Google AI Can Help You Get Your Next Job
When preparing for an interview , the first thing I do is turn to Google. After all, a company search engine is a launching pad from which to learn about your potential company, discuss possible questions, and walk away feeling knowledgeable and prepared. Now, Google is expanding its interviewing experience even further with the introduction of an AI-powered interviewing tool. Before calling your parents for interview advice, check out Google’s decision.
Anyone Can Use Google’s Artificial Intelligence to Practice Interviewing
This piece of artificial intelligence is called Interview Warm -Up, a simple yet powerful program that you can use to practice common interview questions for various professions. Google currently has six different job types to choose from, including data analytics, e-commerce, IT support, project management, UX design, and general (in case the previous five job types don’t fit yours). Whichever program you choose, the core experience is the same: an AI interview coach to help you answer questions as efficiently as possible.
When you first choose a profession to interview, you will be greeted with five common interview questions for the role. Using your voice or keyboard, you can answer these questions however you like. The highlight here is that when you’re done, Interview Warmup’s artificial intelligence will analyze your answer and highlight aspects of your answer in three key areas: job-related terms, most used words, and abstracts.
How Google AI Helps You Improve Your Interview Skills
For job-related terms, Interview Warmup highlights any words you used in your answer that it thinks are relevant to the job you’re being interviewed for. For example, when I was practicing for the “general” stance, he emphasized that I use the word “focus”. You can also click the Browse All Terms button to view a glossary of job-related terms that the program is looking for. If any of them seem particularly suited to the role you’re trying to hook on to, memorize them.
Most Commonly Used Words is another useful section that highlights any terms you use frequently. The interview warm-up emphasizes that repetitive words are not necessarily bad, especially if they are job related; however, it’s useful to see if you’re unknowingly using the same junk word over and over again.
Finally, we have topics to discuss: the interview warm-up scans your answer for anything that seems to relate to experience, skills, lessons learned, goals, or interests. In my response, the program only found a sentence related to lessons learned, so I think I need to work on topics for discussion. For each category, you can see examples of the types of abstracts you could include in your answer. For experience, you can mention previous roles or education, and for goals, you can talk about what success means to you.
You can review this information at the end of each answer and edit your answers accordingly. However, once you have answered all five questions, you will be able to review all of your answers at once and have a zoomed-in view of the entire “interview”. Don’t be afraid to go through this experience again. Although the program only gives you five questions at a time, there are many more in the bank:
- Data Analytics: 66 Questions
- E-commerce: 49 questions
- IT support: 41 questions
- Project management: 42 questions
- UX design: 50 questions
- General: 14 questions
Interviewing is challenging : you need to summarize your experience and skills, and show how you can apply those things to new challenges in this potential role. The best thing you can do to prepare for an interview is to practice, and warming up for an interview is a fantastic start. The habit of talking about yourself or answering such questions out loud can go a long way in both your abilities and your self-confidence. If you are looking for a new job or wondering how you will work under stress, try this app.