Interview
Dana Whitfield, hiring manager · free
She has interviewed thirty people this month and is unimpressed by default.
Give specifics. Vague answers get picked apart.
AI interview prep
AI interview prep with a live interviewer who talks back
Most AI interview prep is a chatbot that waits for you to type. Dana is a hiring manager you talk to out loud. She interrupts vague answers, asks for the number, and at the end tells you exactly where the interview landed and why.
- ✓ 3 free minutes every week
- ✓ Scored after every run
- ✓ No card
Dana is a real AI interviewer
Talk to her for 20 seconds. No account, no card.
Uses your microphone. Nothing is recorded.
Why typed AI interview prep does not prepare you
Interviews are spoken
You can write a tidy STAR answer in a text box. What fails in the room is the spoken version: the ums, the twelve-second ramble, the story that has no ending. You only find that out by saying it.
Nobody pushes back
A chatbot accepts “I led the project and it went well.” A hiring manager asks how many people, what the deadline was, and what went wrong. Dana asks that, every time, until you have an answer.
Praise is not a score
“Great answer, consider adding more detail” tells you nothing. A rung on a ladder from “no follow-up” to “offer above band” tells you what the interview would actually have produced.
How a practice interview works
- 1
Pick the room
Start with Dana, the hiring manager. On a paid plan, choose a job you saved and she is briefed from that posting and your fit analysis, so the questions are the ones that role asks.
- 2
Talk, out loud, for up to nine minutes
She opens the way a real first-round does, then follows up on whatever was vague. Change the subject and she goes with it. Give her a number and she asks how you got it.
- 3
Get the score, and the reason
A rating out of ten, three specific reasons, and where you landed on the outcome ladder. Fix one thing, run it again next week, and watch the rung move.
What you are actually graded on
A score out of ten says how well you argued. It does not say what you walked away with, which is the thing you were practising. So every interview also lands on a rung. Most competent attempts finish at three. About one in ten reaches six.
- Rung 1No follow-upVague answers, no specifics.
- Rung 2Kept on fileAnswering the questions asked, without much evidence.
- Rung 3A second interviewOne concrete story with a real result in it.
- Rung 4A second interview and a warm internal noteSpecifics throughout, and good questions back.
- Rung 5An offer at bandEvidence for every claim, and handling the hardest question well.
- Rung 6An offer above band, fast-trackedChanging how she sees the role itself.
Four people to practise against
The job interview is one of four conversations that decide what you earn. The other three are on paid plans, and each one is graded on its own ladder.
Salary Negotiation
Marcus Ellery, hiring manager · paid
He opens below his real ceiling and wants your answer by Friday.
Hold your number. He only moves under real pressure.
Performance Review
Karen Ostrand, your manager · paid
A "Meets Expectations" rating and a 2.5% raise, delivered as good news.
Bring documented wins. Ask what "Exceeds" actually requires.
You're Fired
Diane Kessler, HR director · paid
The decision is final. Four weeks severance, and she wants it signed this week.
Severance is negotiable. Stay calm and ask for the specifics.
AI interview prep tools compared
| What you need | Higher Income | Text chatbot | Question bank |
|---|---|---|---|
| You answer out loud, in real time Chatbots need voice mode switched on and still wait politely for you to finish. | |||
| Interrupts and pushes back on vague answers You can ask a chatbot to be tough. It forgets by the third question. | |||
| A face you have to hold eye contact with | |||
| Scored on what you walked away with A six-rung ladder from "no follow-up" to "offer above band". | |||
| Built from the job you are applying to Paste the posting into a chatbot yourself; here it is read from your saved jobs. | |||
| Salary negotiation, performance review and severance too | |||
| Free to try without a card |
What it costs
Free
$0
- 3 minutes of interview a week
- Dana, the hiring manager
- Score and three reasons after every run
Practice
$9 / week
- 30 minutes a week
- Interviews built from your saved jobs
- All four interviewers
- History and full transcripts
Coach Pro
$19 / week
- 90 minutes a week
- Coaching report with scored competencies
- Your answers rewritten
- Progress tracked over time
Cancel any time. Full details on the pricing page.
AI interview prep questions, answered
What is AI interview prep?
AI interview prep means practising for a job interview with software that plays the interviewer. The useful kind is spoken, not typed: you answer out loud, the AI follows up on weak answers the way a real interviewer would, and you get feedback on what to change before the real thing.
Is AI interview prep on Higher Income free?
Yes. A free account gets three minutes of interview practice every week with Dana, a hiring manager, plus a score and three reasons after each run. You can also talk to Dana for twenty seconds on this page with no account at all. Paid plans start at $9 a week for thirty minutes and the full cast of interviewers.
How is this different from asking ChatGPT to interview me?
A chatbot waits for you to finish, accepts whatever you type, and forgets to be tough after a question or two. Dana speaks, listens, and interrupts. She asks what the number was, what you specifically did, and what happened next. At the end you are graded on where the interview landed, not given a paragraph of encouragement.
What do I get at the end of a practice interview?
A rating out of ten, three specific reasons for it, and your rung on a six-level outcome ladder that runs from "no follow-up" to "an offer above band, fast-tracked". Paid plans keep the transcript so you can see exactly which answer cost you.
Does it use my actual job application?
On the Practice plan and above, yes. Save a job in your dashboard and the interviewer is briefed from that posting and your fit analysis, so the questions are the ones that role would actually ask. On the free plan the interview is general.
How long is a practice interview?
Up to nine minutes per session. Free accounts get three minutes a week, Practice gets thirty minutes a week, and Coach Pro gets ninety. Most people run two or three short interviews rather than one long one.
Who are the four interviewers?
Dana Whitfield, a hiring manager who is unimpressed by default. Marcus Ellery, who opens a salary negotiation below his real ceiling. Karen Ostrand, your manager, delivering a "Meets Expectations" review as good news. And Diane Kessler, an HR director with a severance agreement she wants signed this week. Dana is free; the other three need a paid plan.
Is my practice interview recorded?
The twenty-second demo on this page records nothing. Signed-in practice interviews are transcribed so you can be scored and, on paid plans, read the transcript afterwards. Nothing is shared with employers.
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