AI Interview Preparation Template 1
Verified role brief: Role → [ ]; confirmed requirements → [ ]; source for each requirement → [ ]; interview format/instructions → [ ]; unknowns not to invent → [ ].
Start with structure, then replace every placeholder with information that is true, relevant, and natural for your context. These templates are intentionally skeletal so your final writing does not sound mass-produced.
A strong AI interview-preparation workflow starts from verified job information and the candidate’s real experience, separates fact from rehearsal, asks the model to diagnose rather than invent achievements, tests answers for specificity and relevance, and ends with the candidate being able to answer naturally without reading generated scripts.
Verified role brief: Role → [ ]; confirmed requirements → [ ]; source for each requirement → [ ]; interview format/instructions → [ ]; unknowns not to invent → [ ].
Experience bank: Situation → [ ]; my responsibility → [ ]; action I personally took → [ ]; team contribution → [ ]; result/evidence → [ ]; lesson → [ ]; details I can verify → [ ].
Answer review prompt: Review my answer only for relevance, specificity, structure, unsupported claims, length, and missing parts of the question. Do not invent achievements or employer facts. Return: strength → gap → question you still have → revision suggestion.
Final interview audit: Claim I plan to make → [ ]; personal evidence/source → [ ]; external fact requiring verification → [ ]; privacy/confidentiality check → [ ]; natural memory anchors → [ ]; follow-up question I should be ready for → [ ].
Publication-readiness audit for AI Interview Preparation: claim/advice/example → [ ]; strongest available source tier → [ ]; important disagreement or uncertainty → [ ]; what would change the conclusion → [ ]; publish now / qualify / revise / hold → [ ]; final verifier or source of truth → [ ].
Provenance and classification audit for AI Interview Preparation: draft statement/example → [ ]; classify as fact / interpretation / recommendation / convention / original example → [ ]; source or internal provenance → [ ]; source date / version / checked date → [ ]; attribution needed → [ ]; recency risk → [ ]; final publishable wording → [ ].
Source-record and update audit for AI Interview Preparation: statement / example → [ ]; external fact, project fact, interpretation, recommendation, convention, or original example → [ ]; controlling first-party / primary source → [ ]; secondary source if used → [ ]; source record / locator → [ ]; date or version checked → [ ]; update trigger → [ ]; publish / qualify / revise / hold → [ ].
Source-ledger and revision-history audit for AI Interview Preparation: claim / recommendation / example → [ ]; source or project record ID → [ ]; source status active / superseded / corrected / retracted / retired → [ ]; claim-level last verified date/version → [ ]; event that triggered recheck → [ ]; correction / withdrawal action → [ ]; reader-facing disclosure needed? → [ ]; what changed and why → [ ]; prior wording/version retained at → [ ].
Claim/source status audit: Item [claim/source/example] | Status [active / review due / stale / corrected / retracted / superseded] | Controlling source/version [x] | Last verified [date/version] | Stale trigger [x] | Correction severity [0–3] | Reader disclosure [none / note / correction / withdrawal] | Changelog entry [what changed + why].
Dependency and propagation audit: Claim / example / recommendation [x] | Controlling source / project record [x] | Dependency strength [direct / shared / advisory / independent] | Review trigger / reason code [x] | Needs-review scope [local / direct dependents / cluster] | Replacement source requirements [x] | Carry-forward decision [x] | Propagation targets [x] | Reader disclosure / changelog action [x].
Persistent editorial registry audit: Topic slug → [ ]; claim UID/key → [ ]; source UID/key → [ ]; dependency UID + strength → [ ]; source status/version → [ ]; open review UID/reason/priority → [ ]; replacement source if any → [ ]; reviewer + resolution → [ ].