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You can leverage AI tools at every stage of your interview prep—from researching the company to rehearsing your stories.  The PDF linked below dives deeper into this topic, but here’s a combined, reader‑friendly guide that shows how to use AI and ChatGPT effectively (and wisely).

Read the below PDF for some inspiration 😉

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How to CHatGPT.pdf

Analyse Your Speech Patterns

• Start with tools like Google’s Interview Warmup: speak your answers aloud and the AI will transcribe them in real time, highlighting overused words, filler phrases and pacing issues . This helps you refine your delivery and sound more confident.
• Remember privacy: services like Interview Warmup don’t save your transcripts unless you choose to download them . Always check a tool’s privacy policy before sharing personal information.

Research & Develop Your Stories

1. Generate & Evaluate Questions
   • Use generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) to create interview questions tailored to your resume and job description . Ask it to suggest follow‑up questions so you’re ready for deeper probes.
   • You can even paste your draft answers and ask the AI to reformat them into different frameworks (PAR, CAR, STAR). This quickly shows where metrics or reflections are missing.
2. Gain Market & Company Insights
   • Ask ChatGPT to summarise industry trends and company culture—for example: “What challenges are fintech start‑ups facing in Australia right now?” . Then double‑check facts with trusted sources; generative AI sometimes produces outdated or inaccurate information .
3. Build a Better Story Bank
   • Provide AI with bullet points from your experiences and ask it to suggest quantifiable metrics or to frame them using PAR/CAR/STAR. Let it identify themes like leadership or problem‑solving and recommend which stories fit different roles.
   • Refine the output in your own voice; Harvard’s career centre warns against memorising AI‑generated scripts .

Use AI Wisely—It’s a Coach, Not a Crutch

• Don’t rely on AI verbatim. AI can brainstorm ideas, but your answers must reflect your experience and personality . Over‑polished responses sound robotic.
• Verify facts. Double‑check any data or trends suggested by AI .
• Protect your data. Avoid pasting confidential information into public AI tools; use privacy‑aware platforms and read policies carefully.

Unconventional Ways to Use ChatGPT

1. Simulate Interviewer Personas

   Ask ChatGPT to act as a blunt engineering manager, a sceptical stakeholder, or a friendly recruiter.  Have it ask you three follow‑up questions about your story.  This forces you to adjust tone and detail level on the fly; CaseBasix notes that ChatGPT can generate varied questions each session, building adaptability .

2. Rewrite Your Stories in Multiple Frameworks

   Feed your story bank into ChatGPT and ask it to rewrite each entry using PAR, CAR, STAR and STARL.  For example: “Here’s my database migration story—summarise it with STAR and add a ‘lesson learned’ line.”  This helps you spot missing metrics or reflections .