What You'll Learn
How to use AI to research the company, generate likely interview questions, practise your answers with feedback, and walk into any interview significantly better prepared.
Why This Matters
Most people prepare for interviews by reading the company website and rehearsing a few answers in their head. AI lets you go much deeper — generating the exact questions an interviewer is likely to ask for this specific role, giving you real-time feedback on your answers, and helping you research the company and industry thoroughly in minutes rather than hours.
Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1: Research the company and role
Start with Perplexity AI for up-to-date research:
Give me a concise overview of [Company Name]: what they do, their main products or services, their business model, recent news, and any challenges or opportunities in their industry. I have an interview there for a [Job Title] role.
Then switch to ChatGPT or Claude for deeper analysis:
Based on this company overview, what questions might an interviewer ask to test whether I understand the company's challenges and how I could contribute?
Step 2: Generate role-specific interview questions
Paste the job description and ask AI to predict what the interviewer will ask:
Here is the job description for the role I'm interviewing for:
[paste full job description]
Generate 15 likely interview questions for this role, split into:
- 5 competency/behavioural questions (using the STAR format)
- 5 technical or role-specific questions
- 5 questions about my motivations and cultural fit
Step 3: Practise your answers with feedback
For each question, share your answer and ask for honest feedback:
Here is my answer to the interview question "Tell me about a time you managed a difficult stakeholder":
[your answer]
Please give me feedback on:
1. Structure (was it clear and logical?)
2. Specificity (was it concrete with real examples?)
3. Impact (did I articulate the outcome clearly?)
4. What I should add, remove, or change
Step 4: Prepare smart questions to ask
Interviewers always ask if you have questions. AI can suggest thoughtful ones:
Suggest 5 thoughtful questions I could ask the interviewer at the end. They should show genuine curiosity about the role and company, and not be questions whose answers are easily found on the website.
Tips for Better Results
- Use STAR structure for behavioural questions. Situation, Task, Action, Result. Tell AI your rough story and ask it to structure it into a crisp STAR answer.
- Do a mock interview. Tell ChatGPT to play the interviewer. It asks you a question, you answer, it responds and follows up. This is remarkably effective practice.
- Prepare for salary discussions. Ask AI: "What is the typical salary range for a [role] at [seniority level] in [city]? How should I respond if asked my salary expectations?"
Tools That Work Best for This
- Perplexity AI — ideal for researching the company with up-to-date, sourced information you can trust.
- Claude — excellent for nuanced feedback on your answers and helping you refine complex narratives.
- ChatGPT — great for mock interview simulation and generating high volumes of practice questions.