AI interview assistant for real-time guidance and practice
Know what to say when the question lands. ZipCue listens to your interview, or reads the coding test on your screen, and shows a short answer from your resume and notes.
Maya So, um, tell me about a time you had to cut scope to hit a deadline.
Answer ready12:39HiddenAnswerAutoReadRecordAskEndAt Lattice Freight we were three weeks from launch when the payments integration slipped. I cut saved cards, shipped guest checkout on time, and brought saved cards back two sprints later.
- Situation launch date fixed, payments partner lateSource
- Action ranked features by revenue at risk, cut saved cards, told stakeholders the same daySource
- Result on time, conversion flat, feature back in four weeksSource
From resume.pdf, checkout launch
A scripted example drawn from the app. The people and companies are invented.
* Example: $100 an hour, after ZipCue's 15%.
30 free live minutes + 100 AI requests. No credit card required. Plans from $19 a week.
- Mac and Windows apps included, or your browser
- Kept out of screen share, where the system allows it
- Interviews and coding tests, sales calls and client meetings
- No yearly plan; cancel or pause any time
- Call audio from
Zoom
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Webex- Phone calls via Google Voice
- Coding tests on
HackerRank
CodeSignal
LeetCode- CoderPad, Ropes and more
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How ZipCue compares
From what each product says on its own website, checked on 28 October 2026; we have not tested anyone else's product.
Your stories, drafted before the call
ZipCue reads your resume and drafts the stories behind it, then you practise them out loud and get scored feedback. Practice recordings use no minutes.
Not listed by the other 4
Your own coach in the call
Someone you trust hears the call and sends quick cues, notes and spoken tips that only you see. They can ask for screen control, which works only while you share your screen.
Not listed by the other 4
$19 for a week of interviews
3 hours of calls for a week of interviews, credits from $9 that never expire, no yearly plan, and a full refund within 7 days of a first purchase if under 20% is used. Refund terms
Only other weekly plan listed: $78
| Feature |  zipcue.ai |  |
|---|---|---|
| Stories drafted from your resume | YesFour to eight stories from your own documents, each tagged by what it proves | Not listed |
| Bring your own coach into the call (proxy support, remote control and spoken cues) | YesCoach mode, $15 per coach a month; they hear the call and send cues, notes and captions only you see | Not listed |
| Shows where each point came from | YesEach point names its file, and a point that is not in your files is marked | Not listed |
| Coding tests on assessment platforms | YesRecognises HackerRank, CodeSignal, CoderPad, LeetCode, Ropes and more, records the task and answers with code | YesCoding calls and online exams; names CoderPad and HackerRank |
| Kept out of screen share | YesKept out of screen share in the Mac and Windows apps, where the system allows it; the strip shows Hidden while it is on | Their site says "Completely invisible to others" |
| What you get afterwards | YesA transcript to download (PDF, Word, text or subtitles), action items, a report scored 0 to 100 and a thank-you email drafted from what was asked. Reviewing a 45-minute call earns 10 minutes back | YesAI notes and a transcript |
| Try it free | Yes30 minutes and 100 AI requests, no card | Yes10 sessions of up to 10 minutes and one mock, no card |
| A plan by the week | Yes$19 a week | Yes$78 a week |
Stories drafted from your resume
- ZipCue
- YesFour to eight stories from your own documents, each tagged by what it proves
- Parakeet AI
- Not listed
Bring your own coach into the call (proxy support, remote control and spoken cues)
- ZipCue
- YesCoach mode, $15 per coach a month; they hear the call and send cues, notes and captions only you see
- Parakeet AI
- Not listed
Shows where each point came from
- ZipCue
- YesEach point names its file, and a point that is not in your files is marked
- Parakeet AI
- Not listed
Coding tests on assessment platforms
- ZipCue
- YesRecognises HackerRank, CodeSignal, CoderPad, LeetCode, Ropes and more, records the task and answers with code
- Parakeet AI
- YesCoding calls and online exams; names CoderPad and HackerRank
Kept out of screen share
- ZipCue
- YesKept out of screen share in the Mac and Windows apps, where the system allows it; the strip shows Hidden while it is on
- Parakeet AI
- Their site says "Completely invisible to others"
What you get afterwards
- ZipCue
- YesA transcript to download (PDF, Word, text or subtitles), action items, a report scored 0 to 100 and a thank-you email drafted from what was asked. Reviewing a 45-minute call earns 10 minutes back
- Parakeet AI
- YesAI notes and a transcript
Try it free
- ZipCue
- Yes30 minutes and 100 AI requests, no card
- Parakeet AI
- Yes10 sessions of up to 10 minutes and one mock, no card
A plan by the week
- ZipCue
- Yes$19 a week
- Parakeet AI
- Yes$78 a week
All 21 rows, every product side by side
Checked on 28 October 2026 against each company's own site: Parakeet AI (refund terms), Final Round AI (refund terms), Cluely (refund terms), Otter (refund terms). A dash means their site does not mention it. Pricing and refund policies rechecked 2 November 2026; unresolved pricing is marked unverified. Prices and plans change, so check theirs before you decide. Names and logos belong to their owners; ZipCue is not affiliated with them. ZipCue's own cells describe the product as it works today.
One interview, from the first question to the thank-you note.
Four moments of one call, drawn from the desktop app as it ships today. The interview and the people in it are invented.
