What a chatbot does well before an interview
- Research. Summarise the company, its products, its recent news and the team you are joining.
- Your stories. Turn your resume into six to eight STAR stories with numbers.
- Mock interviews. Ask the questions one at a time and critique your answers.
- Concepts. Explain a topic from the job description that you have not used in a while.
- Questions to ask. Draft specific questions about the role and the team.
All three offer a voice mode in their mobile apps, which turns a mock interview into spoken practice, closer to the real thing than typing.
Prompts that work
| Goal | Prompt |
|---|---|
| Mock interview | "You are interviewing me for the job description below. Ask one question at a time, wait for my answer, then score it from 1 to 5 and say what would make it a 5." |
| Story bank | "From my resume below, write six STAR stories for leadership, conflict, failure, ambiguity, teamwork and a result I am proud of. Keep my real numbers; ask me when one is missing." |
| Tell me about yourself | "Write a 60-second answer to 'tell me about yourself' for this role: present role, one past highlight, why this job next. Plain words, no buzzwords." |
| Weak spots | "Read the job description and my resume. List the five questions I am most likely to struggle with, and why." |
| Questions to ask | "Suggest three questions I could ask this interviewer that show I read the job description closely." |
Paste the job description and your resume into the same chat first. The more of your real background the chatbot has, the less generic the result.
ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?
For interview preparation, the differences matter less than how you use them. All three run mock interviews, critique answers, accept your resume as a file and have a free tier.
| ChatGPT | Claude | Gemini | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made by | OpenAI | Anthropic | |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Voice mode for spoken mocks | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Good fit | General coaching and mock interviews | Long documents: a resume plus a long job description | Research that leans on Google search |
Pick the one you already use, and keep the whole preparation in one chat so it remembers your background.
During a live interview, things change
A chatbot in a browser tab was not built for a conversation that is happening now.
| ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini in a tab | Solvro | |
|---|---|---|
| Hears the interviewer | No, you type or paste the question | Yes, live transcription of system audio |
| Reads a problem on screen | Only if you upload a screenshot | One shortcut, CtrlShiftS |
| In a full-screen share | The tab is visible like any other window | The overlay is excluded from screen capture |
| Knows your background | Only what is in that chat | Resume, job description and instructions saved once |
| Speed | Typing, then reading a long reply | A structured answer within seconds |
Solvro runs on the same model families you would use in a chatbot: Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5. The difference is everything around the model: hearing the question, reading the screen, keeping your context and staying out of the share. More on this in what an AI interview assistant is.
Is it allowed?
Using AI to prepare is generally fine. Using it during the interview is a different question: most employers and assessment platforms prohibit outside help, and some publish their own rules. Mercor, for example, allows grammar and wording checks but asks candidates not to use large language models to compose their responses. Read the rules for each interview, and see how to prepare for an AI interview if yours is run by an AI interviewer.
Check the rules first
Most employers and assessment platforms prohibit outside help in their terms. Solvro keeps its window out of screen captures, but no tool can promise it will never be noticed, and breaking those rules can cost you an offer. Decide for yourself whether that risk is worth taking.
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Frequently asked questions
In practice it is slow: you have to type or paste each question, and a browser tab appears in a full-screen share. Most employers also prohibit outside help during the interview, so check the rules. ChatGPT is very useful before the interview.
All three run mock interviews, critique answers and read your resume, and all have free tiers and voice modes. Pick the one you already use and keep your preparation in one chat.
"You are interviewing me for the job description below. Ask one question at a time, wait for my answer, then score it from 1 to 5 and say what would make it a 5." Paste the job description and your resume first.
No. Solvro uses Google and Anthropic models: Gemini 3.7 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 5 and Claude Fable 5. You can switch between them in the app.
A copilot such as Solvro hears the interviewer, reads the screen with one shortcut, keeps your resume and the job description in context, and keeps its window out of screen shares. A chatbot tab does none of that during a live call.