> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hellorecruiter.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Setting Up Aria's Screening Questions > Choose exactly what Aria asks in a screening interview: generate questions from the job, paste the ones you already use, review every change, and tell Aria how to run the conversation. > [!NOTE] > > **Who is this for?** Users with **Administrator** and **Recruiter** roles. Aria, the screening interviewer, asks the questions you see in its round, in the order you set. Write them yourself, paste the list you already use, or let **Generate** write them from the job. Nothing reaches the list until you've reviewed it. > [!NOTE] > > **Video walkthrough coming soon.** A short video of setting up Aria's questions will appear here. ## At a Glance | | | | - | - | | **Where** | The Aria round's **Interview Guidance** tab, on the job's **Workflow** page | | **Questions tab** | The questions Aria asks, in order, each with an optional follow-up | | **Guidance tab** | How Aria should run the interview. Aria reads it; the candidate never hears it | | **Generate** | Writes questions from the job and your notes, then shows you every change to keep or drop | | **Phone screens** | A round with **Telephony interview** turned on works exactly the same way | ## Opening the Round **1. Open the job's workflow** Go to the job's **Workflow** page and click your Aria round. To add one, click **+** on a pipeline stage, choose **Interview Stage**, then **AI Interviewer**, and pick **ARIA**. **2. Check the duration** The round's **Duration** decides how many questions fit, so set it before you generate. **3. Open Interview Guidance** Switch to the **Interview Guidance** tab. Aria rounds open on **Questions**. ![Aria round settings with Aria selected and a 30-minute duration](https://mintcdn.com/hellorecruiter/1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO/images/screenshots/aria-round-setup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO\&q=85\&s=223f8da668b7b6784b6fcb995296b24b) An Aria round's settings: the interviewer, the round length, and the Interview Guidance tab ## Generating Questions ![Questions tab with notes for Generate, the count picker, the Generate button and an empty list](https://mintcdn.com/hellorecruiter/1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO/images/screenshots/aria-questions-empty.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO\&q=85\&s=0cd7c3c7c67612db3a34cfbd34dc9a05) The Questions tab before any questions are added **1. Tell Generate what to cover** Use the **What should the questions cover?** box for topics, the level you're hiring at, or anything you want asked. You can also paste the questions you already use. Only Generate reads this box; Aria never does. Leave it empty and Generate works from the job description and your [evaluation criteria](https://docs.hellorecruiter.ai/companies/jobs/evaluation-criteria.md) alone. **2. Pick how many** **Auto** sizes the list to the round. Pick a range, from **3 to 5** up to **20 to 25**, to ask for fewer or more. **3. Click Generate** Questions appear one by one as they're written, ready for you to review. On **Auto**, the number of questions follows the round length: | Round length | Questions on Auto | | - | - | | 15 minutes | 3 | | 30 minutes | 7 | | 45 minutes | 12 | | 60 minutes | 17 | > [!TIP] > > **Already have a question list?** Paste it into the box and click **Generate**. Every question on it is kept, whatever the round length or the count you picked, up to 50. The count only limits the questions the AI writes on top of yours. A follow-up line under a question becomes that question's follow-up. ## Reviewing What Generate Wrote Generate never changes your list directly. It shows each change on its own line, the way a code review does, and you decide. ![Review of generated questions with Keep and Drop buttons on each line](https://mintcdn.com/hellorecruiter/1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO/images/screenshots/aria-questions-review.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO\&q=85\&s=9633d7067f73133af0b6c438fa5e6b76) The review: a polished question, new questions, one dropped, and a coding task left out | Line | What it means | | - | - | | **Green, marked +** | A new question, with its follow-up underneath | | **Red, then green** | One of your own questions, reworded to read more clearly. Keep the new wording, or drop the change to keep yours | | **Yellow, marked !