Overview

Use AI interview guides to standardize how AI Interviewer runs profile screening, coding, and functional interviews for a position. Instead of configuring each AI interview from scratch, you create a reusable guide that defines questions, skill sets, and settings for that role.

To create AI interview guides, ensure:

• AI Interviewer is enabled for your environment.
• The relevant interview types (Profile screening, Coding, and/or Functional) are enabled under Product setup. Only enabled types appear when you create guides.
• You have permission to create/edit AI interview guides for that position.

Note:

• You can also create interview guides when scheduling an AI interview.
• If your organization uses separate guide names, the guide carries an internal Guide name (used in the guides library, scheduling, and reviewer feedback) and a candidate-facing Interview name (labeled Visible to candidate). If it is not enabled, the guide shows only the Interview name and that name is used everywhere.

AI interview guides panel

1. Navigate to the position where you want to define guides.

2. Click the kebab menu (three-vertical dots) on the top-right, and select Configure Interview Guides.

You’ll see the AI Interview guides side panel with a list of interview guides available for your AI Interviewer.

• Click Create new to begin creating a new guide from scratch
• Click the 'copy' icon to copy guides from other positions to this position, or copy guides from this position to other positions

When you begin creating a new guide, the system automatically populates the Basic details—including the AI agent, Guide name, Interview name (Visible to candidate), and Description—to help you get started quickly. If separate guide names are not enabled, only the Interview name appears.

Create a profile screening guide

Use a profile screening guide to standardize early‑stage, high‑volume screenings and any pre‑screening (qualifying) questions for the role.

1. In the Create interview guide panel, set Interview type to Profile screening.

2. Fill basic details:

   • Guide name — the internal name for your team (for example, SDR – Profile screening).
   • Interview name — the name shown to the candidate, labeled Visible to candidate (for example, Sales interview).
   • AI interviewer (agent persona) and language. If separate guide names are not enabled, you see only the Interview name, and it is used as the guide's name everywhere.

3. Add qualifying questions (if configured):

   • Qualifying questions are created in the question bank as Radio or Checkbox questions with Mark as qualifying turned on.
   • In the guide panel, go to the Qualifying questions area and click Add.
   • Select one or more qualifying questions and click Add. They appear in a dedicated Qualifying questions section, with which answers qualify vs disqualify clearly indicated.

4. Candidates who fail these questions are automatically marked as Not qualified and do not progress to the AI interview, which saves time for schedulers and reviewers.

5. Add interview questions:

   • In the Interview questions area, add your screening questions:
     • Import questions from an existing feedback form, or
     • Add individual questions from the question bank.
   • If enabled, turn on AI‑generated questions based on Job Description and resume so the AI interviewer can add personalized follow‑ups grounded in the job description and candidate profile.
   • The Interview Guide automatically structures the final feedback form for all interview types:
     • Profile Screening: AI fills in candidate responses against each guide question.
     • Coding: Each coding question becomes a section for code quality and correctness evaluation.
     • Functional: Selected competencies become the dimensions on which the candidate receives their AI Interview score.

6. Review settings:

   • Check read‑only settings such as proctoring checks, video options, or other global controls configured in Admin Console. These appear in the Settings section but aren't edited per guide.

7. Save the guide:

   • Click Save or Confirm.
   • The guide appears under the Profile screening tab in the AI interview guide section for that position.

When scheduling a profile screening AI interview, this guide will be automatically recommended for that position.

Create a coding interview guide

Use a coding interview guide to define which coding questions, pools, and duration the AI interviewer should use for a technical round.

1. From the AI interview guide section on the Position overview page, click Create interview guide.

2. Set Interview type to Coding.

3. Fill basic details:

   • Guide name — the internal name for your team (for example, Backend Engineer – Coding).
   • Interview name — the name shown to the candidate (Visible to candidate).
   • AI interviewer and language, if applicable.

4. Select coding questions:

   • Use the coding question library to add questions or question pools:
     • Pick questions by topic / difficulty.
     • Optionally define question pools so that only one question is drawn from each pool while maintaining difficulty consistency. You must group questions of the same difficulty level (for example, Medium) to ensure fair evaluation standards across all candidates.
     • The pool acts as a randomized container. For example, if you add 'Question 1' and 'Question 2' to a pool, Candidate A may receive 'Question 1,' while Candidate B receives 'Question 2'. The system randomly selects exactly one question from each pool per interview.
   • The system tracks total interview duration. If the combined duration exceeds the supported limit (for example, 60 minutes), saving is blocked until you remove or adjust questions.

5. Configure evaluation:

   • Link to an appropriate feedback form so reviewers can score the candidate on code quality, correctness, approach, and efficiency after the AI interview.

6. Save the guide:

   • Click Save.
   • The guide appears under the Coding tab for that position.

During scheduling, recruiters can select this coding guide so AI Interviewer runs exactly the configured set of questions and timing for that role.

Create a functional interview guide

Use a functional interview guide to conduct role‑ or domain‑specific interviews based on skillsets (for example, Product Discovery, Strategic Planning, Java backend design).

1. From the AI interview guide section, click Create interview guide.

2. Set Interview type to Functional.

3. Fill basic details:

   • Guide name — the internal name for your team (for example, Product Manager – Functional interview).
   • Interview name — the name shown to the candidate (Visible to candidate).
   • AI interviewer, language, and duration (typically 60 minutes by default, configurable within an allowed range).

4. Choose skillsets: Functional guides focus on skillsets, not individual hand‑written questions.

   • Select skill sets from AI‑generated recommendations. AI suggests around ten top skill sets for this position; you can choose a smaller subset (for example, 3–4) to fit the interview length.
   • The system automatically divides time across the selected skillsets and uses them as evaluation dimensions in the feedback form.

5. Let AI generate questions:

   • You don’t need to author specific questions. The AI interviewer generates real‑time questions and follow‑ups based on the selected skillsets, the job description, and the candidate’s profile.

6. Save the guide:

   • Click Save.
   • The guide appears under the Functional tab for that position and becomes available in the scheduling flow.

Manage your guides

Once created, your guides appear in the Configure Interview Guides kebab menu on the pipeline page.

• Edit: Click the guide to modify questions or settings.
• Duplicate: You can copy a guide to another position to save setup time.
• Scheduling: When you invite a candidate to an interview, the system will automatically recommend the most recently created guide for that interview type.