Writing, editing and languages
AI interviews for writers, editors and translators
Talk through your real writing, editing or translation work with an AI interviewer. See your results first, with the quotes behind every score, and choose who sees them.
- Free for experts
- About 15 minutes, whenever you like
- Type or speak. No camera needed
Who it's for
For people who work in writing, editing and languages
Writers, editors, content strategists, translators and localization specialists.
Example roles
- Content writer
- Copywriter
- Technical writer
- Editor
- Content strategist
- Translator
- Localization specialist
- Journalist
When you apply, you can name your exact specialty. The interviewer fits its questions to it.
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The interview
What the 15-minute interview covers
A conversation about your own work, not trivia. Questions usually start with something you worked on recently, dig into what made it hard, and may end with a realistic situation from your field. Each question follows up on what you said.
Topics the interviewer draws on
- A piece they are proud of and what made it work
- A heavy edit or rewrite and why it was needed
- Writing for readers who knew less than they did
- A factual error or mistranslation and how it was caught
- Adapting tone and style for a brand, audience or culture
- Editor or client feedback they disagreed with
- Working to a tight deadline without losing accuracy
It picks what fits your specialty. It does not read these out as a list.
How your answers are scored
After the interview, an AI model reads your transcript and looks for evidence in four areas. Each area is scored from 1 to 100 only when it can quote your own words.
Editorial judgment
What was wrong and what you changed
Counts as evidence when the candidate describes a specific writing, editing or translation problem: what was wrong, the options, the choice they made, or how they knew it worked.
Craft and accuracy
Structure, sourcing, tone, terminology
Counts as evidence when the candidate describes how they produce accurate, well-structured work: research, sourcing, fact-checking, structure, style guides, tone, terminology or translation choices.
Communication
Briefs, edit notes, pitches
Counts as evidence when the candidate describes explaining their work or decisions to other people: briefs, edit notes, pitches, style guidance, or walking a client through changes. Answering clearly is not, by itself, communication evidence.
Collaboration
Editors, clients, subject experts
Counts as evidence when the candidate describes working with editors, authors, clients, subject experts, designers or reviewers, including handling feedback and disagreement. Saying "we" is not, by itself, collaboration evidence.
If your answers do not cover an area, it shows Not enough evidence instead of a low score. Scores come only from the words in your transcript. Your face, voice and accent are never scored.
Practice
Three example practice questions
These come from the practice room for writing, editing and languages. In the real interview, questions follow up on your own answers, so yours will be different.
- Question 1
Tell me about a piece of writing, editing or translation you are proud of, and what made it hard.
- Question 2
Imagine a client sends back your draft saying it doesn't sound like them, with no other notes. What do you do first?
- Question 3
How would you explain a major edit to an author who is attached to their original wording?
No account needed. Practice answers are not saved.
After the interview
What you get
Your results, first
Read your transcript and your scores in Editorial judgment, Craft and accuracy, Communication, and Collaboration, with the quotes behind each one. An area without enough evidence says so.
Share links you control
Share your result with a link only when you want to. You decide who gets it, and you can turn the link off at any time.
Company interview links
If a company sends you its own interview link, you see the company and the role, and agree to share that interview with them before you start. You see the same result they see.
Free, with retakes
Experts never pay. You can retake the interview up to 3 times, and your newest result replaces the one before it. If a technical problem cuts an interview short, you can get a free retake.
How data is stored, used and deleted is in our privacy policy.
FAQ
Questions from writers, editors and translators
What will the AI interviewer ask me about?
Your own writing, editing or translation work. Questions usually start with something you worked on recently and dig into what made it hard. Later questions may give you a realistic situation from your field or a hard choice to make. Each question follows up on what you said. There are no trick puzzles.
How is the interview scored for writing, editing and languages?
After the interview, an AI model reads your transcript and looks for evidence in four areas: Editorial judgment, Craft and accuracy, Communication, and Collaboration. An area gets a score from 1 to 100 only when the model can quote your own words for it. Otherwise it says "Not enough evidence" instead of guessing. Your face, voice and accent are never scored.
Do I have to share confidential details?
No. The interviewer is told not to ask for names or confidential details about clients, patients, students or employers, and to let you describe situations without identifying anyone. Describe client work without sharing anything you agreed to keep private.
Can I share writing samples?
Not in the interview. You can add a link to your samples to your profile when you apply. Your interview scores come only from what you say in the interview.
Is this a certification or a license check?
No. An Aethel interview is not a certification, license or credential, and it does not verify degrees or licenses. It is a record of how you talked about your own work in one interview.
Who sees my results?
You see your results first. A company sees an interview only if you took it through that company's interview link. Anyone else sees a result only through a share link or a PDF verification code you make. If you turn on your Find experts profile, anyone can see your name, field, specialty, and area scores, but never your transcript or contact details. You can turn off a share link, a code, or your Find experts profile at any time. You can delete your interview records at any time from your profile page.
Is it free, and can I retake it?
Yes, it is free for experts. You can retake the interview up to 3 times from your results page, and your newest result replaces the one before it. If a technical problem cut an interview short, your results page offers a free retake that does not count toward the 3. If it does not, ask for a review. An interview taken through a company's link is taken once.
Can I practice first?
Yes. The practice room uses sample questions for writing, editing and languages and saves nothing. You do not need an account to try it.
More detail: how interviews work
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