How to practise an AI mock interview from your resume

A question list helps you read about interviews. A voice mock helps you find out whether you can explain your own work aloud. In Prep Sarthi, add your CV and the role you want, speak your answers, then use the report to decide what to practise next.

This walkthrough describes the current Prep app. The screenshots are existing product examples, not a promise of your score or a prediction of a job offer.

A CV and job description to practise with

Fictional teaching example. Riya, her project and the job below are made up for this walkthrough. The answer and feedback examples are written for the guide; they are not a customer transcript or measured app result.

Sample CV excerpt

Riya Sharma · final-year student

B.Tech Computer Science. Skills: Python, Flask and SQL.

Built create-and-assign task endpoints for a class task-tracker project.
Used SQLite to store users and tasks.
Added validation and tests for missing task titles and unknown assignees.

Sample job description

Junior Python developer

Build REST endpoints, write SQL queries and add tests for invalid input. Explain a project decision and how you debugged a problem.

This is a fictional role, not an advertised vacancy or an employer's hiring requirement.

Paste the CV excerpt and job description into their separate fields. Choose your language, then use the questions below as a practice checklist. An actual mock can ask different questions.

1. Add your CV and the job you want

Open Prep Sarthi on your phone or computer. Paste your CV into the CV box, or choose Add file for a supported PDF or text file. Use the version you plan to send to the employer; leave out information you do not want the AI provider to process.

Add the job description if you have one. If you found the role in Apply Sarthi, use that role’s job description and your own CV. This is a manual step: there is no need to assume the apps have already transferred your documents.

Without a job description, select Practise for a role and enter your target role and level, or choose General CV practice. General practice cannot establish your fit for a specific employer. Choose your interview language, voice and session length, then continue.

Prep Sarthi setup with CV, job description, language and target-role fields — Existing Prep setup screenshot. Use the current labels in the app if a control’s position changes.

2. Check your microphone

Your first mock is a free 7-minute demo, so there is nothing to set up before you start.

Allow microphone access and speak a short test sentence. Use headphones if the interviewer’s audio feeds back into your microphone. Check your connection before starting. Preparing the CV-and-role interview plan does not use your practice minutes; the app shows its preparation status.

3. Answer aloud, then handle the follow-up

Explain the work you actually did: the situation, your responsibility, the action and the result. If a question is unclear, say so. The interviewer can ask for more detail when your answer is vague or incomplete. That follow-up helps expose a weak area; it is not a prediction that your employer will ask the same question.

For your first session, focus on finishing a few clear answers rather than trying to sound memorised. Do not read a prepared script throughout the call. A useful practice session shows you where your explanation breaks down.

4. Turn the report into a practice list

Review the feedback for the answers you struggled with, along with suggestions for stronger answers. Use comments on clarity, pace, pauses and filler words as practice cues. Check any AI-generated example against your own experience before using it.

Published Prep Sarthi report example with an answer score, feedback and a stronger answer — Existing published report example. A low or high AI score is feedback for practice, not a verified hiring decision.

Choose one answer that lacked a clear example.
Write down what you personally did and which details you can explain.
Practise that answer aloud again, then try an unfamiliar follow-up.
Judge improvement by the explanation you can now give, alongside the report.

From a vague answer to a specific one

Use the fictional CV above. The question, feedback and stronger answer here are illustrative teaching material.

Question: what did you build yourself?

First answer: “We made a task app with Python and SQLite. I worked on the backend and helped improve it.”

Illustrative feedback:

Name the endpoints you owned.
Describe one concrete problem, not “improved it”.
Explain how you checked your change.

A stronger answer, using only this CV

“In our class task tracker, I built the Flask endpoints for creating and assigning tasks. I added checks for empty task titles and assignee IDs that did not exist in our SQLite users table. I wrote tests for both invalid inputs and checked that the endpoint rejected them with a clear error. That was the part I owned.”

This version identifies the contribution, the problem and the check. It does not add a speed claim, user count or business result that the fictional CV never established.

Practise three follow-ups

Why validate the request on the server as well as in the form?
What should the endpoint return for an unknown assignee?
How would you test a valid task and an invalid task differently?

Try the answer again

Say it aloud without reading. Keep the project, your contribution and the test clear, then explain one follow-up in your own words. In your next mock, use the report to check which part still needs work. A clearer explanation is the goal; a higher AI score alone does not establish mastery.

Use your own project facts when you practise for an employer. For more examples, see self-introductions in English and Hinglish and strengths and weaknesses answers.

What you need and what it costs

A phone or computer browser, a microphone and an internet connection.
Your CV; a job description or target role helps focus the practice.
A free 7-minute demo to start. After that, an optional one-time pass is ₹99 for 30 days of unlimited mock interviews. Paid access needs Google sign-in; the pass does not renew automatically.

Review the Prep privacy details before uploading personal information. For plan comparisons, see AI mock interview prices in India.

Practise for your next role

Use your own CV and job description. Start with the free 7-minute demo and one answer you want to improve.

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