Can AI help you hire (or interview) smarter?

Welcome to this edition of Prompt, Tinker, Innovate—my AI playground. In each edition, we dive into a practical AI use case, explore its impact, and give you a hands-on experiment to try.

Your mission? Test the prompt, tweak it, and see how AI can enhance your workflow. Before you know it, you’ll be innovating with AI in your daily life—one experiment at a time.

This week's playground: AI for structured & bias-free interviews

Why this matters

Hiring the right talent is one of the most critical (and time-consuming) challenges businesses face. From crafting job descriptions to conducting interviews, hiring teams invest hours into the process—often with unintentional bias creeping in.

Use case spotlight: AI for fair hiring

What’s happening?

Research shows that bias often takes hold within the first five minutes of an interview. Employers may form judgments based on irrelevant qualities like appearance, handshake firmness, or height—none of which predict job performance.

This leads to anchoring bias, where first impressions override more meaningful criteria. To counteract this, companies are increasingly adopting structured interviews—using standardized questions, clear evaluation criteria, and scoring rubrics to ensure fairness.

AI can support this shift by generating consistent, role-specific interview questions and objective evaluation frameworks, helping hiring managers stay focused on qualifications rather than gut instincts.

Your AI experiment: Try this prompt

👉 Time to tinker: Copy and paste the following prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or your favorite AI tool.

📝 Prompt (for HR or hiring managers): "You are a hiring manager. Analyze the following job description and generate structured interview questions for each key skill or qualification. Then, create a scoring rubric to evaluate responses, ensuring fairness and consistency. Job description: [Insert job post]."

💡 Pro tip: Want more tailored results? Try these refinements:

• "Focus on behavioral interview questions."

• "Ensure questions assess both technical and soft skills.

• "Make the scoring rubric clear, objective, and fair."

Are you a job seeker?

You can adapt this prompt to prepare for your interview:

📝 Prompt (for job seekers): "You are a job candidate preparing for an interview. Analyze the following job description and predict potential interview questions the company may ask based on key skills and qualifications. Then, review my resume and suggest where I should highlight relevant experiences. Job description: [Insert job post]." (Remember to attach your resume!)

What did you discover?

Did AI generate insightful interview questions? Did it help you structure a fairer hiring process—or prepare more effectively for an interview?

Reply and share your experience—I might feature your insights in a future newsletter!

See you next week for another AI experiment.