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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.

70 interviews · page 3 of 6

  • Product designer

    Product and design · Role-specific

    Shows how a product designer frames problems, makes design decisions and gets them shipped well.

    Listens for

    • Problem framing
    • Interaction design and craft
    • Use of evidence
    • Collaboration
    • Systems thinking
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 32 min · Mid to Senior

  • UX researcher

    Product and design · Role-specific

    Finds out whether a UX researcher picks the right method, runs it rigorously and gets findings used.

    Listens for

    • Study design and method choice
    • Rigour and ethics
    • Synthesis and insight
    • Impact and influence
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 32 min · Mid to Senior

  • UI and visual designer

    Product and design · Role-specific

    Tests a UI designer's eye for hierarchy, type, colour and systems, and how they explain their choices.

    Listens for

    • Hierarchy and layout
    • Typography and colour
    • Systems and consistency
    • Accessibility
    • Rationale and collaboration
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 32 min · Mid to Senior

  • Technical program manager

    Engineering · Role-specific

    Finds out whether a TPM can plan cross-team work, manage risk and land complex launches.

    Listens for

    • Planning and dependencies
    • Technical judgement
    • Risk management
    • Communication and alignment
    • Delivery and follow-through
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 32 min · Mid to Senior

  • Product case: prioritising a roadmap

    Product and design · Product

    A live case that shows how a product manager weighs evidence and pressure to choose a quarter's roadmap.

    Listens for

    • Problem framing
    • Use of evidence
    • Prioritisation and trade-offs
    • Stakeholder handling
    • Measurement
    Voice

    6 stages · 38 min · Mid to Senior

  • Account executive

    Sales · Role-specific

    Finds out whether an account executive can qualify, run and close deals with an honest forecast.

    Listens for

    • Discovery and qualification
    • Deal strategy and control
    • Business case and value
    • Pipeline and forecast discipline
    • Learning and resilience
    Voice or typed

    7 of 18 questions · 35 min · Mid 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

  • Account manager

    Sales · Role-specific

    Finds out whether an account manager keeps customers, grows them and spots risk before renewal.

    Listens for

    • Relationship depth
    • Retention and risk
    • Growth and expansion
    • Planning and commercial judgement
    Voice or typed

    7 of 17 questions · 35 min · Mid to Senior

  • 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

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.