What this screen is
After a practice interview, Profiled normally writes a debrief: an honest read on how the interview went, what held up, and what to work on before the real thing. Some sessions show a message instead, saying why there is no feedback for that interview (see "When a debrief is withheld" below). Practice is part of Pro, whether your Pro is paid, complimentary or earned through Refer & Earn.
You see a debrief in two places, and they are not the same view:
| Where | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Right after the interview, in the "Your debrief" panel | The summary, "Readiness for this role" for a session started from a job fit check, and the "Strong", "Weak" and "Refine" columns |
| The saved debrief, when you open a session from "Past debriefs" on the Practice screen | Everything above, plus "Question by question" and "Practice-only questions — not graded" |
The full record is the saved one. Voice interviews and practice (Pro) covers the Practice screen and how to start a session; this page covers reading what comes back.
The debrief carries the same note as the Practice screen: "Experimental. Practice interviews are new. The interviewer and the debrief are AI-generated, so treat the feedback as a rehearsal aid, not an assessment." It closes the "Readiness for this role" and "Question by question" sections.
Right after the interview
The panel is headed "Your debrief": "Honest read on the practice interview — strengths to lean into and concrete things to work on for next time." While the debrief is written you see "Generating your debrief…" with an attempt counter.
When it lands, the panel shows the summary, "Readiness for this role" (role sessions only) and the three columns. Under them sit the line "Practice debriefs are saved to your dashboard." and three buttons:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| "Done" | Returns to the Practice screen, where the session now appears in "Past debriefs" |
| "Practice again" | Returns to the start screen with your choices kept. You test the microphone and tick both consent boxes again, and the new session uses more minutes |
| "Cancel" | Returns to the Practice screen |
All three keep the debrief. The interview has already ended, so none of them can discard it.
The saved debrief
Open any row in "Past debriefs" on the Practice screen. From the top, the saved debrief shows:
- "← Practice", the heading "Practice debrief", and a line saying when the session was recorded and how long the interview ran
- Chips for how you set the session up: the interview stage, "Difficulty:" and "Level of the role:"
- For a session started from a job fit check: a "Practice for this role" chip with the role and the check’s verdict, and the line "AI-generated assessment — decision support, not a decision. May contain mistakes."
- The summary
- "Readiness for this role"
- "Question by question"
- "Practice-only questions — not graded"
- The "Strong", "Weak" and "Refine" columns
- A "Start another practice interview" button
A section that does not apply to a session is left out. Older sessions, recorded before the start screen offered stages and drills, have no stage, difficulty or level chips and no "Question by question" section; an older session started from a job fit check still shows its "Practice for this role" chip.
The summary
A few sentences on how the interview went overall, in a teal-bordered block at the top. Its first two lines are also the snippet for that session in "Past debriefs", so a quick scan of your history shows how each session went.
Readiness for this role
Only a session started from a job fit check has this section. Practice for this role: a mock interview built from a job fit check (Pro) explains how to start one.
| Part | What it shows |
|---|---|
| The readiness label | "Ready", "Close" or "Not yet". A label, never a score |
| "Priority drill" | The one thing to rehearse next for this role |
| "Blind spot" | Something you did or missed without noticing |
| "Gaps you addressed" | The gaps listed in the debrief that you answered, each tagged "Partial example" or "Clear example", with a note on what you said |
| "Gaps still open" | The gaps listed in the debrief that are still open, each tagged "Asked, no example given" or "Not raised in this session", with a note on why |
An empty list says so: "No named gap was addressed in this session." or "Every named gap that came up was addressed." A short interview gets one line instead of the readiness read: "This interview was too short to judge readiness for this role. A longer session gives the debrief more to work with." Some debriefs show no gap lists at all, and some show "This debrief did not return a gap list for this role." in their place.
Tip: a gap tagged "Not raised in this session" was never asked about, so it says nothing either way. Run another session for the same role and make sure that gap comes up.
This is a read on one practice interview for one job. It is not the "Profile readiness" section on Candidate Insights (Pro), which is about your publishing gates.
Question by question
One row for each graded question in the session, in the order the questions were planned. The section opens: "What each answer showed. The quotes are your own words; the rest is the AI’s read. Not assessed means this session didn’t give a clear read on that question. It isn’t a mark against you."
Each row shows:
- The question’s topic and a label: "Ready", "Close", "Not yet" or "Not assessed". "Not yet" is red. "Not assessed" is gray, because it is not a mark against you
- "Skill area:" and the skill, on some rows
- When available, a short quote from your answer
- When available, "What would make it stronger:" and what the answer was missing
- "Drew on:" and the field your answer borrowed from, when it drew on experience from elsewhere
A "Not assessed" row can have neither a quote nor a "What would make it stronger" line. Practice-only questions never get a row here.
How to use it: start with the "Not yet" rows, then "Close". Put the quote next to "What would make it stronger": the difference between them is your rehearsal brief. A "Not assessed" row says nothing about you either way; if that question matters for your next interview, practice it again.
