This page explains how to proceed with the AI Interviewer format. In this format, you answer the question while talking with an AI interviewer over chat.

Overall Test Flow

Step 1: Start of the Interview
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Step 2: Answering the Question
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Step 3: End of the Interview

Step 1: Start of the Interview

When you open the question, the interviewer's greeting is already in the chat. Please read the problem statement first.

Step 2: Answering the Question

Knowledge

When you open the question, a chat-only exam screen is shown. Along with the interviewer's greeting, the first item is already in the chat.

  • Problem statement: At the top of the chat, the number of items and the rules for answering are written.
  • Progress: At the top of the screen, the current item number and the total are shown, such as "Question 2 / 10".

Multiple-choice items

Each item is shown as a card inside the interviewer's message.

  1. Select an option. You can change your selection until you press "Answer".
  2. Press "Answer".

Once you press "Answer", your answer is final and cannot be changed. On the card of an answered item, the option you selected is marked "Answered".

For items whose card heading shows "Choose all that apply", you can select more than one option.

Answer multiple-choice items by selecting options, not by writing in the chat.

Free-text items

For items without options, write your answer in your own words in the chat input field and send it. You can also send with ⌘ + Enter (Ctrl + Enter on Windows).

Follow-up questions

For some items, the interviewer asks questions after your answer. Answer in your own words, for example about the reasons or mechanisms behind your answer. If your answer is vague, the interviewer may ask one step further.

Notes on answering

  • Answer from your own knowledge without using external AI or search.
  • The interviewer does not tell you whether your answer is correct and gives no hints.
  • If you do not understand what a follow-up question or a free-text item means, you can ask the interviewer. The interviewer cannot answer questions about the content of multiple-choice items or their options.
  • For free-text items and follow-up questions, you may answer "I don't know" if you do not know. The interview then moves on. For multiple-choice items, select the option you think is closest.
  • The items proceed in order. You cannot go back to a previous item.

What is evaluated

Your answers to multiple-choice items, and your answers in your own words to free-text items and follow-up questions, are evaluated.

Step 3: End of the Interview

After the last item, the interviewer closes the interview. The input field closes and "The interview has ended. Click "End Test" to submit." is shown.

If other questions remain, move on to the next question. When all questions are done, press the [End Test] button at the top right of the screen. When the time limit expires, the exchanges up to that point are also submitted.

Please note that clicking the [End Test] button will completely end the entire exam, even if there are other unanswered questions remaining. Be careful not to press this button by mistake until you have completed all questions.

If a Reply Does Not Arrive

If the interviewer's reply is taking a while, "The reply is taking longer than usual. Please wait." is shown. Please wait as it is. If sending fails, press "Try again". You do not need to write your answer again.

Trying It in the Demo Test

Before the actual test, you can try the AI Interviewer format in the demo test. The demo test uses "[Demo] IT Fundamentals". For how to open the demo test, see this page.