Frequently Asked Questions
About the Platform
What is InterviewFocus?
InterviewFocus is an AI-powered mock interview platform that helps individuals and organizations prepare for job interviews through fully simulated, conversational practice sessions. The platform generates customized interview questions based on a candidate’s target role, industry, company, and experience level, evaluates the content and quality of their answers across 10+ performance dimensions, and delivers a detailed feedback report immediately after every session.
How is InterviewFocus different from other interview prep platforms?
Most interview prep platforms evaluate how you answer: filler words, eye contact, and speaking pace. InterviewFocus also evaluates what you answer. The AI analyzes the content, structure, and quality of every response, then generates an ideal answer based on what the candidate actually said. Combined with adaptive follow-up questioning, a performance heat map, resume analysis, English proficiency scoring, and shareable feedback reports, it is the most comprehensive interview preparation platform available.
How does the adaptive questioning work?
Before each interview, candidates input their target role, industry, company, experience level, and optionally their resume and job description. The AI uses all of that to generate a fully customized set of interview questions. Each follow-up question then adapts in real time based on the candidate’s previous answer, creating a conversational simulation that mirrors how an actual interview unfolds.
What performance dimensions does the platform evaluate?
InterviewFocus tracks 10+ dimensions simultaneously including speaking pace, filler words, eye contact, smile frequency, STAR method structure, tone of voice, emotional intelligence, perceived sentiment, background professionalism, confidence, and English proficiency. Results are displayed in a detailed feedback report and a heat map view across all questions so candidates can see exactly where to improve.
What types of interviews does the platform support?
The platform supports behavioral, situational, technical, stress, and case-based interview formats, as well as comprehensive interviews that combine all types. Difficulty is adjustable from internship through senior management level. Interviews are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with additional languages in development.
Can I share my results with someone else?
Yes. After each session you can share your full performance report with anyone by adding their email address. They can review your session recording, examine your feedback, and send their own comments back to you directly through the platform. This works well for candidates who want input from a career advisor, professor, mentor, or coach.
Is interview coaching available through InterviewFocus?
Yes, as an optional add-on. One-on-one coaching sessions are 60 minutes and available for $250 per session. Each session includes a personalized interview strategy plan, real-time role-playing and answer refinement, a walkthrough of your soft skills evaluation results, and a discussion of questions to ask your interviewer. Coaching is separate from platform credits and available to any user regardless of plan.
For Organizations
What types of organizations use InterviewFocus?
InterviewFocus is built for organizations that need to prepare candidates or students at scale, including colleges and university career centers, military transition programs, and staffing and recruiting firms. Enterprise accounts can also deploy the platform with custom branding and configuration for their specific program needs.
How much time does it require from our staff to manage the platform?
Minimal. Once the platform is configured for your organization, users can access it independently at any time. Staff are not required to be present for individual practice sessions. The administrative dashboard gives your team a centralized view of usage and performance across all users so you can monitor progress and identify who needs additional support without manually tracking anything.
What does the administrative dashboard include?
The dashboard allows staff to review session recordings, track scores across performance dimensions, monitor usage across the program, and access individual feedback reports. For organizations that need to rank or compare candidates, that functionality is also available.
Can InterviewFocus be branded for our organization?
Yes. Enterprise accounts can deploy InterviewFocus as a white-labeled platform with your organization’s own branding and logo. Custom configuration is also available for organizations that need specific functionality built for their program. Smaller organizations can get started immediately on the Business plan without any custom development.
How do we measure whether the platform is working for our organization?
The administrative dashboard gives your team access to individual session recordings, performance scores across 10+ dimensions, usage data, and progress over time for every user. You can see at a glance who is actively using the platform, where users are improving, and where gaps remain. Organizations like Ohio State University have used this data to reallocate staff time from manual interview coaching to broader program development.
What kind of results have other organizations seen?
