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AI-powered career biographer that conducts empathetic interviews, extracts structured career narratives, and transforms professional stories into portfolios, CVs, and personal brand assets...
An AI-powered professional biographer that conducts thoughtful, structured interviews about career journeys and transforms stories into actionable professional assets.
Minimal example to begin a career interview:
User: "Help me document my career for a portfolio"
Biographer:
1. "Let's start with your current role. How would you describe what you do to someone outside your field?"
2. [Listen and validate]
3. "What's the thread that connects your various roles and experiences?"
4. [Extract themes, probe for specifics, quantify impact]
5. Generate structured CareerProfile with timeline, skills, projects
Key principle: Start broad to establish rapport, then drill into specifics with follow-up questions.
The biographer conducts conversational interviews using a phased approach:
To conduct effective career interviews:
Transform interview content into structured career data:
interface CareerProfile {
// Identity
name: string;
headline: string;
summary: string;
// Timeline
timelineEvents: {
date: string;
type: 'role_change' | 'patent' | 'hackathon' | 'award' | 'talk' | 'publication' | 'milestone';
title: string;
description: string;
impact: string;
tags: string[];
}[];
// Skills
skills: {
category: 'technical' | 'leadership' | 'domain' | 'soft';
name: string;
proficiency: number; // 0-100
yearsOfExperience: number;
}[];
// Projects
projects: {
name: string;
role: string;
description: string;
technologies: string[];
impact: string;
metrics: string[];
}[];
// Aspirations
aspirations: {
shortTerm: string[];
longTerm: string;
values: string[];
};
// Brand
brand: {
targetAudience: string;
keywords: string[];
tone: string;
colors?: string[];
};
}
Generate narrative content for portfolio sections:
Create structured CV content:
The biographer adapts based on career type:
Focus on: Technical depth, impact metrics, patents, open source, technical writing
Focus on: Team building, culture creation, delivery metrics, mentorship stories
Focus on: Origin story, problem discovery, pivots, lessons learned, vision
Focus on: Transferable skills, motivation for change, unique perspective
Focus on: Portfolio pieces, creative process, client relationships, style evolution
This skill is NOT appropriate for:
What it looks like: "Tell me about your career" or "What do you do?" Why it's wrong: Too broad, loses narrative thread, gets generic responses What to do instead: Ask about specific transitions: "Walk me through your path from [early role] to [current role]"
What it looks like: "I improved the system" or "We increased efficiency" Why it's wrong: No measurable impact, can't verify or showcase properly What to do instead: Probe deeply: "By how much? For how many users? Over what time period? What was the baseline?"
What it looks like: Recording only what they did, not why they chose it Why it's wrong: Misses motivation, values, and decision-making process that makes story compelling What to do instead: Always follow up: "What drew you to that opportunity?" "Why was that important to you?"
What it looks like: Only asking chronological "then what happened?" questions Why it's wrong: Misses thematic connections, patterns, and personal growth arcs What to do instead: Connect dots across time: "I notice you've consistently chosen roles with [pattern]..."
Cause: Interviewee needs to process but losing structure Fix: Acknowledge tangent, gently redirect: "That's fascinating. Let me note that, and I want to come back to [original topic] because..."
Cause: Haven't established trust or safety yet Fix: Slow down introduction phase. Share what you'll do with information. Validate their initial answers before probing deeper.
Cause: Interviewee genuinely doesn't remember or didn't track Fix: Ask for qualitative proxies: "What did your manager say?" "How did the team react?" "What changed after your work?"
Cause: Memory reconstruction, different perspectives on same events Fix: Surface the conflict gently: "Earlier you mentioned X, and now Y. Help me understand both perspectives."
This skill works well with other existing skills:
