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Helpful preparation. Still unmistakably you.
Applications, interviews and assessments can feel daunting. Preparing well can help you feel more confident, and AI tools can be a useful part of that process.
AI can help you research, organise your thoughts and practice answering questions. But it should support your application and preparation, not replace your voice, experience or personality.
We want to get to know the real you: how you think, what you’ve learned and how you connect with others.
How AI can help you prepare
Used thoughtfully, AI can help you approach your application and interview with greater clarity and confidence.
You can use AI to explore the type of work involved in a role, learn about developments affecting the profession or explain an unfamiliar term.
For example, you could ask:
“What skills are important for someone beginning a career in audit?”
AI can provide a useful starting point, but it can make mistakes or use outdated information. Check important details against the job description, our website and other reliable sources.
AI can help you break down a job description and identify the main skills, responsibilities and qualities being requested.
You could ask:
“What are the five most important skills in this job description?”
Use the response to guide your preparation, then think about genuine examples that demonstrate those skills.
You can use AI to help structure examples from your work, education, volunteering or extracurricular activities.
For example:
“Help me structure my example using the situation, task, action and result method.”
The experience and wording should still be your own. AI should help you communicate clearly, not create an example for you.
AI can act as a useful practice partner.
You could provide the main responsibilities from the job description and ask:
“Give me five interview questions I might be asked for this type of role.”
Practice answering the questions aloud. This can help you identify areas where you need to think more carefully or provide more detail.
AI can help you check spelling, grammar and clarity. It can also compare your CV with a job description and identify relevant experience that you may want to make clearer.
It shouldn’t write your CV or application for you. The final wording must accurately reflect your own skills and experience.
An interview is your opportunity to decide whether Bishop Fleming is right for you, too.
AI can suggest topics you may want to ask about, such as the team, development opportunities or day-to-day responsibilities. Choose questions that genuinely matter to you and adapt them in your own words.
When not to use AI
Some uses of AI are not appropriate during our recruitment process.
You must not use AI to create responses in real time during an interview or assessment.
We want to hear how you think and communicate. Reading an AI-generated answer won’t help us understand what you could bring to the role.
Your examples must be honest and based on things you have genuinely done.
Never use AI to create qualifications, responsibilities, achievements or workplace situations that aren’t real.
Avoid entering personal data, commercially sensitive information or confidential details about an employer, client, colleague or other person into an AI tool.
You can usually describe a situation in general terms without including names or identifying information.
You must ask for clear consent before using an AI tool to record, transcribe or analyse an interview or conversation.
AI-generated information can be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.
Check factual claims against reliable sources, particularly when researching Bishop Fleming, the role or developments affecting the profession.
Overusing AI can make an application or interview answer sound generic.
Use natural language that feels comfortable to you. We’re more interested in a thoughtful and honest answer than something that sounds artificially polished.
A simple way to check your AI use
Before using an AI-generated suggestion, ask yourself:
- Is it accurate?
- Is it based on my real experience?
- Does it sound like me?
- Have I protected personal and confidential information?
- Could I explain this confidently without the tool?
If the answer to these questions is yes, you’re all set.
Using AI for interviews: your questions answered
Yes. You can use AI to research, organise your thoughts, generate practice questions and review the clarity of your application. It should support your preparation rather than produce answers for you.
No. Your answers should be based on your own experiences and expressed in your own words. AI can help you structure an example, but it shouldn’t invent or write the substance of your answer.
No. AI shouldn’t be used to generate live answers during a Bishop Fleming interview or assessment.
Yes. AI can help identify spelling or grammar issues and suggest areas that could be clearer. You remain responsible for ensuring that your CV is accurate, authentic and written in your own voice.
Only if you have received clear permission from Bishop Fleming and everyone involved before the interview begins.
Who can I contact if I’m unsure about using AI?
If you have a question about using AI during the recruitment process, contact the Talent Acquisition Team at jobs@bishopfleming.co.uk.
Ready to take your next step?
Now you know how to prepare, explore our current opportunities and find a role that suits your skills and ambitions. You can also read our approach to recruitment to understand what to expect at each stage.
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