This comprehensive AI Interview Copilot review was authored by Marcus Mak
I know how you feel. You have an important interview. You saw some TikTok or heard from some friends about these magical AI interview copilot tools that give you interview answers in real-time. There are so many AI interview copilots out there, and you have no idea how to choose the right one.
You’re not alone. Two months ago, I was in the same shoes as you were, frantically trying to find the right tool for my interview coming up the next day. Two months later, I am starting my first month at a 6-fig data science role that I landed using an AI interview copilot.
Since I’ve done the research already, I’d figure I’ll write a review on the AI interview copilots that I’ve tried to facilitate your decision-making.
Disclaimer
These are all personal opinion so please don’t complain if you think it doesn’t align with what you think. I’d love to take more advice on how to further improve this piece, so feel free to comment below or email me.
There are 10+ AI Interview Copilots. Or are there?
One quick search on google gives you tens of AI interview copilot options. The problem is, a good number of these tools are barely production ready and somewhat buggy, making it very hard to trust and use in a real interview setting.
This field is also relatively nascent, given that ChatGPT was out literally 1–2 years ago, so most of the newer players are not really worth considering here.
Here are the tools that I tried and think worth reviewing.
● Finalround AI
● Sensei AI
● BeyzOne
● Verve AI
● Offergoose
Disclaimer
I didn’t buy all of the tools because most of them are quite expensive, so I will only be comparing the free trial version of the product.
If you want a more in-depth review of one of those tool’s paid services, feel free to comment below and I’ll make a purchase and do a deeper dive if enough people make the request (or if anyone can borrow me an account to do so!)
What makes a good interview copilot?
The reason that these tools are very hard to compare is that there are just so many factors affecting the final experience. To better compare them apple to apply, I’m going to use the factors below:
1. Answer quality: I will compare the answer of each tool with a behavioural question (“what is your greatest strength and weakness”) and a data science technical question (“what are the feature selection methods used to select the right variable”)
2. Response speed: The speed depends a lot on how good your internet is. I will compare all of the tools with my home WiFi.
Here’s my home WiFi internet speed. You can test yours here: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6283840
3. Discreteness: Any screenshare preventive features
4. Features: Number and quality of unique features
5. Price: How expensive it is and how the pricing plans are structured
6. Reviews: Any online reviews of success stories/cases and the quality/authenticity of those reviews.
Okay, now that was enough about the context, let’s jump straight in. Hopefully, you’ll find the one that suits your needs the best.
Top AI Interview Copilot Tools Compared
It’s been interesting to see Sensei AI quickly become one of the top options in the market. They only launched a few months ago, but they’ve already made a strong impression with a reliable product that’s helped a lot of people do well in their interviews. I didn’t have very high expectations going in but eventually decided to make the purchase.
Behavioral — 5/5: I really liked how detailed the response was. Unlike the usual ‘fluff’ you often get from ChatGPT, this one was packed with specific details. It did a great job of referencing the resume and behavioral info I provided, and it even gave a solid answer for the ‘weakness’ part. The only tweak I’d suggest is adding a bit more depth to the weakness section.
Technical — 5/5: Pretty much correct.
For folks that prefer a shorter answer, Sensei AI also allows you to customize the length of the answer, but I personally prefer answers that cover most grounds (so I don’t have to come up with that myself on the spot).
Sensei AI responds pretty quickly, averaging around 0.8–9 seconds. It could be a bit faster, but it’s generally good enough to avoid any awkward pauses during interviews.
The tool offers average discreteness — there aren’t any unique features specifically to prevent screensharing detection.
However, most of my interviews don’t involve screensharing, so it hasn’t been a major issue. The product is quite stable and reliable, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it crashing mid-interview.
One thing I’d love to see from the Sensei AI team is a dark mode.
Sensei AI comes with a solid set of features that cover most of what you’d need for an interview copilot. However, there are a few extras that some competitors offer, like an Interview Editor or Interview Feedback Report, that aren’t available here yet.
