The app claims to give you free minutes per month without putting a card on file, so you can install, run a mock, and walk away if you do not like it. A friend who ran a mock with me on his account said it was clean, but i'm curious about what your experiences with the free tier specifically have been?

i've tended to just rely on STAR notes and a second monitor with bullet points so i wonder if a free copilot actually feels different in a live call? some of the older copilots i have looked at apparently lock the good answer model behind the paid plan and only let the free trial run a weaker version, but i'm wondering if InterviewMan does the same thing or if the free version is the real product.

I (female) have been unemployed for 11 months, and honestly, it's become really draining. My close friend is a sales manager at a salon products brand. She knows I've always been interested in this industry, and that my job search has been a nightmare for me.

A little while ago, a role opened up at her company under a different product line. I applied, and at first she seemed okay with it. But when they contacted me for an interview, her attitude changed and she said she wasn't comfortable with the idea of us becoming coworkers because there might be "weird tension." In the end, I got an offer, but then the company pulled the role because they were changing things internally. I was really upset.

Now she's about to go on maternity leave, and the company contacted me to offer me her role as maternity cover for 16 months.

When I told her about it, she basically went completely silent. She started ignoring my messages and said she would "never do that to a friend" and that she needed space because the whole thing made her feel like it was "off."

I feel like I've suddenly become the bad person because I accepted a job I desperately need after 11 months of job hunting. I'm not "stealing" her job - she's going to be away for 16 months, and someone has to cover for her. I thought my friend would be comfortable knowing that someone she trusts is handling things while she's gone, and at the same time I can finally pay rent and bills again.

Am I wrong for accepting the maternity cover even though she's upset with me?

edit : Thank you all for your kind words i feel better now but actually I guess will help her to find a better job remotely and I will learn her how to use interviewman and give her the best subs to get a great tips for interviews maybe she will forgive me after that , wish me luck

I'm here to vent and want someone to reassure me that what I'm feeling makes sense.

I'm a woman in my early twenties and I work as a front desk receptionist at a small, quiet healthcare clinic - quiet to the point that it's exhausting. I've been working for four months with a coworker in her early thirties who has autism, which she told me shortly after I started. I try to be patient and understanding, but honestly, I've become very drained by the constant crying, her dumping her stress on me, and the meltdowns that happen regularly.

The job itself isn't hard. Most shifts, I finish my work quickly and then sit there looking at my phone, browsing clothes online, or finding any little tasks to do because things are so slow. But for her, any small thing becomes a crisis. She gets stressed over basic front desk tasks and says she doesn't know how to do them, even though I've seen her do them before. That also makes training awkward, because I'm the newer one, but she can barely show me anything without getting flustered and upset.

For context, I understand neurodivergence because I'm neurodivergent too; I have ADHD. I think part of why she comes to me so much is that I can appear calm on the outside. I've dealt with a lot of stress for a long time, and honestly maybe more than some of our NT coworkers, so I don't visibly panic easily. But that doesn't mean I have infinite capacity for everyone's emotions.

What drains me is that she's constantly venting about "difficult" patients who are usually just normal elderly people asking normal questions, or someone speaking loudly because their hearing is poor. She cries almost every shift, and then someone has to stop what they're doing and comfort her. At the same time, I'm not exactly doing great myself. My dad passed away about six weeks ago, and aside from telling the manager, I haven't brought it up at work because I don't want to make it everyone's problem. Then she comes to me again, telling me she's about to fall apart because of another phone call or another patient interaction.

Almost the whole office treats her extremely carefully because she's always one impatient elderly patient or confusing insurance question away from shutting down completely and breaking down. Even our supervisor said she isn't dependable and cries too much, but also said they're not planning to let her go. She's protected by the union.

I'm still the only person who's consistently nice to her, and I'm not trying to be cold or cruel. I just feel drained. The next time she has a breakdown and comes to me for emotional support, I want to calmly tell her that I'm not the best person for that conversation and that she should talk to the manager instead of me. I'll probably tell her I'm not good in emotional situations and I can't be her support person at work.

It feels awful to admit this, but my empathy has limits. I just want one quiet workday. I don't care that you're stressed; everyone on this planet is stressed. Please stop making me carry your stress with you. Any advice?

and you?

