Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers to the most common questions.

How much does Career Threader cost?

Personal is £49 for twelve months. One-off payment, no subscription. Business is £399 for an 11-person bundle for HR, talent, and outplacement teams. Custom plans are available for larger organisations. See the Pricing page for the detail.

What does Personal include?

Full access to all four tools (The Mirror, The Map, The Thread, The Interview) with automatic data cascade between them. Document uploads, profile extraction, live market intelligence, and a downloadable dossier combining the cascade output. Twelve months of access and a 30 percent renewal discount.

Can I install Career Threader as an app?

Yes. Career Threader is a Progressive Web App (PWA). You can install it on your phone, tablet, or desktop for an app-like experience with a home screen or dock icon. See the Install Guide for step-by-step instructions for iPhone, Android, macOS, and Windows.

Can I use Career Threader in another language?

Yes. Settings, Account offers English (UK), English (US), Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano and 日本語, and it sets both the interface and the language your results come back in. Tool names, band names and plan names stay in English by design, and a few screens are still being translated. If your market intelligence is still in the old language, open it on the home screen and press Refresh.

How is the Position Score calculated?

The Mirror analyses your intake and conversation responses against live sector-level data. The score reflects how well-positioned you are in your current role, given where the sector is moving and where AI is changing the work. It is not a fixed ability score. It recalibrates as your context and sector evolve.

Can I retake The Mirror?

Yes. Every run is kept under Your career assessments on the home screen, where you can open, rename, clone or delete it, and there is no compare feature. To change a finished run, use Edit my answers: Edit this run clears the Map, Thread and Interview built on it, and Edit a copy leaves the original alone. Start fresh analysis redoes the run from its CV screen, and New run starts from scratch.

Do my results carry forward between tools?

Yes, automatically. The Mirror feeds The Map. The Map feeds The Thread. The Thread feeds The Interview. You do not need to do anything to connect them. If you upload documents in The Mirror, that context carries to every downstream tool.

What is explore-before-lock?

In The Map you are presented with three possible directions. Instead of choosing blind, you can expand each branch and read its trade-offs before committing. When you are ready, you lock one direction, and that direction carries into The Thread and The Interview. It is a commitment point by design.

Can I change my direction after locking?

Yes. Rerun The Map and pick a different branch. The Thread and Interview will detect that the direction has changed and prompt you to regenerate so your narrative and prep materials are aligned with your current choice.

Where is my data stored?

Your career data is stored in your account and synced across devices when you are signed in. See the Privacy and Data page for the detail.

Can I delete my data?

Yes. Contact hello@careerthreader.com and we will remove your account data within thirty days.

What AI model does Career Threader use?

Career Threader uses Claude, built by Anthropic. Every conversation is processed in real time. There are no pre-written responses.

Is my data used to train AI models?

No. Your conversations and uploaded documents are not used to train any AI model. Your data is yours.

What happens if I need to prepare for multiple interviews?

The Interview can be run again for a new role, but a run holds one briefing and a new role replaces it. To keep both, clone the run first. If the upstream tools (Mirror, Map, Thread) are unchanged you can reuse them; only the role-specific briefing needs to be regenerated.