Coding Copilot: Tailored for coding challenges. I haven’t personally tried it, but a friend of mine used it in his coding interviews and found it worked really well. You can see their demo here.
Resume & Stories:You can input your personal details for the AI to draw from when answering interview questions.
AI Playground: This is a unique feature that lets you interact directly with the AI, fine-tuning settings and inputs to avoid any surprises during your interview. Among all the competitors, only Sensei AI offers this, and it’s definitely one of their best features. You can see their demo here.
Sensei AI is not cheap. It’s monthly plan costs $89 while it’s yearly plan costs $288 for unlimited usage.
I like the fact that they offer unlimited trial of 15-min sessions, so I could try it out as much as I wanted before I make a purchase.
Overall good reviews across the board. Here are some examples of Sensei AI reviews:
Didn’t know too much about Verve but managed to search them up on Google and decided to give it a try. The product is quite a bit more established than the long tail products but still is missing the mark in terms of answer quality, transcription quality and the overall polishness of the product. I personally wouldn’t use it in actual interviews as of now, but I do think they are a promising product that is constantly improving and worth monitoring!
Behavioral — 3/5: It’s a decent answer. I like how they always include an experience as example. The reflection section was also great. However, Verve AI does not allow me to input any additional details other than my resume, so they couldn’t really reference my experience at Veevo. I also don’t like how paragraph-y it is compared to Finalround or Sensei AI (with no option of adjusting how structured you want it to be).
Technical — 4/5: Answer is quite good. However, one issue I found with Verve AI is the transcription and question detection quality. As you can see below, it took me multiple tries to get the question in, which makes me feel like it’s worse than Sensei AI/Finalround AI. I do wonder how well the question detection might perform in real interview settings, especially if the interviewer has a bit of an accent.
Response Speed: 4/5
Usually is at around 1–1.2s. Good enough but slightly slower than Sensei AI/Finalround AI.
Verve AI is by default dark but it doesn’t have any screenshare preventive measures. Slightly better than Sensei AI.
Verve AI’s feature set is quite comprehensive. Some key features include:
● AI Mock Interviews: Allowing you to do interviews with an AI. Pretty cool!
● AI Editor: It is basically a mashup of different tools (e.g. resume, cover letter, thank you email…). I personally don’t really find these useful, but adding it here in case you like it.
● Cheatsheet: Basically sticky notes for your instant access and referencing during your real-interviews, quite handy
● Domain store with industry specialities: This is super cool and it seems to be that Finalround is launching this feature soon as well. It also include the ability to do coding interviews and online assessments. One of the killer features for Verve AI for sure.
Overall, I appreciate the variety of features offered by the Verve AI team — kudos to them for that! However, some of the features don’t seem very helpful for my interview prep. Also, the overall experience doesn’t feel as polished compared to Finalround AI. I think there’s going to be huge potential for this product if they further build up and polish the existing features.
I really like Verve AI’s pricing structure because it provides more flexibility than other tools.
I wouldn’t recommend the ‘standard’ plan if you are doing >30 min interviews because you only get 60-min session length. If you include the time to set up, wait for interviewers and etc, there’s a high chance that you may get cut off mid-interview. Feels a bit dangerous for me. The ‘standard’ plan also leaves out some key features such as the domain center.
It’s ‘pro’ plan makes more sense if you are doing actual interviews.
I do find some positive reviews and feedback through Reddit.
If you’ve come across an interview copilot on TikTok or Instagram, chances are it’s Finalround AI. As one of the earliest AI interview copilots, they’ve become a pretty well-knownname in the space. I had high hopes because of their solid reputation, and while their product is decent, I found their pricing model/online reviews a bit off-putting.
Behavioral — 4/5: I love how structured and concise the answer is! It’s super easy to read and gives a great overview at a glance. The main downside, though, is that it feels a bit too generic. Interviewers usually want more specific examples, and this answer could use more of that to really stand out.
