# AI-powered interview preparation system with a local model: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Email and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to a local model.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-powered-interview-preparation-system-with-a-local-model (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# AI-powered interview preparation system with a local model

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Email and Google Sheets. It hands the judgement calls to a local model. 18 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: a local model

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 5 Logic 5 Service 7

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Ollama Chat Model** Lm Chat Ollama *Model*
- 2 **Ollama Chat Model1** Lm Chat Ollama *Model*
- 3 **Gemini Search Tool** Gemini Search Tool Tool *Model*
- 4 **Parse Uploaded CSV of Candidates** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **Job Interview Preparation Agent** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Email prompt Agent** Agent *Model*
- 7 **extract csv data** Extract From File *Service*
- 8 **create a sheet in google spreadsheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 9 **change item name to markdown** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Merge1** Merge *Logic*
- 11 **Merge2** Merge *Logic*
- 12 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 13 **Create PDF files** Api Template Io *Service*
- 14 **Merge3** Merge *Logic*
- 15 **Add csv data to google spreadsheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 16 **Send Email with PDF** Email Send *Service*
- 17 **Select first row based on selected column** Google Sheets *Service*
- 18 **Update the selected column to spreadsheet** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 18
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Email, Google Sheets
- **Model:** a local model

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and Google Sheets accounts, and a key for a local model. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls a local model. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-powered-interview-preparation-system-with-a-local-model)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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Also hiring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**AI resume screening & evaluation for HR with OpenAI** 17 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-resume-screening-and-evaluation-for-hr-with-openai)
- [**Automate candidate rejections with Google Sheets and Gmail** 19 steps · calls a model · ClickUp, Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-candidate-rejections-with-google-sheets-and-gmail)