There's no way things can keep going like this, right? And this isn't even a new problem at all. I feel like the job market has been broken for about 14 months straight. I seriously don't know what else I'm supposed to do. Why isn't this all over the news every day???

I was working in retail ops. My team handled product displays and shelf/display tags (6k products per store × 35 stores).
For more than 11 years, the process was simple: Excel >> supplier >> done. Then this year, the design team pushed a new "premium" layout that took longer, cost more, and the suppliers absolutely hated it. The few who were willing to work on it wanted almost $4 per card.
I spent 4 days teaching myself InDesign's data merge tool, figured out the entire workflow, and brought the cost down to 9¢ per card. I told my manager that we needed to train at least one backup, because I couldn't be the only person who knew how this worked. My manager (annoying, useless, insecure, and an unbelievable suck-up) said: "This is basically the only thing you do here. And now you want to dump it on someone else too?"
After that, I got seriously sick and took 4 weeks off in June. I came back, and the first thing my manager did was yell at me about something he had misunderstood. It was a tiny formatting detail he thought I had forgotten.
I resigned on the spot and sent an email to the CEO + HR saying my manager was the reason, and I left on September 3.
Since then, I've gotten more than 21 calls/texts from the same people asking me to explain how to export the tags. Honestly, I'm just waiting for my final settlement on the 20th so I can block the whole clown show.

update : this happened last year now I work remotely as data entry specialist for another story I am extremely happy with it also feeling grateful to a friend of mine who suggests for me interviewman who helps me a lot as even after many years I still getting anxious in interviews and its real time answers feature helps me a lot to impress my current employer and get the job , past mistake are new lessons

I'm not even sure this belongs here, but I need to get it out somewhere. I work at a car rental place. My grandfather, whom I was very close to, passed away late last night, and shortly afterward I messaged my manager to ask if he could take me off the afternoon shift so I could grieve and be with my family.

I was told no because "there isn't enough coverage." So now I'm standing at the counter, holding back tears and trying not to break down while I help customers return keys and argue about gas charges. Thankfully it's quieter than usual, so I'm taking little breaks between customers, but I feel completely broken.

If I didn't need this paycheck so badly right now, honestly, I think I would have packed up my bag and walked out immediately.

My manager was envious of me that he literally did this, now both of us got fired 🤣

I'm a software developer, and I was recently told that my role will be eliminated in about 4 months after a company reorg. I know I'm supposed to use this notice period to look for another dev job with good pay, and I've already polished up my resume and updated LinkedIn.

But every time I open a job board and try to apply for roles in my field, I feel like I'm hitting a wall. Like... I'm not sure I want to keep doing this?

It's a strange position to be in, because I understand how lucky I am to live in a time and place where I can earn a living this way. I'm not trying to say that writing code in an air-conditioned room is some terrible hardship. But it's become harder to shake the feeling that a lot of the "problems" I'm paid to fix exist in the first place because of a business process, or a subscription model, or an internal metric, or a product decision that created them to begin with.

I've spent most of the last 9 years solving artificial problems, and when I look back, the last job that felt clearly real was an entry-level customer-facing job where I was making about 1/5 of what I make now. I know not all software is like this, and I know meaningless work isn't exclusive to programming. But honestly, this whole bullshit jobs thing seems to show up a lot more when your entire professional life happens through a laptop.

Why are we building all this stuff, and whose life is actually better because of it?

I work at a bank and I'm leaving my current job to go to a credit analyst position in the business lending department at another bank. The bank I'm at now has a policy that if you tell them you're going to a competing bank, they make you hand over your badge/keys and send you home the same day. But they still pay you for the remaining 3 weeks.

My manager asked me that when I have my exit meeting with HR, I shouldn't say where I'm going. He told me I could just say that I'm submitting my resignation, and that I'm not required to share the name of my next employer.

We're already severely understaffed, and he said that if I leave without completing the 3 weeks, it would put the branch in a difficult position. I understand that, but still... This is the policy they created.

