Interview Prep Notes — Get the Edge Before Every Round

Kandid.pro's AI-powered interview preparation generates personalised, actionable prep notes for each interview round. The more context you provide — especially about your interviewers — the sharper your preparation becomes.

How It Works

When you click the Prep button on any interview round, Kandid.pro's AI analyses three things:

1. The interview round — type, format, duration, and any notes you've added
2. The job context — the role, company, and job description from your application
3. Your interviewers — their career history, current role, seniority, and professional background

From this, it generates structured preparation notes including:

• A background summary of each interviewer and what they're likely to focus on
• Personalised talking points tailored to each interviewer's experience
• Questions you should ask each interviewer based on their specific background
• An overall preparation strategy covering key themes, gaps to address, and suggested activities

Why Interviewer Profiles Matter

The difference between generic interview prep and great interview prep is context. When Kandid.pro knows who you're meeting, it can:

• Predict what they'll ask — A VP of Engineering will probe differently to a Staff Developer. A hiring manager focuses on team fit; a peer interviewer digs into technical depth.
• Tailor your talking points — If your interviewer spent 8 years at a fintech startup before joining the company, Kandid.pro highlights the parts of your experience that resonate with that background.
• Suggest smarter questions — Instead of generic "What's the team culture like?", you get questions informed by the interviewer's career trajectory and current responsibilities.

Without interviewer data, Kandid.pro still generates useful prep notes based on the job description and interview type — but you're leaving the most valuable insights on the table.

Adding Interviewers to a Round

There are two ways to add interviewers to an interview round:

Option 1: Quick Add (Name and Role Only)

When creating or editing an interview round, add interviewer names and roles directly. This gives the AI basic context about who you're meeting.

1. Open the interview round (click the edit icon)
2. Scroll to the Interviewers section
3. Add each interviewer's name and role
4. Save the round

This is a good starting point, but for the best results, link your interviewers to full contact profiles.

Option 2: Link to a Contact with a Career Profile (Recommended)

For significantly better prep notes, link each interviewer to a contact record that has a career profile. This gives the AI access to their full career history, education, and professional background.

1. Create a contact for your interviewer (or find them in your existing contacts)
2. Populate their career profile (see below for the fastest way)
3. When adding interviewers to the round, use the contact picker to link them
4. The AI will automatically pull in their career history when generating prep notes

Using the Browser Extension to Build Interviewer Profiles

The fastest way to populate an interviewer's career profile is with the Kandid.pro browser extension. Instead of manually typing out someone's career history, the extension captures it directly from LinkedIn in seconds.

Step-by-Step

1. Install the extension — Go to Settings and open the Chrome / Edge Extension tab. Follow the setup guide to install and configure your API key.

2. Find your interviewer on LinkedIn — Once you know who's interviewing you (from the recruiter, calendar invite, or company careers page), look them up on LinkedIn.

3. Capture their profile — With the extension active, navigate to the interviewer's LinkedIn profile page. The extension captures their career history, education, headline, and current role.

4. Link to a contact — The captured data creates or updates a contact in Kandid.pro with a full career profile attached.

5. Add them to the interview round — Edit your interview round and use the contact picker to link the interviewer. Their full career profile is now available to the AI.

What Gets Captured

The extension imports the following from a LinkedIn profile:

All of this feeds directly into the AI prompt, giving it rich context about who you're sitting across from.

The Prep Notes Output

When you click Prep, a background job runs and generates structured Markdown notes that appear directly on the interview round card. The output typically includes:

For Each Interviewer

• Background summary — who they are, their career arc, and what shaped their perspective
• Likely focus areas — what they're most likely to ask about based on their experience and seniority
• Personalised talking points — specific parts of your experience to highlight with this person
• Questions to ask them — thoughtful questions informed by their career background

Overall Strategy

• Key themes — common threads across all interviewers to prepare for
• Gaps to address — areas where your experience might need extra framing
• Preparation activities — concrete steps to take before the interview

Tips for Better Prep Notes

• Add all confirmed interviewers — even partial information (name and role) is better than none
• Use the extension for career profiles — the richer the interviewer data, the more specific and useful the prep notes
• Include the interview type — a "Technical Assessment" generates different prep than a "Culture Fit" round
• Add a location or format — knowing it's a video call vs. on-site helps tailor logistical advice
• Check the calendar invite — interviewer names are often listed there. Look them up on LinkedIn before your prep session

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I generate prep notes without any interviewers? Yes. Kandid.pro will generate prep notes based on the job description and interview type. You'll see a prompt asking if you'd like to continue without interviewers — the notes will still be useful, but less targeted.

Can I regenerate prep notes after adding interviewers? Yes. Click the Prep button again at any time. New prep notes replace the previous version.

Does the extension work with Edge? Yes. The Kandid.pro extension works with both Chrome and Microsoft Edge (and any Chromium-based browser).

How long does it take to generate prep notes? Typically 15-30 seconds. The job runs in the background — you can continue using Kandid.pro while it processes.

Can I edit the prep notes after they're generated? Yes. Click the edit icon on the prep notes section to modify them manually. Your edits are saved and won't be overwritten unless you regenerate.