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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.

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  • Finds out whether a candidate can choose, sign and grow partnerships that bring in real revenue.

    Listens for

    • Partner strategy
    • Deal structure and negotiation
    • Joint execution
    • Measuring value
    Voice or typed

    7 of 16 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • 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

  • Negotiation role-play

    Sales · Role-specific

    Finds out how a candidate holds value and trades concessions with a tough procurement lead, live.

    Listens for

    • Value anchoring
    • Questioning and listening
    • Trading concessions
    • Closing the agreement
    Voice

    6 stages · 30 min · Mid to Senior

  • Customer success manager

    Customer · Role-specific

    Finds out whether they can keep accounts healthy, renew them and grow them through real customer value.

    Listens for

    • Account ownership
    • Customer value
    • Commercial judgement
    • Communication
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 32 min · Mid to Senior

  • 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

  • Technical support engineer

    Customer · Role-specific

    Finds out how they troubleshoot technical customer issues and when and how they escalate.

    Listens for

    • Troubleshooting method
    • Technical depth
    • Customer communication
    • Escalation and ownership
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • 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

  • Finds out whether they can take new customers from signed contract to a working go-live on time.

    Listens for

    • Project control
    • Technical setup
    • Customer enablement
    • Stakeholder management
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 32 min · Mid to Senior

  • Angry customer role-play

    Customer · Role-specific

    Shows how they calm an angry caller, own the problem and agree a fair fix in a live role-play.

    Listens for

    • De-escalation
    • Ownership and resolution
    • Clear communication
    • Policy judgement
    Voice

    6 stages · 30 min · Junior to Mid

  • Marketing manager

    Marketing · Role-specific

    Finds out whether a candidate can plan, fund, run and measure marketing that moves the business.

    Listens for

    • Strategy and prioritisation
    • Measurement
    • Execution
    • Collaboration and influence
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • Social media manager

    Marketing · Role-specific

    Finds out whether a candidate can grow an engaged audience, run channels day to day and handle trouble.

    Listens for

    • Content and voice
    • Community and crisis handling
    • Measurement
    • Strategy
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Junior to Senior

  • Growth and performance marketer

    Marketing · Role-specific

    Tests how a candidate finds, tests and scales channels that bring customers at a sensible cost.

    Listens for

    • Unit economics
    • Experimentation
    • Analysis and attribution
    • Prioritisation and collaboration
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Staff

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.