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# Create Your First AI Avatar Interviewer

This page shows you how to build and publish your first AI Avatar Interviewer, using the **"Create AI Avatar Interviewer + Survey"** workflow. For every option (branching, moderator behavior, voices, costs), see [Create an AI Avatar Interviewer](/ailyze-docs/collect-research-data/create-an-ai-avatar-interviewer.md).

{% hint style="info" %}
**What you need:** an Evidano account and your interview questions (a rough guide is fine — Evidano can format it for you). Collecting live responses later requires a funded wallet.

**What you will have at the end:** a shareable interview link and a dashboard that collects survey answers, interview recordings, and transcripts.
{% endhint %}

**What you're building:** Participants open your public link (the page they see is titled **"AI Interview"**). There they can complete **a short survey** you build, and have **a live video conversation** with an **AI avatar** that asks your interview questions and probes for depth.

<figure><img src="/files/NQ0eCdrxaExRVjKvDr7D" alt="An AI avatar interviewing a participant in a live video conversation"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Step 1: Start a new project

From your account page, click **"Create AI Avatar Interviewer + Survey"**. On the create screen choose **"Create New"** ("Start from scratch with a blank form") — or **"Duplicate Existing"** to reuse an earlier project.

You'll move through three progress steps: **"Project Setup"**, **"Design Survey"**, and **"Interview Script"**.

## Step 2: Complete Project Setup

On the **"Project Setup"** step, fill in:

* **Project Name**
* **Custom URL Slug** — this becomes part of your public share link (Evidano checks it's available).
* **Supported Languages**
* **"Select Ai Avatar"** — browse the avatar gallery and pick one (filter by quality, gender, style).
* **Voice Selection** — choose an accent and preview voices, then select one.

<figure><img src="/files/9lvsF4NZCS7o14Go1Hr4" alt="Filling in the Project Setup step and picking an avatar and voice"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

After you pick an avatar, three choices appear:

* **"Choose Interview Setup"** — **"Survey → Interview"** (collect survey data, then interview) or **"Interview"** (interview only, no survey).
* **"Interview flow"** — **"Simple flow"** (everyone gets the same script) or **"Survey Driven Branching"** (questions change based on survey answers).
* **"Survey timing"** — **"Survey before interview"** or **"Survey after interview"**.

For your first project, choose **"Survey → Interview"** with **"Simple flow"** and **"Survey before interview"**.

## Step 3: Design your survey

On the **"Design Survey"** step, use the drag-and-drop **Survey Editor** to add your survey questions — single choice, multiple choice, dropdown, rating, text, yes/no, and more. Or use **"Type Prompt"** to generate a survey from a description.

<figure><img src="/files/8Fwg22aHQfWamxtrBSzu" alt="Building survey questions in the drag-and-drop Survey Editor"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Step 4: Write your interview script

On the **"Interview Script"** step, set up:

* **Introduction** — your avatar's opening (end with "Shall we start?").
* **Interview Questions** — add each question; click the gear on a question to add **follow-ups** for deeper probing.
* **Conclusion** — your closing (end with "You may close the page.").

{% hint style="info" %}
**Tip:** In a hurry? Use the **"Paste & Format with AI"** tab — paste a rough guide and click **"Format with AI"** to auto-structure your introduction, questions, follow-ups, and conclusion.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="/files/Nmc0LykcTBWdX5SJAHFJ" alt="Interview Script step with introduction, questions, and conclusion fields"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You can also open **Optional Settings** to set a **max duration**, a **max number of responses**, and **moderator behavior** (probing depth, tone, language complexity, answer validation).

## Step 5: Create the project

Click **"Create Project"**. You're taken to your project **dashboard**.

## Step 6: Publish

New projects start in **Test (free)** mode — responses are recorded but not charged, so you can try the full experience yourself first.

To go live, find the **Status** toggle on the dashboard and switch to **"Active"**.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Costs credits:** Running live (**Active**) interviews is a paid add-on, and switching to **"Active"** requires a funded wallet. See [Plans, Limits & Credits](/ailyze-docs/reference/plans-limits-and-credits.md).
{% endhint %}

## Step 7: Share your interview link

Copy your public link from the **URL** card and send it out. There's a ready-made **"Suggested Participant Invitation Message"** you can copy or send by email, and an **Invited recipients** tracker if you invite by email.

<figure><img src="/files/TDRmFrbFwJt4T13W0Vgu" alt="Dashboard URL card with the share link and invitation message"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Step 8: Watch responses come in

The dashboard's **Responses** section shows:

* **Survey Responses** and **Interview Responses** counts (test responses excluded), each with a **Download** button.
* A **responses-per-day** chart.
* A **responses table** (Combined / Interview / Survey) with **recordings** and **transcripts**.

<figure><img src="/files/iPZyDc80jI77m44EJoy3" alt="Responses section with counts, a responses-per-day chart, and the responses table"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Step 9: Analyze what you collected

When you're ready to find insights, use the dashboard buttons:

* **"Analyze Survey"** — download the survey data and analyze it with **"Analyze xlsx/csv files"**.
* **"Analyze Interviews"** — download transcripts and analyze them with **"Analyze docx/pdf files"**.

You did it 🎉 Your AI Avatar Interviewer is live and collecting responses.

## Next steps

* Explore every option — [Create an AI Avatar Interviewer](/ailyze-docs/collect-research-data/create-an-ai-avatar-interviewer.md)
* Analyze the transcripts you collect — [Analyze Interview Transcripts](/ailyze-docs/common-research-workflows/analyze-interview-transcripts.md)
* Something not working? [AI Avatar Interviewer Issues](/ailyze-docs/troubleshooting/ai-interviewer-issues.md)


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