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A role-swap AI mock interview

Play the Interviewer

Tired of answering? Swap seats. You ask the questions, and your AI answers as the candidate: as you, from your own resume, or as a made-up candidate. Sit back, listen, and hear the interview from the other side of the table.

Interviewer
Candidate
YouAI
You, the interviewer Tell me about a time a project went wrong.
AI, as the candidate Sure. Last spring our release slipped two weeks because I had not checked the payment team's timeline. Here is what I did next…
You time out
Hint Try: “What would you do differently now?” · Back in the room.
An illustration, not a recording.

Start in a minute

  1. Copy the prompt below.
  2. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or any AI. Add the job and your resume if you like.
  3. Ask your first question. Say time out for a hint, end to finish. That is all.
The prompt (you do not need to read it)
Let's swap roles. I'm the interviewer and you're the job candidate.

The job: [the job title and company, or paste the posting. Leave it out for a general interview]
The candidate: [paste your resume and you answer as me. Leave it out and you play a made-up candidate]

How to play:
- Stay in the candidate's role. Answer like a person talking: one or two minutes, no lists or headings.
- Don't coach me or comment on my questions. Ask me questions only when I invite you to.
- If you answer as me, use only facts from my resume. If I ask about something it doesn't cover, say honestly that you haven't done it and what is closest that you have done. Never make up jobs, numbers or results.
- If you're a made-up candidate, keep your details the same the whole time.
- If I say "time out", step out for a moment, give me two or three ideas for what to ask, then say "Back in the room" and carry on.
- If I tell you my decision, react as the candidate would. When I say "end", step out and tell me in a few lines what worked in your answers and, if you answered as me, where my resume had little to go on.

Start with one short line saying who you are playing, then wait for my first question.

Leave out private details such as your phone number or address: whatever you paste goes to the company that runs the AI.

Your interviewer kit

Glance at it before you start. During the game, keep your eyes on the conversation.

Open

  • “Thanks for coming in. Could you start by telling me about yourself?”
  • “I lead the team you would join. Let me tell you a bit about it first…”
  • “Walk me through your resume, the parts that matter for this role.”

Ask

“Tell me about yourself.”

Listen for

  • What you do now, in one sentence
  • Two or three things from your past that matter for this job
  • Why this role is the next step

34 questions in the deck.

Dig deeper

  • “What did you do yourself, not the team?”
  • “How did you know it worked? Any numbers?”
  • “What would you do differently now?”
  • “Why did you choose that over the other options?”

Close

“Congratulations, we would like to offer you the role.”

“Thank you for your time. We have decided to move forward with other applicants.”

Or just say end.

Why play the interviewer

Play it with your own resume, saved

Connect ApplyKoala to your AI and you do not paste anything. Your AI answers as you from your saved resume, profile and stories, and uses the questions saved for the job you name. Just say:

“Let's swap roles: I'm the interviewer for the Shopee job and you answer as me.”

No resume yet? It plays a made-up candidate, and tells you so. Nothing from the game is saved.

Connect your AI Or practise answering yourself

Questions

What is a role-swap mock interview? A mock interview with the seats swapped. Usually the AI asks and you answer. Here you ask the questions and the AI answers as the candidate, so you can rest your voice and hear a full answer from start to finish.

Does the AI make up experience I do not have? It should not. The prompt tells it to answer only from your resume, and to say so when you ask about something your resume does not cover. Those moments are useful: they show you where you have no story ready yet.

Which AI can I play it with? ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any recent chat AI. In an app with voice mode you can ask out loud and listen to the answers.

Is it free? Yes. The prompt on this page is free, with no sign-up. Connecting ApplyKoala, so your AI answers from your saved resume and stories, uses sync: free for 7 days, then US$3.99 a month.

Does ApplyKoala save the conversation? No. Nothing from the game is saved. ApplyKoala only counts that a game was played.

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