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As of 13 August 2026, AI can create an interview agenda.

Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

15 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsA colleague or HR specialist can create the agenda, but no cost figure is included here.

If this goes wrong: the interview becomes inconsistent or misses an important assessment area, and you can revise the agenda before the interview takes place.

What to actually do

  1. Do it yourself

    The route this page recommends

    A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open the current job description, person specification and interview policy for the vacancy.
    2. Gather the interview length, format, panel members, assessment criteria and any required scoring or note-taking process.
    3. Paste those details into the prompt, replacing every bracketed slot and removing any confidential candidate information that is not needed.
    4. Ask the chatbot to produce the timed agenda, linked questions, neutral follow-ups, scoring points and missing-information checklist.
    5. Compare each proposed question with the job description and assessment criteria, removing questions that do not test a stated requirement.
    6. Check that the timings add up to the actual interview length and that every candidate would be asked the same core questions.
    7. Send the final agenda and scoring approach to the recruiting manager or panel before the interview.

    Prompt

    Create a structured interview agenda for the role described below.

Role and job description:
[PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION]

Interview length:
[INSERT LENGTH]

Interview format:
[INSERT IN PERSON, VIDEO OR PHONE]

Interview panel and roles:
[INSERT PANEL MEMBERS AND THEIR ROLES]

Assessment criteria:
[PASTE THE CRITERIA OR PERSON SPECIFICATION]

Required process rules:
[INSERT ANY INTERNAL RECRUITMENT RULES]

Produce:
1. A timed agenda that fits the stated interview length.
2. The purpose of each section.
3. Which panel member should lead each section.
4. Consistent, open questions linked to the assessment criteria.
5. Neutral follow-up prompts that can be used for every candidate.
6. A fair scoring point for each criterion, without making a hiring decision.
7. Time for the candidate's questions and an explanation of next steps.

Use plain British English. Keep questions relevant to the role and do not ask about protected characteristics, family plans, health conditions or other personal matters unrelated to the job. Do not invent information about the employer, role or process. Flag any missing information that needs a human decision before the agenda is used. Return the agenda in a table followed by a short checklist of items I must confirm.

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Hand it to a person

    The distant third

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot know which parts of the role matter most when the job description is vague or internally inconsistent.
  • AI cannot decide whether a proposed question fits your organisation's recruitment policy or a particular employment-law risk.
  • AI cannot judge whether the interview feels respectful, realistic and appropriate for the seniority of the role.
  • AI can produce generic follow-up questions that do not reveal the evidence your panel actually needs.
  • AI cannot take responsibility for the fairness of the process or the hiring decision that follows.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: context depth, judgement under ambiguity and stakes of error.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification2
Liability2
Effort delta2
Total10 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can AI make an interview agenda?
Yes. It can turn the job description, interview length, panel roles and assessment criteria into a timed agenda with questions and scoring prompts. You still need to check that the questions are relevant and fair.
Can AI write interview questions from a job description?
Yes, provided the job description contains clear requirements. Ask for consistent, open questions linked to each criterion and remove anything about protected characteristics or personal matters unrelated to the job.
Is it fair to use AI to create interview questions?
It can help create a consistent starting point, but consistency alone does not make a process fair. Compare every question with the role requirements and have the recruiting manager or panel approve the final version.
Can AI score candidates in an interview?
AI can suggest a scoring structure, but a human panel should assess the candidate's evidence and make the hiring decision. Do not let a chatbot decide who gets the job from interview notes.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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