---
title: Personas & personality dials
description: Create a unique interviewer character from a library of archetypes, then fine-tune it with humor, warmth, and formality dials.
canonical: https://chatwisp.ai/knowledge-base/ai-interviewer/personas
updated: 2026-09-19
---

# Personas & personality dials

# Personas & personality dials

A **persona** is the core of your AI interviewer's character — the voice and personality that guides each conversation. ChatWisp ships with around two dozen deeply written archetypes, each with its own natural tone, pacing, and way of following up. Rather than starting from scratch, you choose a persona that matches your goal, then optionally fine-tune it.

## Pick your archetype

A few examples of what is available:

- **Warm & approachable:** Max (Your New Best Friend) makes a conversation feel like chatting with a witty friend; the Warm Interviewer is empathetic and curious; the Empathic Listener is gentle for sensitive topics.
- **Professional & credible:** the Professional Analyst brings B2B precision; the Executive Briefer respects time; the Customer Success Manager is solution-focused.
- **Research-focused:** the Deep Researcher stays curious about the "why"; the Neutral Moderator is carefully unbiased; the UX Researcher treats frustration as data.
- **Fast & engaging:** the Snappy Concierge keeps momentum; the Quizmaster brings game-show energy; the Storyteller collects narratives.

Each comes with a fitting voice built in, which you can keep or swap any time.

## Tune with three dials

Every persona responds to three personality sliders (0 to 3 each):

- **Humor** — from none to dry wit, playfulness, or genuine wit.
- **Warmth** — from matter-of-fact to cordial, visibly warm, or effusive.
- **Formality** — from casual and friendly to relaxed, professional, or formal.

Nudging a dial layers an adjustment onto the base personality. You might take the Warm Interviewer and make them a touch funnier and more polished while keeping their recognizable soul. A reset button always returns any persona to its natural settings.

## Common questions

### Which persona should I pick?
Match the archetype to the conversation, not to your brand. A churn interview wants someone calm and unhurried; a quick product poll can afford more energy. When you use the setup wizard it suggests one from your goal, and you can change it in a click.

### Does the persona change what gets asked?
It changes tone and phrasing, never your questions. The questions you wrote are the interview; the persona decides how they sound. If an interviewer starts inventing questions, look at the research motive rather than the persona.

### Can I write my own personality instead?
Yes. Edit the persona prompt directly and the dials step aside. A hand-written prompt is kept as-is, so your wording is not quietly recomposed the next time you touch a dial.

## Related

[Voices & speaking models](/knowledge-base/ai-interviewer/voices-and-models) · [Conversation style & how deeply the AI probes](/knowledge-base/ai-interviewer/conversation-style-probing)