** | Something Aria can't ask, left out with the reason: a coding task (ask it in a **Max** round), a whiteboard exercise (a **Whix** round), or a question about the candidate's personal life | Click **Keep** or **Drop** on any line. When you're done, **Accept all** adds everything you haven't dropped. Once you've decided every line, the button reads **Apply**. **Discard** throws the whole batch away. Generate won't repeat or paraphrase a question already on your list, so you can run it again to fill gaps. Finish or discard a review before you save. ## Editing the List ![Question list with two typed questions and a short-list warning](https://mintcdn.com/hellorecruiter/1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO/images/screenshots/aria-questions-typed.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO\&q=85\&s=857d52ed478ac0d1840814f3b8ea4455) Two typed questions, one with a follow-up, and a warning that the list is short for the round * **Add question** adds a row at the end. Each question is a single line. * **Add follow-up** gives a question one follow-up, which Aria asks when the first answer needs more. * Drag the handle to the left of a question to change the order, and use the bin icon to delete it. Aria asks the questions in the order shown. If time runs short, it drops the last ones, so put the questions you can't do without first. The line under **Questions** estimates how long the interview will run. Aria spends about 8 minutes on its own steps: the greeting, an icebreaker, the candidate's background, their questions, and the close. Each question then adds about 3 minutes. When the list fills less than half the round, it says **Generate more to fill the round.** When the list runs past the round, it says **Some may not fit.** ![Question list of five questions with follow-ups and the time estimate](https://mintcdn.com/hellorecruiter/1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO/images/screenshots/aria-questions-list.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO\&q=85\&s=e1bd824024e83eb32219e3fce5773e32) The reviewed list, sized to fit a 30-minute round ## Saving and Publishing Click **Save Changes** to keep the round's questions and guidance. An Aria round needs at least one question, so while the list is empty the button reads **Generate questions**. It generates a list for you to review, and you save after that. Saved changes are a draft until you click **Publish Workflow** on the job's workflow page. Candidates invited after you publish get the new questions. ### Questions Aria won't ask Aria runs a spoken screening, so it can't give coding tasks or whiteboard exercises. When you publish, every question on the list is checked, including the ones you typed yourself. If one is a coding task or a whiteboard exercise, Aria skips it, and the question shows a warning in the list naming the round to move it to. If you reword the question, it's checked again at the next publish. ## The Guidance Tab The **Guidance** tab tells Aria how to run the interview: the tone to take, when to push for a concrete example, or what to stay away from. Aria reads it throughout the conversation, and the candidate never hears it. It doesn't add questions, which belong on the **Questions** tab. ![Guidance tab with interview guidance for Aria](https://mintcdn.com/hellorecruiter/1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO/images/screenshots/aria-guidance-tab.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=1tAAmFXIFFBX3UmO\&q=85\&s=6f927b57c62864a115fdf697dedeed07) The Guidance tab: instructions Aria follows during the interview > [!NOTE] > > If the job is connected to an ATS such as [Greenhouse](https://docs.hellorecruiter.ai/companies/integrations/greenhouse.md) or [Ashby](https://docs.hellorecruiter.ai/companies/integrations/ashby.md), the tab may open empty while the grading instructions from your ATS stay in place. Writing here and saving replaces them for this round. ## Rounds Set Up Before October 2026 Aria rounds used to have **Auto** and **Guided** modes. Existing rounds keep working as they did until you next edit them: * **A round saved on Auto** still has its questions written for it, and its card on the workflow page reads **Auto**. Open it, add questions, and save to move it to a question list. * **A round saved on Guided** opens with your old focus-areas text in the **What should the questions cover?** box, and the questions Aria built from it already in the list. Once a round has a question list, its card shows how many questions it asks. ## Related Guides > [card] [Evaluation Criteria](https://docs.hellorecruiter.ai/companies/jobs/evaluation-criteria.md) > [card] [Interview Design](https://docs.hellorecruiter.ai/companies/best-practices/interview-design.md) > [card] [Candidate Guide](https://docs.hellorecruiter.ai/candidates-guide/hr-interview.md) This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.