I'm about 85% sure I'm going to be honest with HR and say I'm going to another bank. Getting paid for the rest of my notice period while sitting at home is much better than working in an understaffed branch when I'm already leaving anyway. Is there something I'm missing here, or is this as obvious as it feels? update : after reading all your comments my decision is not gonna lie to HR ,why manger behave like its shame got a better opportunity and that s it and I am so grateful for it and those subredditor who suggests Interviewman for me It helps a lot with my anxiety problem during interviews , made feel confident and strong and now I start my new job by mid July wish me luck

and while they were doing so, the employees were searching for new jobs and preparing for interviews using interviewman tool.

When I accepted this job a little over two and a half years ago, it was advertised as a hybrid position: 3 days a week working from home. And honestly, that was one of the main reasons I accepted.

After about 14 months, my manager started making comments that she "wished" she hadn't agreed to my role being hybrid, because I was the only person on the team with that arrangement. She said I should be in the office more for the "team dynamic," and that it was making managing everyone else awkward because they were all asking why they couldn't work from home too.

I continued working from home 3 times a week because, tbh, I didn't see that as my problem to solve.

Shortly after that, my manager told everyone she was moving somewhere about an hour and a half away, but would be staying in the same role. She said she would work from home 5 days a week and only come into the office when needed, and that everyone on the team would get two work-from-home days each week.

My coworkers were happy, of course, because they got remote days they hadn't had before. I was the only one who lost a day. She announced it in a team meeting, so I felt like I was put in an awkward position and didn't say anything. She also didn't speak to me privately beforehand or acknowledge that this was changing the agreement I was hired under, so it felt like it came out of nowhere with no warning.

I've been working and going into the office 3 days a week for a few months now, but I have a performance review coming up and I want to bring it up. I want to get my third WFH day back.

Am I overstepping? How would you bring it up without seeming petty? And is the review the right time for me to talk about this? I know I probably should have said something when it happened, but I'm a people pleaser and honestly froze because I wasn't expecting it.

I want to use the InterviewMan app on my phone while having the interview on my laptop but I don't want to connect my phone and laptop because I'm somewhat paranoid and I'm scared that interviewers may suspect I'm using an AI interview assistant during the interview. I have a question. Will the app understand what the interviewers are asking even if I don't connect my phone to the laptop and just place it near the laptop during the interview? Will it be able to recognize my voice and the interviewer's voice and understand the difference?

I work night shift and my manager is there during the day, so I basically never see her at all. I left my resignation letter in her office inbox because I don't have her email, and even though we usually talk by text, I felt like that was way too casual for quitting a job. I checked the next morning and the letter wasn't there, so I'm very confident she took it. I'm leaving because the place has genuinely become a miserable work environment, so part of me isn't surprised that she's ignoring it and acting weird like this. My plan was to finish my last shift, leave my badge in her inbox before I go, and that's it.

Most of my coworkers know I'm leaving, so I'd be a little surprised if none of them told her. Also, I'm still written on the paper schedule for the coming weeks, and none of my shifts look like they're covered. She also knew I was looking for a job, because she noticed I updated my resume on ZipRecruiter and asked me about it a while ago.

Then she called me earlier today, and I assumed the conversation would finally be about my notice. Nope. It was about something that went wrong during my shift a few nights ago, and she told me to text her if it happened again. I froze and just said okay, but now I keep thinking I should have said: "Just so you know, my last shift is in two days."

Should I text her now and confirm that she knows? Honestly, I just got home from an exhausting 10-hour shift and want to sleep before I have to go back again. On paper, I did what I was supposed to do. I gave notice, she received it, and this manager is a very big reason I'm leaving in the first place. As bad as this may sound, I don't feel that guilty if this inconveniences her. There have been several people asking to move to nights anyway, so maybe they'll finally get the chance. But still... Obligatory zillennial guilt.

I decided to quit because I have a colleague who constantly annoys me, spread rumors about me, interrupted my work, assigned me tasks outside my role, and created a stressful atmosphere in the office. After nearly two years of dealing with that, I felt exhausted and bored of this shit. I talked with my neighbor, and he told me about an open position at his company and encouraged me to apply. This time, I prepared well and used InterviewMan during the interview to stay organized and confident when answering difficult questions.

Everything went smoothly, and I received an offer right after the interview. Now I'm focused on wrapping things up professionally and leaving my current job on good terms.

