Interview Copilot

Does Copilot work for phone interviews?

Routing audio for phone screens, and the trade-offs of each approach.

Yes, with a caveat: phone audio is harder to capture cleanly than a browser call, because the sound has to reach your computer somehow. It works, and it needs a little more setup.

Options for a phone call

Speaker plus microphone: put the call on speaker and let your computer's microphone hear the room. Simplest, works everywhere, and quality depends on the room.
A computer-based dialler: if the interviewer calls through a service that runs in a browser, capture that tab and you get the same clean audio as a video call.
System audio: if the call routes through your computer at all, this captures it directly.

Getting speakerphone to work well

It is the fallback most people end up using, and a few things make the difference between a usable transcript and a useless one.

Quiet room, phone close to the computer microphone, volume higher than feels natural.
Hard surface rather than a soft one: a desk beats a sofa arm.
Do not wear headphones. If the interviewer's voice goes into your ear, your computer cannot hear it.
Test with a real call first. Ring a friend and check the transcript fills in before you rely on it.

Video calls

Zoom, Meet, and Teams are all straightforward. In a browser, capture the tab and tick the option to share its audio. In a desktop client, use system audio.

What gets sent

Copilot processes the interview audio to work out what is being asked and what to surface from your material. It is not sent anywhere else and it is not recorded unless you choose to record the session yourself.

For a first-round phone screen, Interview Prep is often the better tool. Phone screens are largely predictable (motivation, background, salary expectations), and rehearsing them beats fighting speakerphone audio on the day.