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79 ready-made AI interviews that ask, follow up and score. Voice or typed, in 11 languages, and yours to send today.

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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Ownership30%
    • Structure25%
    • Impact25%
    • Self-awareness20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example of how Behavioural interview (STAR) sounds. The real questions open when you use it.

34 interviews · page 1 of 3

  • Behavioural interview (STAR)

    Any role · Behavioural

    Finds out how someone has really handled setbacks, conflict and pressure, one true story at a time.

    Listens for

    • Ownership
    • Structure
    • Impact
    • Self-awareness
    Voice or typed

    8 of 17 questions · 35 min · All levels

  • First-round screen

    Any role · Screening

    Finds out why someone wants the role, what experience carries over, how they work and when they can start.

    Listens for

    • Motivation
    • Relevant experience
    • Ways of working
    • Clarity
    Voice or typed

    6 of 17 questions · 25 min · All levels

  • Sales discovery role-play

    Sales · Role-specific

    A live discovery call with a sceptical buyer that shows whether a seller listens, digs and earns a next step.

    Listens for

    • Opening and rapport
    • Discovery questioning
    • Quantifying value
    • Objection handling
    • Next step
    Voice

    7 stages · 25 min · All levels

  • Graduate and entry level

    Any role · Screening

    Finds potential in early-career candidates using study, projects and part-time work, not job history.

    Listens for

    • Initiative
    • Learning ability
    • Teamwork
    • Motivation
    Voice or typed

    6 of 17 questions · 25 min · Junior

  • How you like to work

    Any role · Culture and values

    Finds out the environment someone does their best work in and how they treat the people around them.

    Listens for

    • Self-knowledge
    • Collaboration
    • Candour
    • Handling ambiguity
    Voice or typed

    5 of 18 questions · 20 min · All levels

  • Data analyst case

    Data · Technical

    One booking drop, worked to a recommendation, showing how an analyst frames, slices and advises.

    Listens for

    • Clarifying and framing
    • Analytical approach
    • Technical accuracy
    • Recommendation and communication
    Voice or typed

    7 stages · 40 min · Junior to Senior

  • QA and test engineer

    Engineering · Technical

    Tests how a QA engineer finds risk, designs tests and decides what to automate.

    Listens for

    • Test design
    • Automation judgement
    • Risk and prioritisation
    • Communication
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Junior to Senior

  • Data analyst

    Data · Technical

    Finds out how a candidate turns messy questions and data into sound answers people act on.

    Listens for

    • Analytical reasoning
    • SQL and data handling
    • Statistical judgement
    • Communication and impact
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 35 min · Junior to Senior

  • Sales development rep (SDR/BDR)

    Sales · Role-specific

    Finds out whether an SDR or BDR can research, open conversations, handle pushback and book good meetings.

    Listens for

    • Prospecting and research
    • Messaging and conversation
    • Objection handling
    • Work rate and organisation
    • Coachability
    Voice or typed

    6 of 17 questions · 25 min · Junior to Mid

  • Cold call role-play

    Sales · Role-specific

    Finds out how a candidate opens a cold call, handles a busy prospect and wins a next step, live.

    Listens for

    • Opening and relevance
    • Discovery questions
    • Objection handling
    • Securing a next step
    Voice

    6 stages · 25 min · Junior to Mid

  • Customer support agent (voice)

    Customer · Role-specific

    Finds out how they handle real support calls: tone, clarity on the phone, and owning the fix.

    Listens for

    • Calm and empathy
    • Problem solving
    • Spoken clarity
    • Ownership
    Voice

    7 of 17 questions · 30 min · Junior to Mid

  • Call centre agent

    Customer · Role-specific

    Finds out whether an entry-level candidate can listen, stay accurate and care for callers in a busy centre.

    Listens for

    • Listening and clarity
    • Customer care
    • Accuracy and process
    • Learning and teamwork
    Voice

    6 of 16 questions · 26 min · Junior

From link to shortlist, while you do something else.

  1. Step 1

    Use an interview

    One click copies it to your account. Swap a question, change the language or the format, or send it as it is.

  2. Step 2

    Send one link

    Candidates take it when it suits them, on any device. The interviewer asks, listens and follows up.

  3. Step 3

    Read the shortlist

    Every answer scored with the reasoning beside it, plus the recording. You decide who goes forward.

Questions, answered.

What employers ask before sending their first AI interview.

  • What happens when I use an interview?

    Winkle copies it into your account as your own interview, with every question, follow-up rule and scoring guide. Change anything you like, then send one link to as many candidates as you want.

  • Who asks the questions?

    An AI interviewer, out loud or in writing. It asks each question in order and, when an answer is vague, asks one follow-up about what the candidate actually said.

  • How are answers scored?

    Every answer is scored against the same guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, so any score can be checked.

  • Does the AI decide who gets hired?

    No. Scores are a recommendation. A person on your team reviews every candidate and makes every decision.

  • Can candidates answer in their own language?

    The interviewer can run the interview in any of 11 languages. Pick the language when you set it up.

  • Why can't I see the questions before I sign up?

    Because candidates could too. Every question opens the moment you use an interview, and you can read, change or replace any of them before it is sent. A candidate who has read the questions in advance is reciting, not answering.

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Name the role or paste the job description. Winkle drafts the questions, the follow-ups and the scoring guide, and you approve every one before it goes out.