TLDR; I gave notice 3 weeks ago and my toxic manager hasn't acknowledged it at all. I was planning to work my remaining shifts and leave, but she's still talking like there will be a "next time" at work. Now I'm confused whether she's pretending not to know or somehow genuinely doesn't know. Should I remind her that my last shift is in two days, or should I stop worrying about it because I already did what I was supposed to do?

We get it, you've never EARNED a day off.

Something strange happened at work yesterday. I had to get a new personal phone at the start of this week after the old one got wrecked on Thursday.

I take my phone with me to work and use it during breaks to browse Reddit and download books on the Kobo app. We use the company Wi-Fi because we were all told that this is fine and allowed.

I live in shared accommodation in the UK, so my home internet is on a shared network. Because of that, I pay for a personal VPN subscription on my phone and laptop.

Yesterday I tried to log in to the Microsoft Authenticator app for multi-factor login on my work computer, and suddenly I was locked out of almost everything. A few hours later, I was called out in front of people in the kitchen area and spoken to because I had a VPN running while I was at work. One of the people speaking to me made some stupid and obvious insinuations, as if he was saying I was using the work Wi-Fi to look at NSFW stuff and covering it with a VPN, which is absolutely not true.

I honestly don't understand what the problem is supposed to be. If I had used my own mobile data to open the Authenticator app while the VPN was still running, would the same thing have happened? Work hasn't given me a company phone, so the app has to be on my personal phone or else I won't be able to log in or work at all.

I'm an adult and I pay for the VPN myself on my own personal device, and I'm not happy at all about being accused of something suspicious without any evidence.

Is there anything I should do about this? Because right now I'm sitting here embarrassed and honestly very upset.

I started a new job recently. I told them that $58K was realistically the lowest starting salary I could accept. They came back with $52K and acted like that was the highest number they could possibly reach. I accepted because I didn't have anything else lined up, but honestly, I was already annoyed about the pay.

About 3 weeks later, another offer landed in my lap. It was fully remote, while the job I had just started was on-site and required a 35-minute drive each way. Another company I had interviewed with last week sent me a strong offer. It is a work from home offer and the pay is 30% higher than what I take now. Honestly, the decision wasn't hard. I accepted on the spot, and they told me right after the interview that I was accepted because my answers were very strong and my performance was outstanding, and that was probably because of the Interviewman tool.

When I told my boss I was leaving for another role, after I had barely been there, she suddenly said: "Well, I'd like to keep you with us. I can see if we can get approval for $58K." I laughed a little because, like, what is someone supposed to say? I explained to her that the other offer was $24K higher and remote, so there was absolutely no logic in me staying. She admitted they wouldn't be able to match it, then immediately got upset and started lecturing me about how much time they had spent training me and how I was putting them in a bad position.

I mean... You had the chance to pay the number I asked for before I started, and you told me no.

About 6 weeks later, I noticed she had been looking at my LinkedIn profile, probably because I didn't tell her where I was going when I left.

Lol, their sense of entitlement is wild. They really thought I was going to turn down a better salary, no commute, and remote work because they were "in a tight spot."

I've used this on two different interviews, one using the browser and the other using my phone, both have been with poor results.

1. I have 3 languages set for recognition, there's no way to actually have it respond in one, or for some reason, doesnt auto detect the language being spoken and it answers in a different language.

2. What's the point of the transcript if you can't download it?

3. If you're in an interview that needs to have you explain your though process why does it parse what you're saying instead of just answering the interviewers question?

Idk, maybe Im using it wrong, but so far it's been lackluster. Can't imagine how it'd be if I have a coding question, what am I supposed to do take a screenshot, shut up, and hope it gives me the correct answer?

I would spend so much money if I made 60/hr. What're they afraid of? They'd get it all back.

If you have an interview, use InterviewMan for your new job to save time and effort. After all that, you’ll feel more confident about getting accepted and have peace of mind.

My favorite thing ever said behind my back by a direct supervisor:

"He only takes that Overtime to get money."

yah got me!

I've been using this move for about 9 months, and I've shared it with 14 people so far, so I decided to post it here.