Technical — 4/5: The answer is technically correct, but it could benefit from more depth. I think a more detailed and comprehensive explanation would make it stronger and give a better sense of confidence in the response.
Also ranging at around 0.8–1s. Good enough.
Doesn’t really have any screenshare preventive features. Their dark mode is helpful to make sure the screen is not suspiciously too bright.
Finalround AI has the most comprehensive feature set in the market. A quick scroll through the website tells it all: Mock Interviews, Resume Builder, Question Bank, Coding Copilot (demo)… They have it all. The features are also the most polished compared to the other tools.
They have a specialisation stor,e which they have yet to reveal… I am guessing it’s similar to Verve AI’s tool but I am excited to see how it may help with my interviews.
The only thing they lacked was an ability to input multiple context files into the AI. Currently, I have my resume and a doc on recording details on different personal and technical questions. I am struggling to find a way to use both the resume and doc in an interview.
Otherwise, overall, Finalround’s feature set wins.
Finalround AI is f**king expensive. $148 per month, $288 per quarter, and $488 per year. And it’s not unlimited usage! This means that even if I want to test out the product or practice with the copilot, I will have to pay for it.
Another reason I was so off-putted by the price is because it asks for your credit card to start a free trial, and will AUTOMATICALLY pay for subscription with a 10s countdown by the end of the trial. I would have accidentially made a purchase if I didn’t close out the tab quick enough.
Important: When trying Finalround AI, remember to pay attention and leave the session when the timer approaches the 5-min limit, or else you might accidentally make a $150 purchase.
To add on to this is an absolute no refund policy…
Overall, pricing feels a bit aggressive and unforgiving. It made me lost quite a bit of trust in the product.
I honestly struggled to find a lot of comments/reviews on this product. The best I could find are some random articles promoting Finalround as well as it’s official blog. It’s Discord channel also doesn’t allow anyone to send messages.
Let me know if you could find any reviews and I’ll try to retroactively add them backt to the post.
Beyz.one is a very new product in the market. I’ve decided to give it a try just because they are quite a bit cheaper than the other products. Overall, quality is quite mediocre and feels very MVP. It also bugged out as I was using it. I would recommend giving it a try since it’s just so cheap, but I would definitely notrecommend this for any actual interviews.
Behavioral — 2/5: It feels incredibly ChatGPT like. Not really useful in general, with the question in the end feeling very not interview-like. Far off from actual interview answers
Technical —X/5: The product wasn’t really responding to my questions after 7–8 conversations, and I have no idea what’s going on. Cannot review.
Around 1.3–1.5s, a lot slower than the other tools (if you don’t consider the fact that it might break and not respond).
Just a normal interface. Average score.
It has almost nothing other than a screen to input your resume and jobs. Feature set is definitely lacking and far from the other competitors. Doesn’t really meet what I want.
The good thing with Beyz.one is that they offer a 7-day free trial, though the interview limit is very low (I used them up in 2 minutes). It’s also a bit cheaper than Verve AI but not by much.
Can’t really find much online for now.
They went viral through social media (and I really like their goose branding), so I decided to give it a try. The main difference between Offergoose and other tools are that it is a native app that runs on Mac/Windows, so the user experience might feel a bit better.
However, it definitely doesn’t work as well as it looks. It just bugged out so I am going to skip the review and paste the error code here…
I’m going to pause my review here since there’s no point of reviewing a buggy product. Hope they can have it fixed.
Thanks for reading till the end and that’s basically it! To summarize, Sensei AI is the overall winner due to its quality while not being too expensive. It was also the one I eventually decided to buy and was very happy with the outcome.
I hope this piece is helpful for you to review various AI interview tools and make an informed decision. Ultimately, which one to use/subscribe depends on many factors, e.g. budget, personal preferences… I’ll recommend everyone to not use my article as face value and try out the products you may be interested in before making a purchase.
