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# Simulate an HR interview

> Practice an owner-only interview against a real vacancy and review the evidence behind the result.

**Simulate** is an owner-only rehearsal. It creates a vacancy-specific interview guide, runs an HR conversation, and produces a report with strengths, concerns, missing evidence, and questions to validate.

## Create a simulation

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Preparation → Simulate">
    Create a new simulation and paste a job link or vacancy text.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review the vacancy">
    TLDT extracts the role, company, location, work model, specialization, and description when the source allows it. Confirm the vacancy before continuing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the interview setup">
    Choose **20** or **40 minutes**, an HR model, a TLDT model, and an interview goal: **Realistic** or **Diagnostic**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the candidate response mode">
    In **Auto**, TLDT answers from the simulation's pinned published Memory. In **Manual**, you write each candidate answer yourself. Manual mode is useful when you want to test your own phrasing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run and review">
    Start the interview, pause or resume when needed, and inspect the final verdict and report. Use the transcript to identify a Memory gap, a weak explanation, or a question you should answer yourself.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Realistic vs Diagnostic

| Goal       | Best for                                | What to expect                                                                                     |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Realistic  | Rehearsing the shape of a first screen. | HR follows the guide naturally and can finish after the must-haves and important gaps are covered. |
| Diagnostic | Stress-testing profile coverage.        | HR tracks more of the guide and probes gaps more strictly; the interview is often longer.          |

The interview goal is independent from Auto/Manual. One controls how HR behaves; the other controls who writes the candidate answer.

## Important limits

Simulate pins the published Memory version when the session starts. A session created without published Memory is permanently Manual-only. Later Memory releases do not rewrite an existing simulation.

The report is diagnostic. It does not apply for a role, make a hiring decision, or guarantee an outcome. The owner can share a visitor-safe completed snapshot when useful.