Teleprompter for interviews: rehearse your job interview presentation in the format the employer allows

Get the brief and the rules

An interview presentation is different from a question-and-answer interview: you prepare it in advance, and the panel judges both the content and how you deliver it. Read the brief closely and, if anything is unclear, ask the recruiter:

• How long you have, and how long the questions run afterwards.
• Whether you bring slides, and how they will be shown: your laptop, theirs, or a shared screen on a call.
• Whether notes are allowed, and in what form.
• Who is on the panel and what the role needs from this talk.

Use Aitho to rehearse; the employer's rules apply on the day. Do not plan to use any hidden assistance during the interview itself.

Build the talk from your own experience

A simple structure keeps the talk honest and easy to follow:

1. The task. Restate the brief in one sentence so the panel knows you understood it.
2. Your approach. What you would do, or what you did, and why.
3. Evidence. One or two real examples from your own work, with numbers you can stand behind.
4. The result. What changed, or what you expect to change, and how you would measure it.
5. Why it matters for this role. Close on the link between your work and their needs.

Cut any claim you could not explain in detail if asked. Size the talk with the talk length calculator: at about 130 words per minute, a 10-minute presentation is roughly 1,300 words, so write below that.

A rehearsal plan

1. Out loud with a script. Find where you stumble and where you run long; shorten those sections.
2. Out loud with notes. Replace the script with the notes you are allowed, such as one line per slide.
3. Questions with a colleague. Ask them to probe your actual decisions: why that approach, what you would do differently, what the numbers mean. Answer in about a minute each.
4. A full mock. Same slides, same time, same setup as the real interview, then the questions.

Check the setup

For an in-person interview, bring the deck as a PDF on a memory stick as well as on your laptop, and a printed copy. For a video interview, test your camera, microphone and the window you will share, and keep the slides window separate from anything private. A one-page cue sheet covers a failed screen.

Rehearse your interview presentation with Aitho

1. Import your deck. PDF or PowerPoint (.pdf, .pptx or .ppt); export Keynote or Google Slides to PDF before importing.
2. Add your script. Write what you'll say on each slide in your own words, or use Draft with AI for a draft from your slides that you then rewrite (AI drafts are in Pro and Presenter Pro).
3. Rehearse out loud. The script follows your voice and each slide advances when you reach its words. The Rehearse tab can set a words-per-minute target and track filler words live.
4. Practise questions from your own material. Attach your CV or project notes to the talk, type a likely panel question, and use the suggested answer to check your facts before practising your reply in your own words. The free plan includes three answers to try.
5. Then rehearse without it. Your last runs should match what the employer allows.

See rehearse out loud and help with questions.

Free to start: the free plan includes the voice-following script, your own PDF or PowerPoint (or the sample talk), any browser plus the iPhone and Android apps, spoken slide commands, and three private answers to try. Free needs no card. Current plans are on the pricing page.

Questions

Can I use a teleprompter in a job interview?

Use Aitho to rehearse your interview presentation. The employer's rules apply on the day, including whether notes are allowed.

How long should a job interview presentation be?

As long as the brief says, minus a margin. At about 130 words per minute a 10-minute presentation is roughly 1,300 words.

How do I prepare for questions after an interview presentation?

List the questions your own claims invite, answer each out loud in about a minute, and have a colleague ask them in random order.

Should I memorise my interview presentation?

Memorise the opening and the close. For the rest, know the point each slide must make and say it in your own words.