AI coach
Walk into the interview already prepared.
The Interview Coach has read the job ad, your match and your profile, so it knows where the interviewer is likely to push. Ask what they'll ask, work out what to say about a gap, and shape your answers from your own experience.
- Knows the job ad, your gaps and where the job is in your tracker
- Suggests the questions worth asking it
- Shapes answers with the STAR method, from your real experience
Free. No signup. PDF or Word.
How it works
Open it from the job. Ask what they'll ask.
- 1
Open the coach from your job
Press "Prepare for the interview" on any job you've saved. The coach starts with the job ad, your match, the requirements your CV doesn't answer yet, and your notes.
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Ask what they'll ask
Start from a suggestion, like what they'll ask about a gap or which of your jobs you're strongest for, or ask anything about the interview in your own words.
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Shape answers you can trust
For questions like "Tell me about a time...", the coach helps you answer with the STAR method: situation, task, action and result, all from your own experience.
Before and after
The answer you'd give. The one they remember.
Pick an interview and switch between a first answer and the one worked through with the coach. The coached answer tells a real story from the person's experience, with what they did and how it turned out.
Example interviews
Chef de Partie
The Wharf Kitchen, Nelson
What they're listening for
- Calm under pressure, not answered
- Clear communication, not answered
- Solving the problem, not answered
- Learning from it, not answered
The question
- Tell us about a service that went wrong.
The answer
- I'm good under pressure.
- Things go wrong sometimes, but I just deal with it.
- It worked out fine.
The coach works from the person's profile and what they tell it. It won't invent jobs, results or experience they don't have.
Examples, written to show how the coach helps. Your answers come from your own experience.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Something else on your mind? Email support@smartcvs.ai and a person will reply.
What does the coach know about my job?
What SmartCVs already has: the job ad, your match and the requirements your CV doesn't answer yet, where the job is in your tracker, your notes about it, and your profile. That's how it knows where an interviewer is likely to push.
What can I ask it?
Anything about getting the job: what they'll ask about a gap, how to answer "Tell me about yourself", which of your saved jobs you're strongest for, what to ask at the end of an interview, or how to talk about salary. It sticks to your job search.
Is it a mock interview?
Not a scripted one. It's a conversation: ask what they're likely to ask, draft an answer and ask it to tighten it, or work out what to say about a gap. For "Tell me about a time..." questions it helps you answer with the STAR method.
Will it make up experience for me?
No. It works from your profile and what you tell it, and it won't invent jobs, results or experience you don't have. The best answers are your own stories, told well.
Is the coach free?
The free plan includes 2 messages so you can try it. Pro gives you unlimited coaching for every job you're preparing for.
Is my data safe?
Your CV stays private to your account and we never sell your data. The AI we use runs with zero data retention, so it doesn't keep your CV or train on it. You can close your account at any time, and ask us to erase everything in it.
How we keep your data safeMore from SmartCVs
One profile, the whole job search.
Make your next application the one that gets read.
Upload your CV and see what's holding it back. Then tailor it to the job in one click.
Free. No signup. PDF or Word.
Questions first? Email support@smartcvs.ai.