Create an interview profile
Set up a profile with your background and the job you’re interviewing for, on any device, and see what to write in each field.
Create a profile for each job you’re interviewing for. Add your background once, then the job title, company and job description. The quickest way to fill it in is to upload your resume and the job posting.
Create a profile
Open Interview Profiles
Press ⌘B to show Interview Pilot, open the workspace and click Profile.
Click New profile
The new profile opens on the Personal info tab.
The profile editor in the Mac and Windows workspace. Name the profile and fill it in
Type a name in Profile name, then fill in Personal info and Job details. Add Custom instructions and Documents (Optional) if you need them.
Click Save profile
If you go back without saving, Interview Pilot asks Discard changes?. Choose Keep editing to go back and save.
Open Interview Profiles
Press CtrlB to show Interview Pilot, open the workspace and click Profile.
Click New profile
The new profile opens on the Personal info tab.
The profile editor in the Mac and Windows workspace. Name the profile and fill it in
Type a name in Profile name, then fill in Personal info and Job details. Add Custom instructions and Documents (Optional) if you need them.
Click Save profile
If you go back without saving, Interview Pilot asks Discard changes?. Choose Keep editing to go back and save.
Open Interview Profiles
Open the Profile tab and tap the interview profile card at the top.
Tap the + button
It’s at the top right. If you don’t have a profile yet, tap New profile.
Name the profile and fill it in
Type a name in Profile name. Then tap Personal Info and Job Details in turn and fill them in. Custom instructions and Documents (Optional) are there if you need them.
Changes save automatically as you type. The ring at the top shows how far along the profile is, and what to add next.
Open Interview Profiles
Open the Profile tab and tap the interview profile card at the top.
Tap the + button
It’s at the top right. If you don’t have a profile yet, tap New profile.
Name the profile and fill it in
Type a name in Profile name. Then tap Personal Info and Job Details in turn and fill them in. Custom instructions and Documents (Optional) are there if you need them.
Changes save automatically as you type. The ring at the top shows how far along the profile is, and what to add next.
Open Interview Profiles
Sign in at platform.interviewpilot.app and choose Interview Profiles in the sidebar.
Click New profile
The new profile opens on the Personal info tab.
Name the profile and fill it in
Type a name in Profile name, then fill in Personal info and Job details. Add Custom instructions and Documents (Optional) if you need them.
Click Save profile
Your profile is saved to your account and you return to Interview Profiles.
If another profile is already selected for interviews, you’re asked Select "…" for interviews? after you create the new one. Choose Select to use the new profile in your next interview.
What to write in each field
Write in plain sentences or short lists. Copilot reads everything, so specific facts help more than polished wording.
| Field | What to include |
|---|---|
| Experience and education | Each role with dates, what you did and what changed because of it. Your degrees and certifications. |
| Skills | Tools, methods, languages and soft skills you can back up with an example. |
| Additional personal information | Achievements, career goals, why you want this kind of role, and stories you’d like to tell. |
| Job title and Company | The exact title from the posting and the company name. |
| Job description | The full job posting, pasted as it is. |
| Company or team information | What the company does, its products, customers and values, and anything you know about the team. |
| Additional job information | The interview format, who you’re meeting, and what the recruiter told you. |
Some examples of weak and strong entries:
| Field | Weak | Strong |
|---|---|---|
| Experience and education | Worked in marketing for several years. | Marketing manager at a software company, 2021 to now. Led a team of 4 and grew trial sign-ups by 35% with a new onboarding email series. BA in Communications. |
| Skills | Good communicator, hard worker. | SQL, Excel and Tableau. Presenting results to senior leaders. Fluent Spanish. |
| Company or team information | Big tech company. | Makes scheduling software for clinics. The team I’d join owns the mobile app and is hiring after a recent launch. |
Character limits
Each field shows how many characters you’ve used.
| Field | Limit |
|---|---|
| Profile name | 200 |
| Job title, Company | 500 each |
| Experience and education, Job description | 20,000 each |
| Skills, Additional personal information, Company or team information, Additional job information | 16,000 each |
| Custom instructions | 8,000 |
If your resume or a job posting is longer than a field allows, keep the most relevant parts, or attach the full file under Documents (Optional). In the apps, each profile can hold up to 2 personal and 2 job documents.
Guided profile setup on Mac and Windows
The first time you sign in on a Mac or Windows PC, the setup ends on You’re all set!. Choose Guided profile setup to create your first profile in three steps:
- Personal info: upload your resume or fill in your background.
- Job details: upload the job posting or fill in the role.
- Copilot: choose how Copilot writes its answers.
Click Continue to move on, Back to go back, and Finish to save the profile. If you choose Finish on You’re all set! instead, create your profile later from Profile in the workspace.
Edit, reorder or delete a profile
Open the menu with the dots on a profile’s card to choose Edit profile, Duplicate profile, Move earlier, Move later or Delete profile. Deleting a profile also removes its documents, and it can’t be restored.
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What an interview profile is
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Import from a resume or job posting
Fill in a profile from your resume or a job posting with Upload a file, see which files work, and fix import errors such as scanned PDFs.
Custom instructions
Tell Copilot how every answer should sound, for one interview profile or for all of them, and see how instructions work with your response style.
Before your first interview: a 5-minute checklist
Set up your profile, check your language, test that Copilot hears the interviewer and run a test screen share before the real interview.
Still need help?
Email our support team with your device, what you were doing and any message you saw.
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