Paste the company name and the full job description into 📋 Company & Job Description before you start a session. Or paste the posting link into 🔗 Job Posting URL and leave the box empty: when you click Start, the app fetches the page and fills the box with its text. In Candidate mode the job goes into every answer, and Mock Interview builds every question from it.
Add the job in Candidate mode
- Click the 🎯 Candidate tab.
- Paste the company name and the full description into 📋 Company & Job Description ("Paste company name and full job description..."). Pasting the text yourself is the most reliable option.
- Or paste the link into 🔗 Job Posting URL and leave the description box empty.
- Add your résumé below it; see how to add your résumé.
- Click 🎙 Start Session. With a link and an empty box, the box briefly reads "⏳ Fetching link..." and then holds the page's text.
Job fields in each mode
| Mode | Fields | How the job is used |
|---|---|---|
| 🎯 Candidate | 🔗 Job Posting URL, 📋 Company & Job Description | Added to every answer, with your résumé |
| 🎧 Mock Interview | 🔗 Job URL, 📋 Company & Job Description | "Every question is built from it"; boxes left empty are copied from the Candidate tab |
| 🎤 Interviewer / HR | 🔗 Job URL, 📋 Company, Job Description & Topics, 📝 Specific Questions | Steers the questions, the evaluations and 💡 Suggested next questions |
| 📄 Resume Builder | 🔗 Job Posting URL, 📋 Job Description | Tailors the new résumé to the role |
What the job description changes
- Answers: in Candidate mode the description goes with every question, so answers can tie your experience to the role's skills and the company's priorities.
- Captions: common technical terms that appear in the job description or your résumé, such as SQL, Docker or Kubernetes, are passed to speech recognition as spelling hints.
- The session file: the app works out the company and job title from the description or link and uses them in the file name, for example
2026-09-30_14-56_Acme_Senior-Backend-Engineer.md. The link is listed in the file; the description text is not. - Mock Interview: questions are planned from it, which building a mock interview from a job description covers in more depth.
Limits of the job link
| Item | What to expect |
|---|---|
| When the link is fetched | Only when you click Start and the description box is empty |
| Wait | Up to 12 seconds |
| Text kept | Up to 8,000 characters of the page, ending in "...[truncated]" if longer |
| Page can't be reached | "[Could not fetch URL. Please paste the job description manually.]" |
| Page builds itself with scripts | "[URL returned no readable text. The page may require JavaScript. Please paste manually.]" |
| Mock Interview length | The first 3,500 characters of the description |
| Kept between launches | No; paste or link it again after you reopen the app |
The app fetches the posting directly from the job site on your computer. The description text then goes to the AI model you picked with each request, through CoPilot Interview's API proxy.
Troubleshooting
- A bracketed message appeared in the box: the page couldn't be read. Open the posting in your browser, copy the text and paste it in.
- The fetched text is mostly menus and cookie notices: replace it with the description itself. Clutter makes answers less specific.
- The link was ignored: the box already had text, so nothing was fetched. Clear the box to fetch, or keep the text you pasted.
- The file name shows the wrong company: it is a best guess. Start the box with lines such as "Company: Acme" and "Job title: Senior Backend Engineer".
Practice for this exact job
CoPilot Interview is an AI interview assistant for Windows and Mac. With the job description in place, the free AI mock interview asks the questions this role is likely to bring, reads them aloud and scores your spoken answers, and the mock interview guide walks through a full round. Online assessments, proctored tests and AI-led interview rounds forbid outside help, so prepare for those with practice instead.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need both the job link and the description?
No. Either works. If the description box has text, the app uses it and doesn't fetch the link; the link is still listed in the saved session file.
Can I add my own notes about the company?
Yes. The box is free text, so you can add notes about the team or the product under the description, and Candidate answers will take them into account.
Why didn't my job link work?
Some job sites need scripts to show the posting or block automatic requests. The box then shows a bracketed message; copy the description from your browser and paste it in.
Is the job description saved?
Not between launches, and not on CoPilot Interview's servers. The session file keeps the company, the job title and the link, but not the description text.
Practice this interview before the real one
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