CoPilot Interview shapes answers with four switches: ✂️ Short (two to three sentences), • Bullets (three to six talking points, on by default), 📖 Reader (a teleprompter layout) and Simple Language (short sentences and no jargon). After any answer, 🔄 Redo, 📝 Longer and ✂️ Shorter rewrite it. There is no field for custom instructions or a word limit; the closest thing is the typed ask box.
Where each setting is
| Setting | Where | What it does | Starts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Language | Candidate setup screen, next to Dual AI Mode | Short sentences and everyday words, no jargon, in the answer language you chose | Off each time the app opens |
| ✂️ Short | Session top bar | One answer of two to three sentences to say out loud | Off |
| • Bullets | Session top bar | Three to six one-sentence talking points instead of prose | On ("• Bullets ON") |
| 📖 Reader | ⚙ Options in the session | Teleprompter layout and larger text; see the answer panel guide | Off, then remembered |
| 🔄 Redo, 📝 Longer, ✂️ Shorter | "Last answer:" bar under the answers | Rewrite the last answer in place | Always available |
| Ask box | Bottom of the answer panel | Any typed request, answered in the same feed | Always available |
What the Short and Bullets combinations produce
| ✂️ Short | • Bullets | Answer shape |
|---|---|---|
| Off | On (default) | Three to six short bullet points |
| On | Off | One tight answer of two to three sentences |
| On | On | A "Short Answer" paragraph of two to three sentences, then three to five "Key Points" |
| Off | Off | A natural spoken answer of under 200 words, with no code |
Reader adds its own layout on top: one confident opening sentence, three to five one-sentence bullets and an optional closing sentence.
How to change the style during a session
- Click ✂️ Short or • Bullets in the top bar. The label adds ON when the switch is active, and the change applies to the next answer.
- To restyle the answer already on screen, click 🔄 Redo (or press Ctrl+Shift+R); it uses your current settings. 📝 Longer expands the last answer and ✂️ Shorter trims it, with a short "Expanded answer" or "Shortened answer" notice.
- For the teleprompter layout, open ⚙ Options and click 📖 Reader.
- For anything the switches don't cover, such as "give me a 30-second version with one example", type it in 💬 Type to ask AI anything... and press Enter or Send.
Coding answers use different switches
When 💻 Coding is on, the same two buttons change job:
- 📝 Note (in place of Short) opens the code with two to four comment lines: the approach, the key idea and the time and space complexity. It is off by default.
- 🚫 No comments (in place of Bullets): when ON, the code has no line comments; when off, the default, every meaningful line gets a short comment at the end.
- 🗣 Talk (Ctrl+Shift+E) switches answers to words while Coding stays on, for the "why this approach" questions that follow.
Both coding switches are remembered between launches. Coding questions and screenshots covers the rest of coding mode.
What stays set, and limits
- Short and Bullets keep their state until you quit the app. Each launch starts with Bullets on and Short off.
- Reader, Note and No comments are remembered between launches; Simple Language is not.
- Simple Language and every answer follow the language picked on the setup screen; see languages supported.
- Mock Interview has no Short, Bullets or Coding buttons, because there the AI asks and grades instead of answering.
- There is no setting for a word count, a tone or standing custom instructions. Use the ask box, or 📝 Longer and ✂️ Shorter.
Troubleshooting
- Answers are still too long: turn on both Short and Bullets, or click ✂️ Shorter after each answer.
- A switch seemed to do nothing: it changes the next answer. Click 🔄 Redo to get the current one again with the new setting.
- "Generate an answer first": Redo, Longer and Shorter need an answer on screen.
- Answers contain code you didn't want: 💻 Coding is on. Click it off, or press 🗣 Talk for a spoken answer.
Find your style in practice
CoPilot Interview is an AI interview assistant for Windows and Mac, and the right answer length is the one you can say naturally. Try Short with Bullets during an AI mock interview, read a few answers aloud, and keep the setting that sounds like you. How CoPilot Interview works explains the modes. Online assessments, proctored tests and AI-led interview rounds forbid outside help, so prepare for those with practice instead.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get shorter answers in CoPilot Interview?
Click ✂️ Short in the session top bar for two to three sentences, or click ✂️ Shorter under an answer to trim it. Turning on both Short and Bullets gives a short paragraph plus three to five key points.
Why are my answers always bullet points?
• Bullets is on by default. Click it once so it reads • Bullets without ON, and the next answer comes as prose.
Can I give CoPilot Interview custom instructions?
Not as a saved setting. There is no instructions field in Candidate mode. Type a one-off request in the ask box at the bottom of the answer panel instead.
What does Simple Language do?
It asks for short sentences and everyday words with no jargon, in the answer language you chose. Tick it on the Candidate setup screen before you start, because it is off each time the app opens.
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