> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.micro1.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create Interview

> Setup your interview so Zara can help you by taking the interview with your candidates.

Think of the interview as a strategic guide that helps Zara understand what attributes you're looking to evaluate in your candidate.

You can create an interview from a job description you already created or a standalone interview (with no job description associated).

To create an interview from an existing job:

1. Click on [Open Jobs](https://www.client.micro1.ai/jobs).
2. Open the job you want to create the interview from.
3. Click on **Define AI Interview**.

To create an standalone interview:

1. Click on [AI Interviewer](https://www.client.micro1.ai/ai-interviewer).
2. Click on **Create interview**.
3. Click on **Define new interview**.

After you are in the create interview wizard, follow these steps to create your interview:

1. Enter the name for your interview and click **Next**.

2. Select the type of interview you want to create and click **Next**.

3. Enter the skills you want to evaluate during the interview.

<Tip>
  Check our [Best Practices](./best-practices) guide to understand how to setup skills in an interview.
</Tip>

<Info>
  Skip this step for **Interview Based on Resume**, **Custom Questions Only**, **Coding Exercise Only** and **Custom Exercise** interviews.
</Info>

4. Enter any custom question you want Zara to ask your candidate and click **Next**.

<Tip>
  Check our [Skill vs Custom Question](./skill-vs-custom-question) guide to understand the difference and know when to use each.
</Tip>

<Info>
  Skip this step for **Coding Exercise Only** and **Custom Exercise** interviews.
</Info>

5. Select which language you want the interview to be taken.

<Tip>
  You can select **Let the candidate choose the language** and Zara will let the candidate define a language when starting the interview.
</Tip>

<Warning>
  Languages cannot be mixed within an interview. If the candidate starts speaking a second language, it may reflect negatively in his score.
</Warning>

6. Optionally add an exercise.

<Tip>
  Check our [Types of exercises](./types-of-exercises) guide to understand what they are and how to define them.
</Tip>

7. Optionally enter custom instructions to Zara to optimize the calculation of the [AI Match Score](./ai-match-score).

8. Enable or disable [proctoring](./what-is-proctoring) for this interview. Click **Next**.

9. Review your settings and click **Create Interview** to complete.