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AI-Curated Interview

An AI-Curated Interview (ACI) is a one-on-one conversation between an AI agent and your participant, conducted live over the browser. The agent works the discussion guide, asks adaptive follow-up questions, and produces a recording plus a transcript at the end.

Use it when you want interview-style depth at a scale a human interviewer can't reach.

What participants see​

A participant gets an invitation email. When they click the link they:

  1. Land on a welcome page describing the study.
  2. (Optional) Take the screener. Failing the screener exits politely.
  3. Sign a short consent form.
  4. Test their microphone.
  5. Speak with the AI agent in the browser. The agent listens, asks follow-up questions, and probes when answers stay surface-level.
  6. See a thank-you page once the conversation ends. Any incentive queues for payout.

Calls run on browser-based WebRTC straight to the OpenAI Realtime model. No phone numbers, no software install.

Launching one​

Click Interviews → New → AI-Curated Interview in the app. The wizard walks through these steps:

1. Describe​

A short paragraph about the research goal. The AI uses it to draft a script and to behave appropriately during the call. Be specific about: who the participant is, what you want to learn, what's off-limits.

2. Select or filter​

Choose your audience.

  • Filter the pool. Pick demographics and qualifications to recruit from the User Evaluation participant pool. See Audience & recruiting.
  • Invite your own. Paste a list of emails or upload a CSV.

3. Screen​

Optional. Add up to about ten screening questions. Only participants who answer correctly enter the call. See Screeners.

4. Script​

The interview guide. You can:

  • Let the AI generate one from your brief, then edit.
  • Write your own questions from scratch.
  • Mix prepared questions with "follow your nose" sections where the agent probes freely.

The agent isn't a script-reader; it has the full guide in context and decides when to dig deeper, ask for examples, or move on.

5. Additional details​

Number of participants, session duration, and the recruitment deadline. Optionally require a document for signature (UE's standard NDA or your own upload) and set the messaging participants see before and after the call. There's no incentive field here; the participant reward is fixed.

6. Review and launch​

Confirm and publish. Invitations go out immediately.

What you get back​

Each completed interview becomes a file in the study's project, with:

  • The full audio recording.
  • A speaker-labeled transcript.
  • Auto-generated insights and a summary.
  • The same chat, tags, clips, reports, and decks that work on any project file.

Open the study under Interviews → [your study] for live progress. Completions transcribe within minutes of finishing.

Tips​

  • Brief the AI like you'd brief a junior interviewer. State the goal, the participant, sensitive topics, and what a strong answer looks like.
  • Keep the script focused. Eight to twelve aimed questions yield better data than thirty generic ones.
  • Use the screener. Inviting unqualified people wastes your budget and their time.
  • Watch the first few completions. If the agent probes in unhelpful directions, edit the script and re-launch.

For surveys instead of interviews, see AI-Curated Survey (adaptive) or AI-Generated Survey (fixed-question).