candid answers plus a simple coding scheme to spot patterns across leavers.
Interview teacher candidates with questions and a demo lesson rubricBuilds a structured interview, scoring guide, and demo lesson rubric for hiring teachers fairly.
Design an interview loop where every interviewer checks something differentA stage-by-stage interview process with a coverage matrix, interviewer briefs, and fewer wasted hours for candidates and the team.
Write kind, clear rejection messages for candidates at every stageRespectful rejection emails and call talking points tailored to how far a candidate got in the process.
Audit my hiring process for candidate experienceA stage-by-stage review of how candidates experience my hiring process, with drop-off risks and fixes ranked by impact.
Re-engage past candidates and silver medalists for new rolesA plan and messages to rediscover strong past candidates in my ATS and bring them back for new openings.
Create a sales role-play to assess account executive candidatesA realistic role-play exercise for sales interviews with a buyer script, scoring rubric, and consistent instructions for every candidate.
Interview and test candidates for a support agent roleInterview questions, a realistic written ticket test, and a scoring rubric to hire strong support agents fairly.
Build Boolean search strings to source candidatesReady-to-paste Boolean and X-ray search strings, with synonyms and variations, to find candidates for a hard role.

Career & Job Search prompts

Prepare for a job interviewLikely questions, STAR answers from your experience, company research, and questions to ask.
Practice with a realistic mock interviewThe AI interviews you one question at a time and gives honest feedback on each answer.
Build a bank of STAR stories for behavioral interviews8-10 polished stories from your experience, mapped to the competencies interviewers test most often.
Prepare sharp questions to ask my interviewersTailored questions for each interviewer that show insight and uncover what the job is really like.
Prepare a portfolio presentation for a job interviewA timed outline, story for each project, opening script, and likely follow-up questions for a portfolio review interview.

Content & Social Media prompts

Research a podcast guest and write interview questionsA guest briefing and a set of deep, open-ended interview questions built from the guest's public work, sequenced for a natural conversation.
Write recruiting posts for LinkedIn that attract candidatesAuthentic hiring posts and employer brand content that show what the job is really like and bring in qualified applicants.

Learning & Teaching prompts

Prepare SME interview questions to capture expert know-howA structured interview plan that pulls the real decisions, mistakes, and shortcuts out of a subject matter expert, not just theory.

Data & Analysis prompts

Analyze my recruiting funnel and find where candidates drop offA funnel analysis of pass-through rates, time in stage, and sources that pinpoints bottlenecks and what to fix first.

Research & Summaries prompts

Write a semi-structured interview guide for a research studyA research interview protocol with aligned questions, neutral probes, and timing, mapped to my research questions.

AI prompts for job interviews

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