Practice-only questions — not graded
Some questions in a practice interview are for rehearsal only: practical topics such as "Compensation expectations", "Availability and notice", "Work authorization and sponsorship" or "References and checks". The interviewer asks them like any other question, and nothing marks them during the interview. On the saved debrief they have a section of their own, which opens: "These questions are for rehearsal. They’re never graded or recorded as evidence; what’s below is about how you delivered each answer."
Each row shows:
- The topic, with a gray "Not graded" chip
- A line on the shape of your answer: how many turns you took and roughly how many words you used
- "Tip:" and a fixed tip for that topic, the same for everyone
- "On your delivery", with up to three pointers on how you delivered the answer
Some rows carry a note:
| Note | What the row shows |
|---|---|
| "Parts of this answer cover pay, dates or eligibility, which we never coach on." | The shape line and the tip, and no pointers |
| "Pointers aren’t available for this answer this time." | The shape line and the tip |
| "No answer was recorded for this question." | The tip only |
Nothing in this section is a grade. These answers are not counted in "Question by question", in "Readiness for this role", in the three columns or on Candidate Insights.
The section appears only on the saved debrief, and only for a session that asked a practice-only question. Sessions saved before October 20, 2026 don’t have it.
Strong, Weak and Refine
Three columns close every debrief, both right after the interview and on the saved page.
| Column | Each item contains | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| "Strong" | A topic and an observation | Answers that held up. Lean on these in a real interview |
| "Weak" | A topic and an observation | Where your answer did not hold up. The column to act on |
| "Refine" | A topic and a suggestion | One concrete thing to change next time |
An empty column says so: "No specific strengths surfaced in this session.", "No specific weaknesses surfaced in this session." or "No refinement suggestions for this session." An empty "Weak" column is not a clean bill of health: a longer session with fuller answers gives the debrief more to work with.
The topics in your "Weak" columns are what Candidate Insights (Pro) counts when it lists what keeps coming up in practice.
Nearly every item points at a field you can improve. Here is an example using Elena Marchetti, a demo profile. It is example content, not a real candidate.
Summary: You were strong on experimentation craft and weaker on scope and leadership. You backed your growth claims with specific numbers, but you struggled to describe the organizational context of your last role, and your answer on why you left sounded rehearsed.
| Column | Debrief item | The profile edit it points to |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | Experimentation methodology: described the test design unprompted, including the guardrail metric | None needed, but check the detail is on the Experience tab |
| Weak | Reason for leaving: fluent but generic, no concrete account of what changed | Experience tab, "Why you left" (private): write the blunt version |
| Weak | Team leadership: could not give an example of developing someone | Experience tab, "What your reports would say", or an honest entry on the Gaps tab |
| Refine | Opening answer: ran long and lost its thread | Narrative tab, "Elevator pitch": tighten it |
When a debrief is withheld
Sometimes a session has no debrief to show. The history row, the panel right after the interview and the saved page use the same words:
| In "Past debriefs" | What the debrief page says |
|---|---|
| "Debrief withheld" | "We couldn’t produce this debrief safely" and "We couldn’t match your answers to the questions reliably, so we haven’t written a debrief for this interview. Your transcript is still saved." |
| "Debrief withheld" | "We couldn’t produce this debrief" and "Something went wrong writing feedback for this interview, so there’s no debrief this time. Your transcript is still saved." |
| "No debrief" | "There wasn’t enough to debrief" and "This interview ended before you answered a question, so there’s nothing to give feedback on. Start a new practice interview when you’re ready." |
| "Re-check pending" | "This debrief is being re-checked" and "We’ve updated how debriefs are screened and are checking this one again. It will show here once that’s done." |
| "This debrief is being updated. Refresh in a moment." | The same line |
A withheld page still shows when the session was recorded, how long it ran and its chips. There is no retry button: start a new session from the Practice screen when you are ready. Minutes settle on the time the session actually used, as they do for every session; How do voice minutes work, and what happens when I run out? explains how.
Deleting a debrief
A debrief has no delete button of its own. Deleting the session’s transcript deletes its debrief too: on Settings → Account data & privacy: export, voice transcripts, delete account, click "Delete transcript" on the "Practice interview" row. The confirmation says: "The transcript content will be permanently deleted. Deleting a practice transcript also deletes its debrief. The session metadata (date, duration) is retained for billing and audit purposes." The session then leaves "Past debriefs". "Delete all my transcripts" removes every practice debrief as well.
A session started from a job fit check is deleted, transcript and debrief together, with that check’s job description. The Privacy Policy sets out when, in §6 "Voice data" and §8 "Data retention".
Finishing
- You opened the saved debrief, not only the view right after the interview
- For a role session, you know your readiness, the priority drill and which gaps are still open
- You worked through every "Not yet" and "Close" row in "Question by question"
- You read the tip for each practice-only question
- You made at least one profile edit from the "Weak" column
Related
- Voice interviews and practice (Pro)
- Practice for this role: a mock interview built from a job fit check (Pro)
- How do voice minutes work, and what happens when I run out?
Last verified: 2026-10-21