Guides

Plain guides on preparing for an interview, writing a resume and getting ready for the screenings on AI-training platforms.

Preparing for an interview

Can I Use AI During an Interview?

Can you use AI during an interview? It depends on the employer's and the interviewer's rules. How to check, what is widely fine, and what to do if it is no.

How to Not Be Nervous in an Interview

How to not be nervous in an interview. Prepare out loud, slow your breathing, expect a hard first minute, and practise until it feels familiar.

How to Practice for an Interview by Yourself

How to practise for an interview by yourself. Write your answers, record them on your phone, time them, listen back and repeat.

How to Practice for an Interview With AI

How to practise for an interview with AI in five steps. Pick the job, ask real questions, answer out loud, read the transcript and repeat the weak ones.

How to Prepare for a Behavioral Interview

How to prepare for a behavioral interview. Choose six real stories, structure each as situation, action and result, and practise saying them out loud.

What to Do When Your Mind Goes Blank in an Interview

What to do when your mind goes blank in an interview. Pause, breathe, repeat the question, say what you do know and move on. Plus how to prepare.

Zoom Interview Tips

Zoom interview tips for camera, sound, light and set-up, plus a short checklist and how to practise out loud before the day.

Resume guides

How to tailor a resume to a job description

Tailor your resume to a job description in six steps. Match the words of the job post truthfully, move the right points up and keep it to one clean page.

What makes a resume ATS-friendly?

An ATS-friendly resume is plain text in one column with clear headings. See the rules, how to check your file, and build one free with Resume Maker.

AI-training platforms

AI-Training Job Interviews and How to Practise

How the interviews and screenings at micro1, Mercor, Alignerr, Outlier, DataAnnotation and Handshake AI work, and how to practise out loud first.

micro1 AI Interview Practice and Preparation

What to expect from the micro1 AI interview with Zara, what micro1's terms say about AI help, and how to practise out loud before you start.

Mercor AI Interview Practice and Preparation

What to expect from the Mercor AI interview, its rule on AI help, its free practice interviews, and how to prepare out loud before the real one.

Alignerr Zara Interview Practice and Preparation

What Alignerr says about its Zara interview and application steps, what we could not confirm, and how to practise out loud before you start.

Outlier Skill Screening Practice and Preparation

What Outlier's own homepage says about onboarding and skill screenings, and how to prepare in general: reading, timing, written clarity and reasoning.

DataAnnotation Assessment Practice and Preparation

What DataAnnotation's own FAQ says about the Starter Assessment, and how to prepare in general: reading, timing, written clarity and reasoning.

Handshake AI Interview Practice and Preparation

What Handshake AI's own pages say about applying, assessments and its rule on AI-written work, and how to practise your answers out loud first.

More to read

New to AI interview help, or looking for questions for one role? Start with these.

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