Interview preparation with AI - Microsoft Copilot Tutorial

Once your resume and your cover letter are ready, the next step is preparing for interviews. Copilot can act as an interviewer and help you practice by generating realistic questions and giving feedback on your answers. For this demo, we'll keep it short and ask for one question. But you can request as many as you want to make it feel like a real interview. Now, I'm going to ask Copilot to generate one comment interview question for Construction Project Manager role. Then, conduct a mock interview by asking me this question. After I respond, Copilot will provide detailed feedback on how I can improve my answer and score my response on three criteria, clarity, confidence, and relevance. This is powerful because it creates an interactive experience. You answer, and Copilot evaluates your responses, gives actionable feedback, and even scores your performance. That means you can practice and feel confident and ready. Interview prep isn't just about answering questions, it's also about asking the right ones. The questions you ask can show that you understand the company's priorities and how this role contributes to its success. Copilot makes this easy. Instead of scrambling for ideas, you can generate thoughtful, strategic questions that leave a strong impression. So Copilot's asked me this interview question. Can you describe a time when you had to coordinate multiple tasks or people to meet a deadline, and how you ensured everything stayed on track? So one example was when I was preparing a quarterly board presentation while coordinating travel logistics for multiple executives. And so here, if I put in my more detailed answer, Copilot's gonna think and give me critique. It's pointing out some of the strengths that I got, so that it's really structured, that my answer was process-oriented, and that I'm highlighting transferability. It also gives me some areas to improve. It's telling me to talk about industry connection, highlight any impact metrics that I have, and also emphasize my leadership roles more. And so here, it's finally giving me a score. And I'm scoring pretty well. Five out of five on clarity, four out of five on confidence, and four out of five on relevance. And overall, 13 out of 15, this is a strong answer. So I'm also gonna ask Copilot to create a list of 10 insightful questions to ask the interviewer that demonstrate my knowledge of the company's goals and the role's impacts. When you run this, Copilot will give you questions that go beyond the basics. Things like how success is measured, how the team supports key initiatives, and what challenges the company is focused on solving. These are the kinds of questions that show your thinking like a future team member. Now that we've covered asking great questions, let's talk about another key part of the interview, your introduction. That first impression matters, and CoPilot can help you nail it. The goal is a clear, confident, and concise statement that highlights your relevant skills, experience, and your enthusiasm for the role. And here's what CoPilot gave me. Hello, my name is Bear Robich. I bring several years of experience in administrative support, customer service, and team coordination, where I manage schedules, streamline documentation, and oversaw budgets to improve efficiency and reduce costs. In these roles, I developed strong organizational skills, clear communication, and the ability to keep multiple priorities on track, all of which are essential for managing construction projects. I'm excited about the opportunity at B&B Solutions because I want to apply these strengths to leading projects from start to finish, ensuring that they're delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. This is solid. It connects my experience to the job in a clear way and doesn't feel too long. To personalize it, I drop in a real example, something like a project I managed or a situation where I solved a scheduling challenge. That makes it feel genuine and memorable. Now you've seen how AI can help you with skill building, resume and cover letter tailoring, and even interview prep. Before we wrap up this chapter, let's check what you've learned with a quick LinkedIn quiz.