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Interview copilot
Six things that decide whether a copilot is any use.
Most of them demo well. The differences only show up in a real call, under time pressure, with a question you did not expect. Here is what to look at, and where we stand on each — including the places we are not the answer.
The criteria
What separates a useful copilot from a demo
| What to judge | Why it decides everything | Where we stand |
|---|---|---|
| Latency | You have about four seconds of natural pause. An answer that arrives after it has gone makes the pause the problem. | First words typically in one to three seconds, streamed as they are written. |
| Whose experience it uses | A correct answer about someone else's career fails the interview. The specifics have to be yours. | Answers are built from your CV, the job description and your own documents. |
| How it gets the question | If you have to type it, you are not listening to the interviewer. If it answers every noise, you are reading nonsense. | Takes it off the call, waits for the end of the turn, ignores acknowledgements, splits two-part questions. |
| Where it runs | A copilot that needs an install you cannot do, or a machine you do not have, is not available when the interview is. | Browser for anything; an optional Windows app for direct audio and screen reading. |
| What it keeps | You are handing it your CV and a recording of your worst professional moments. What happens to them is not a footnote. | No audio stored. Transcripts kept, kept thirty days, or deleted on processing — your choice. |
| How it is charged | Interviewing is a burst, not a habit. A subscription bills the eleven months you are not doing it. | Credits, bought once and never expiring. A plan exists, for people who want one. |
Where it is not the answer
Four cases where this is the wrong tool
Written down because you will find them out in the first week anyway, and finding them out after paying is worse.
A whiteboard round in a room
No call, no audio, no screen. You can type a question in, but at that point you are typing in an interview, which is worse than thinking in one.
A CV you have not written yet
Everything good about the answers comes from your material. With an empty account it is a general-purpose model, and you can get one of those for nothing.
A skill you do not have
It will phrase what is in your CV well. It will not get you through a round on work you have never done — the follow-up questions are where that ends.
The cost question
Why this is charged per answer
A typical interview uses about 25 credits. Starting one holds 40 so it cannot run out at the worst possible moment, and the unused part comes straight back when the session ends. Listening costs nothing, and an answer that fails is not charged for.
Interviewing is a burst
Four interviews in three weeks, then nothing for a year. A monthly fee bills the year.
Credits do not expire
A pack bought for one search is still there for the next one, which is the point of buying it rather than renting it.
A plan, if you prefer one
Interviewing for weeks rather than days? A plan tops up the same credits every month at a better rate, and stops when you say. Compare them →
Questions
What people ask when comparing
What should I actually test in a trial?
Three things, in this order. Time the gap between the end of a question and the first word of an answer — if it is over about four seconds, nothing else matters. Then ask it something only your CV could answer, and see whether the answer names your employer and your project or dissolves into general good practice. Then say 'shorter' mid-answer and see whether it rewrites or starts again.
Is a browser copilot or a desktop one better?
A browser copilot has nothing to install, works on any machine including one you do not administer, and is the right default. A desktop app hears the call directly rather than through a shared tab, can read a coding question off your screen, can keep its own window out of a screen share, and transcribes locally so the audio never leaves your PC. Start in the browser; move if you need one of those.
How much should an interview copilot cost?
The question to ask is what you are paying for. A monthly subscription charges for the weeks you are not interviewing, which for most people is most of them. Pay-as-you-go charges per answer, which matches how the thing is actually used: a handful of interviews over a few weeks, then nothing for a year.
What about transcripts and privacy?
Ask three questions of any of them: is call audio stored, can you delete a session, and can you delete the account and have the transcripts go with it. 'We retain data to improve the service' in a privacy policy means your interview is training material. Our answers are: audio is never stored, any session can be deleted, and deleting the account takes its transcripts, CVs and documents with it.
Can a copilot be detected?
A copilot that joins the call as a participant or needs a recording bot is visible by design. One that reads the audio your machine is already playing adds nothing to the call: no participant, no audio, no screen share. The remaining tell is human — reading aloud sounds like reading aloud, which is why an answer written to be spoken matters more than any detection question.
Is it worth it if I am a strong interviewer?
The gain is smallest in the rounds you are good at and largest in the two places most people lose: the question about something you did three years ago and half remember, and the behavioural question where the right example is in your CV but not on the tip of your tongue. If neither of those is a problem for you, you probably do not need one.
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