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As of 13 August 2026, AI can generate interview questions from a UK job advert.
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 needednone
Who has to check ityou
What the alternative costsA general AI writing platform such as Writesonic is the closest software alternative; no human service price is supplied here.
If this goes wrong: you practise generic or poorly targeted questions, but you can replace them by comparing the list with the advert before the interview.
What to actually do
Do it yourself
The route this page recommends
A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 15 minutes until you can act on the result.
How to actually do it
- Open the full UK job advert and copy the complete text, including the responsibilities, essential criteria and desirable criteria.
- Open your CV and copy the sections that contain experience, achievements, qualifications and relevant skills, removing contact details you do not need to share.
- Paste the advert and your relevant experience into the prompt, then add any known interview format, such as competency, technical, panel or presentation stages.
- Run the prompt and save the generated question bank in a document so you can edit and annotate it.
- Compare every question's named advert requirement with the original advert, deleting questions that test something the advert does not mention or that repeat another question.
- Write a short truthful example from your own experience beside each question marked for a STAR-style answer, and flag any question for which you have no example.
- Practise the five priority questions aloud, then ask the chatbot to produce follow-up questions for the two answers that sound least specific.
Prompt
You are helping me prepare for an interview for the role below. Generate a focused question bank based only on the advert and the extra information I provide. Invent nothing about the employer, role or my experience. Job advert: [PASTE THE FULL UK JOB ADVERT HERE] My CV or relevant experience: [PASTE YOUR CV OR A SHORT SUMMARY HERE] Interview format, if known: [PASTE ANY DETAILS HERE] Create: 1. Six questions testing the main responsibilities in the advert. 2. Four competency or behavioural questions, each linked to a specific requirement. 3. Three technical or role-specific questions, using plain language where possible. 4. Three realistic scenario questions based on the duties and constraints stated in the advert. 5. Two sensible follow-up questions an interviewer might ask after each main question. For every question, name the advert phrase or requirement it tests. Mark questions that are likely to need a STAR-style example. Do not ask about protected characteristics or other inappropriate personal matters. Do not assume facts that are absent from the advert. Finish with the five questions I should practise first, explaining briefly why each one matters. Keep the questions realistic for a UK interview and avoid repeating the same competency in different wording.
Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.
Use a tool built for this
Second choiceHand it to a person
The distant thirdA 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 responsibilities the hiring manager considers most important when the advert gives them equal weight.
- AI cannot tell whether your examples sound credible, distinctive and natural when spoken aloud.
- AI cannot reliably infer the employer's private interview style or the questions used by a particular panel.
- AI can turn vague advert language into plausible questions without knowing what the role actually involves day to day.
Even on a YES, the friction has a name: context depth and judgement under ambiguity.
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.
| Axis | Score (0–2) |
|---|---|
| Output | 2 |
| Inputs | 2 |
| Verification | 2 |
| Liability | 2 |
| Effort delta | 2 |
| Total | 10 / 10 |
The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.
FAQ
- Can ChatGPT make interview questions from a job description?
- Yes. Paste the full advert and ask it to link each question to a stated responsibility or requirement, then remove anything that is not grounded in the advert.
- How many interview questions should I prepare for?
- Prepare a focused bank covering the main responsibilities, essential criteria, technical skills and realistic scenarios in the advert. Practise the questions that match your weakest examples rather than memorising a long list.
- Can AI predict the questions I will be asked in an interview?
- No. It can generate plausible questions from the advert, but it cannot know the hiring manager's private priorities or the panel's exact questions. Use the output as a practice set, not a forecast.
- Can AI create interview questions from my CV and the job advert?
- Yes. Supplying both lets it identify gaps between your experience and the role, and create follow-up questions about your claims. Check every question against your real experience and never practise an example that you cannot defend.
Nearby answers
- Can AI help me answer “What is your expected salary?”YES
- Can AI help me answer “What is your greatest weakness?”YES
- Can AI help me answer “Where do you see yourself in five years?”YES
- Can AI help me answer “Why do you want this job?”YES
- Can AI help me answer “Why do you want to work here?”YES
- Can AI help me explain an employment gap in an interview?YES
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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