> ## Documentation Index
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# Create interview

> Create an interview and get a personal participant link

Creates an interview for a study and returns a unique **participant link**. This is the main integration point for inviting participants from your own systems — each interview gets its own `vid` token, so you can track exactly who responded.

<ParamField body="study_id" type="string" required>
  The study to create the interview in.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="metadata" type="object">
  Arbitrary key/value data stored with the interview (e.g. your internal user ID, cohort, source). Available in results, filters, and exports.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="title" type="string">
  A label for the interview (e.g. the participant's reference).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="language" type="string" default="English">
  Currently only `English` is accepted.
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">The interview ID.</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="link" type="string">
  The personal participant URL — send this to your participant.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="study_id" type="string">The study.</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="status" type="string">Starts as `open`.</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="title" type="string | null" />

<ResponseField name="metadata" type="object" />

<ResponseField name="created_at" type="string" />

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://api.getversive.com/api/v1/interviews \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERSIVE_API_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "study_id": "9b2f7c1e-4a4b-4f6e-9a1d-1c2d3e4f5a6b",
      "title": "Participant #1042",
      "metadata": { "userId": "u_1042", "cohort": "churned-q2" }
    }'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 theme={null}
  {
    "id": "5c8e2f1a-7d4b-4e9c-a1f3-6b2d8c4e0a9f",
    "title": "Participant #1042",
    "study_id": "9b2f7c1e-4a4b-4f6e-9a1d-1c2d3e4f5a6b",
    "metadata": { "userId": "u_1042", "cohort": "churned-q2" },
    "link": "https://getversive.com/s/9b2f7c1e-4a4b-4f6e-9a1d-1c2d3e4f5a6b?vid=Xy3...",
    "status": "open",
    "created_at": "2026-07-13T10:30:00Z"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>