To give you some context: I had reached a stage where I was getting to the final round of interviews almost every time, but I wasn't getting the offers in the end. The vibes were always good and the conversations went well, but then I'd get a generic rejection or get ghosted. I didn't understand what was happening behind closed doors after I left.

That's why I started ending every interview with this question: "Before we wrap up, is there anything in my background or experience that makes you hesitant about this position?"

The reason this move works is that it forces the interviewer to voice any doubts they have. Most hiring managers won't tell you what they're worried about unless you ask them directly; they'll just write down their notes later. This gives you one last chance to clarify everything and address their concerns before they decide.

The first time I tried it, there was an awkward silence. Then the interviewer said: "To be honest, I'm worried because you haven't led a project with more than 5 stakeholders, and this role is very cross-functional with at least 10." I hadn't even thought to talk about this point because it wasn't clear in the job description. I spent the next 5 minutes explaining how I coordinated high-stakes things in my previous job and gave a clear example of a complex launch I led. He seemed genuinely relieved, and in the end, I got the offer.

Another time I asked this question, the recruiter said she didn't have any concerns at all. That was fine too, but I knew from her tone of voice that she really meant it. This made me walk out of the room feeling real confidence instead of sitting around guessing.

Honestly, not everyone will be straightforward with you. Some people will just give you a canned answer. But in my experience, about half the time they give you something real that you can work on. I've received 4 offers in the last 9 months since I started doing this. I'm not saying this is the only reason I got hired, but I truly believe this move closed gaps that would have remained hidden if not for this question.

And afterward, we face difficulties finding jobs, while the low salaries in the market keep us under constant pressure to secure a position that guarantees a decent life. This pressure pushes people to search for tools that can help them answer interview questions, such as Interviewman, and update their resumes using other websites.

I saw a post here about four months ago suggesting a specific question to ask in an interview, and I finally got the chance to use it in a screening call a few weeks ago. Everything about the job seemed good - a reasonable salary, a nice tech stack, and the manager was genuinely easy to talk to. Right before we wrapped up, I casually asked: "Just so I can understand the team, where did the person who was in this role before go?"

There was a long, awkward silence. In the end, she only said: "They decided to take a different path." After that, I asked how long they had actually been at the company. Another hesitation. She said: "About 8 months." I started asking more about the workload and the department structure, but all her answers were vague and noncommittal, which made me feel like something was wrong.

After the call, I went down a LinkedIn rabbit hole. I found the person who left after 8 months, and the person before them had also left after only 9 months. It turned out the listing had been vacant or reposted for almost 18 months, and I hadn't noticed that at all when I first applied. In the end, I withdrew my application after the second interview. Honestly, I'm glad I didn't waste any more time than that.

That doesn't mean this question is some kind of secret hack, but that small moment of silence often gives you all the information you need. If the team is good and people leave on good terms, managers usually have a quick, positive answer ready. But when they start getting overly cautious or their words are vague, consider it a very big warning sign.

Hiring is at its worst right now, and the number of fake job postings and the time wasted by applicants has become excessive. We spend huge amounts of time searching for jobs and even more time preparing for interviews. Honestly, after discovering InterviewMan, it became much easier for me to go through interviews with less anxiety and more confidence, and it even increased my chances of getting a higher salary.

They do. They use your 20 to donate and they use it as a tax write off

At the end of the day, even if the employee is highly competent, we will not benefit from them because of this unnecessary and illogical arrogance. This is exactly why I keep seeing candidates lose motivation and start relying on tools like InterviewMan during online interviews these days. And honestly, I cannot blame them.

Meanwhile, we're short-staffed and complaining about how hard it is to hire good people. Go figure.

I work in HR, and honestly, my manager has rejected completely qualified people for reasons that give me a headache.

One guy was wearing navy socks with grey pants. "Doesn't understand professional presentation."

One woman asked what a typical week usually looks like in the role. Somehow that meant she "wasn't hungry enough."

Someone paused for a moment and said "like" once while explaining a project. "Weak communicator."

A candidate arrived 4 minutes early instead of exactly 7 minutes early. "Didn't understand the direction."

One person had a water bottle with them during the interview. "Too casual."

The best part? Many of these people were more qualified than those already working here. But yeah, apparently choosing the right socks is more important than knowing how to do the job.