How to use AI to practise for a job interview

Step by step

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   Step 1: Write down the job and two lines about you

   Note the job title and the kind of place (for example front desk coordinator, dental clinic). Add two or three true lines about your work or studies. Leave out your phone number, address and ID numbers: the AI does not need them.

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   Step 2: Open a new chat

   In ChatGPT, go to chatgpt.com. In Gemini, go to gemini.google.com, and to start fresh click New chat at the top left (if it is not there, click Menu first). Gemini's help page says a personal Google Account can use a temporary chat that will not appear in your recent chats: click Temporary chat next to New chat. In Claude, type your prompt in the chat and click the submit button.

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   Step 3: Paste the prompt

   Change the words in [brackets], then send. In Gemini, enter it in the text box at the bottom and click Submit.

   Prompt to copy

   Act as a friendly interviewer for the job below. Ask me one question at a time and wait for my answer. Use these 6 questions in order: tell me about yourself, two about my experience, two "what would you do if" questions, and why I want this job.
   
   After each answer, give me three things: one thing I did well, one thing to fix, and a stronger version of my answer. Use only the facts I told you. Do not invent jobs, numbers or skills. If a fact is missing, ask me.
   
   After question 6, list my 2 strongest points and the 2 things to practise most.
   
   Job: [job title and kind of place]
   About me: [2 or 3 true lines]

   

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   Step 4: Answer out loud if you can

   Interviews are spoken, so say your answers if you can. In ChatGPT, select the Voice icon in the message bar (on the web, in the prompt window) and allow the microphone when asked; ChatGPT's help page says Voice works within a chat. On an Android phone, Gemini's help page says to open the Gemini app and tap Live at the bottom, and lists "Practice aloud" as one of its uses. Gemini Live is not in the Gemini web app. No microphone? Type your answers instead.

   

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   Step 5: Check the stronger answers, then say them your way

   Gemini's and ChatGPT's help pages both say the AI can make mistakes. Read each "stronger version" and ask: is this true about me? Cross out anything you did not do. Then say the answer again in your own words, because an interviewer wants to hear you.

   Tip: Ask: "Now ask me the 3 hardest questions for this job, one at a time." Run the prompt again for every new interview.