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Interview engineers without booking a call.

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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  • Backend engineer

    Engineering · Technical

    Tests how a backend engineer designs data and APIs, keeps services correct and debugs them live.

    Listens for

    • Data and API design
    • Correctness under failure
    • Debugging and operations
    • Trade-off communication
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • Frontend engineer

    Engineering · Technical

    Tests how a frontend engineer builds fast, accessible interfaces and keeps UI state correct.

    Listens for

    • UI engineering and state
    • Performance and accessibility
    • Debugging and quality
    • Collaboration and judgement
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • Full-stack engineer

    Engineering · Technical

    Tests whether an engineer can design, build and debug a feature from database to screen.

    Listens for

    • End-to-end design
    • Data and API judgement
    • Debugging across layers
    • Pragmatism and delivery
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • Mobile engineer

    Engineering · Technical

    Tests how a mobile engineer builds apps that stay fast, reliable and safe on real devices.

    Listens for

    • Platform knowledge
    • Performance and reliability
    • Release and quality judgement
    • Communication
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • DevOps and site reliability

    Engineering · Technical

    Tests how an engineer keeps systems reliable, ships changes safely and runs incidents.

    Listens for

    • Reliability engineering
    • Incident response
    • Automation and delivery
    • Cost and judgement
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 35 min · Mid to Staff

  • 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

  • Engineering manager

    Engineering · Behavioural

    Finds out how an engineering manager leads engineers, delivers work and makes hard technical calls.

    Listens for

    • People leadership
    • Delivery and prioritisation
    • Judgement and decisions
    • Communication and influence
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 35 min · Senior to Staff

  • Security engineer

    Engineering · Technical

    Finds out how a candidate models threats, fixes real weaknesses and handles incidents under pressure.

    Listens for

    • Threat modelling
    • Secure engineering
    • Detection and response
    • Risk judgement and communication
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 35 min · Mid to Staff

  • Cloud and platform engineer

    Engineering · Technical

    Finds out how a candidate designs, runs and automates cloud infrastructure that teams can rely on.

    Listens for

    • Infrastructure design
    • Reliability and operations
    • Automation and developer experience
    • Cost and security judgement
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Staff

  • 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

  • Data engineer

    Data · Technical

    Finds out how a candidate builds reliable data pipelines and models that others can trust.

    Listens for

    • Pipeline design
    • Data modelling
    • Reliability and data quality
    • Trade-offs and collaboration
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Staff

  • Data scientist

    Data · Technical

    Finds out how a candidate frames problems, models with rigour and proves real-world impact.

    Listens for

    • Problem framing
    • Statistical and modelling rigour
    • Experimentation and causal reasoning
    • Communication and impact
    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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