Ohio State University’s Athletic Department has used InterviewFocus across 15 sports programs, with consistent daily usage supporting hundreds of mock interviews over the course of their partnership. Their Director of Student Development cited the platform’s ability to evaluate both answer quality and delivery as a key differentiator. Colorado Housing and Finance Authority deployed InterviewFocus to elevate interview training across their organization, freeing their HR team to focus on higher priorities while giving employees personalized feedback they had never had access to before.
Is interview coaching available through InterviewFocus?
Yes, as an optional add-on. One-on-one coaching sessions are 60 minutes and available for $250 per session. Each session includes a personalized interview strategy plan, real-time role-playing and answer refinement, a walkthrough of your soft skills evaluation results, and a discussion of questions to ask your interviewer. Coaching is separate from platform credits and available to any user regardless of plan.
For Individuals
Do I need to know what job I am applying for to get started?
No. You can run a general interview based on your industry and experience level without a specific role or company in mind. That said, the platform becomes significantly more targeted when you provide a job title, company name, and job description. The more context you give the AI, the more relevant your questions and feedback will be.
What kinds of interviews can I practice on InterviewFocus?
The platform supports behavioral, situational, technical, stress, and case-based interview formats, as well as comprehensive interviews that combine all types. You can select your experience level from internship through senior management and adjust the difficulty. Every interview is generated specifically for your target role, company, and industry so you are always practicing for the actual interview in front of you.
How does InterviewFocus help with confidence?
Confidence in interviews comes from repetition and knowing exactly where you stand. InterviewFocus lets you practice as many times as you need, tracks your progress across every session, and shows you measurable improvement over time. Because the feedback is immediate and specific, you go into each real interview knowing what you have worked on and what has improved.
How is the feedback different from practicing with a friend or recording myself?
Practicing on your own or with someone you know gives you repetition, but it does not give you precision. InterviewFocus analyzes your answer content, communication skills, STAR method structure, speaking pace, filler words, eye contact, tone of voice, and soft skills simultaneously, then generates an ideal version of your answer based on what you actually said. You get a detailed performance report immediately after every session that tells you exactly what to fix and how.
Can I use InterviewFocus if English is not my first language?
Yes. The platform is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with additional languages in development. InterviewFocus also includes English proficiency scoring as part of every performance report, making it particularly useful for candidates preparing to interview at English-speaking companies.
Pricing and Plans
What is a credit and how does it work?
Credits are the currency used to access platform features. Each AI simulated interview consumes 100 credits and each resume analysis consumes 20 credits. Credits are included with your monthly plan, reset each month, and do not roll over. Unused credits expire at the end of each billing cycle.
What individual plans are available?
InterviewFocus offers four individual plans. Free ($0/month) includes one AI mock interview with no credit card required. Pro ($29/month) includes 500 credits. Elite ($59/month) includes 1,200 credits. Ultimate ($249/month) includes 5,000 credits. Every paid plan includes mock interviews, resume analysis, a comprehensive feedback report, and soft skills evaluation.
What organization plans are available?
The Business plan starts at $79 per user per month with a minimum of 5 users and includes 1,200 credits per user, custom onboarding, priority support, and a dedicated account manager. The Enterprise plan is custom priced for organizations with more than 150 users and adds white-label branding and volume discounts. Both plans are month to month with no contract required.
Results & Proof
Has InterviewFocus been proven to improve interview performance?
Ohio State University’s Athletic Department has partnered with InterviewFocus across 15 sports programs, with hundreds of student-athletes completing mock interviews through the platform. Their Director of Student Development noted the platform’s focus on both answer quality and delivery as a key reason for their continued partnership. Colorado Housing and Finance Authority adopted InterviewFocus to improve interview training organization-wide, with employees reporting personalized feedback they had never experienced before through any previous solution.
What does improvement actually look like on the platform?
Every session generates a scored performance report across 10+ dimensions. As candidates complete more sessions, scores across communication, answer content, STAR method structure, eye contact, and other dimensions are tracked over time. The heat map view lets candidates see at a glance where they have improved and where they still need work across all questions in a single session.
