Hey, it’s Stephane,
I want to tell you about something I can’t stop thinking about.
Last year I watched a Software Engineer bomb a behavioural interview. He was smart, had 12 years of experience, and did really well in the previous rounds.
He presented a good story, too. He led a platform migration, handled stakeholder pushback, and managed to deliver on time.
Then my peer interviewer asked: “What was the measurable impact of this project?”
The candidate froze, rambled for 90 seconds, and then said something like: “We delivered it on time.”
Ultimately, he didn’t get the job... and that job paid £120k.
I’ve seen this happen over and over. Experienced people who know their stuff but can’t show it during an interview. They have enough stories but they just haven’t practised saying them out loud in a way that lands to interviewers.
Coaching with a human helps, but at £150-200/hour, you cover maybe 4-5 questions per session. You need 5-10 reps on each question before you actually get good at it. Do the maths.. It gets expensive fast.
So I built something.
It’s a voice AI interviewer. You pick a question, talk out loud, and it’s trained to come back at you the way a real interviewer would. “How did you measure success?” “What would you do differently?”
After each answer, it scores you and tells you where you dropped marks.
130+ questions pulled from real interviews at Google, Amazon, Meta, and Stripe, or you can create your own. It’s only £25/month and you can practise anytime - even at 11pm the night before your interview if you need to.
Your first question is free. No credit card required.
→ Try it here: https://www.em-tools.io/interview-prep
If you’re not job hunting right now, send this to someone who is. Nobody should lose a job in this market over a question they could have practised.
Stephane
P.S. Everyone who’s tried it so far scores 3-4 out of 10 on their first go, then 7-8 by their fifth. The gap between rehearsing in your head and practising out loud is bigger than you’d think.
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