An answer as the question ends
ZipCue hears both sides of the call and writes a short answer from your resume, the job description and your notes. A point taken from them says Source; a point that is not in them is marked, so you know what to check.
- Answers come by themselves, or press Answer
- Shorter or More detail in one press
Answer ready12:39HiddenAnswerAutoReadRecordAskEndQuestionTell me about a time you had to cut scope to hit a deadline.Say thisAt Lattice Freight we were three weeks from launch when the payments integration slipped. I cut saved cards, shipped guest checkout on time, and brought saved cards back two sprints later.
- Situation launch date fixed, payments partner lateSource
- Action ranked features by revenue at risk, cut saved cards, told stakeholders the same daySource
- Result on time, conversion flat, feature back in four weeksSource
From resume.pdf, checkout launch
Your coach, on your screen only
Invite a mentor or coach. Their quick cues, the notes you answer with Got it or Need help, and captions of what they say appear in your overlay. They can ask for screen control, which works only while you share your screen; Esc takes it back.
- The coach joins free; Coach mode is $15 per coach a month
- Notes and cues stay in History
Listening13:03HiddenAnswerAutoReadRecordAskShareEndName the reconciliation backlog
QuestionDo you have any questions for us?Say thisHow does the team split on-call today, and what would you want that to look like a year from now?
- Also what the last incident review changedSource
- Also how this role is measured at six monthsSource
From notes, questions to ask
PreviousAnswer 1 of 2Next 1 earlier
Coach captionsShe raised the backlog twice. Make it your sixty-day goal.
Coach note Got it Need helpAsk the on-call one first. You wanted to know.
Kept out of screen share, where the system allows it
In the Mac and Windows apps, ZipCue asks your system to keep the overlay out of screen sharing and recordings, and the strip says Hidden while it is. Not every capture tool honours that: a camera or capture hardware can still show it. In the browser, share one tab or window, not your whole screen.
Afterwards, keep what was said
Every interview gets a report scored from 0 to 100 with what to work on, and a thank-you note drafted from what was asked. Download the transcript as PDF, Word, text or subtitles.
Interview report
72/100Good
- Answered the question75
- Evidence and examples50
- Structure75
- Clarity100
Thank-you noteHi Maya, thank you for the time today. I enjoyed talking through the checkout launch and the reconciliation backlog…
Download transcriptPDFWordTextSubtitles
Coding tests as well as interviews.
Take the test as usual. The desktop app recognises the test's window (in the browser, share the test's tab), records the task from the screen and answers with the approach, the code and what it still needs from you.
- HackerRank
- CodeSignal
- LeetCode
- CoderPad
- Codility
- Karat
- HackerEarth
- TestGorilla
- Ropes
- Replit
- and code editors
- Create a Coding test session. Add the requirements and starter files if you have them.
- Open the test. ZipCue counts 3, 2, 1 and records 15 seconds, up to 60 if you extend it. To skip it, press Don’t capture during the count.
- Read the answer. Code by file, the reasoning and the time it takes. Recording the screen is free.
Use it only where the test's rules allow it.
Merge overlapping bookings
Each booking is [start, end]. Merge every booking that overlaps another and return the result sorted by start.
in: [[1,3], [2,6], [8,10], [15,18]]out: [[1,6], [8,10], [15,18]]1 ≤ n ≤ 10,000. Bookings that touch, such as [1,2] and [2,3], count as overlapping.
solution.py
def merge(bookings):
# your code here
passRun testsSubmit
Answer ready12:43HiddenAnswerAutoReadRecordAskEndSort the bookings by start, then walk them once: extend the last merged booking while the next one starts at or before its end.
- Time O(n log n) for the sort, then one pass
- Edge cases touching bookings merge, an empty list returns []
def merge(bookings):
bookings.sort()
out = []
for start, end in bookings:
if out and start <= out[-1][1]:
out[-1][1] = max(out[-1][1], end)
else:
out.append([start, end])
return outThe task does not show the tests for an empty list: run one before you submit.
From your screen
$19 a week while you interview, or pay once.
Try it free first. Every plan includes the Mac and Windows apps, and there is no yearly plan to commit to.
No card needed
Free trial
Try it on your own materials.
$0
30 minutes100 AI requests
One-time trial
Most valued
Weekly
For a week with interviews in it.
$19 a week
180 minutes of calls a week600 AI requests a week
Renews weekly until canceled
- $6.33 an hour of calls, the week you need it
- Minutes reset when it renews; credit packs stay
- Pause it between interviews, cancel any time
Best value per hour
Monthly
For a search that runs for weeks.
$49 a month
600 minutes of calls a month2,000 AI requests a month
Renews monthly until canceled
Never expires
Credit packs
For the odd call, with no subscription.
$9 to $79, once
60 to 800 minutes, never expire200 to 2,500 AI requests
One-time purchase
- The Mac and Windows apps
- Live answers, practice and reports from the same AI requests
- Cancel or pause any time
- Credit packs never expire and sit beside any plan
Credit packs: pay once, never expire
Use them with or without a plan. A plan's minutes go first, then the pack's.
- Starter$960 minutes and 200 AI requests
- Standard$29240 minutes and 800 AI requests
- Large$79800 minutes and 2,500 AI requests
Add-onCoach mode: bring your own coach into the call, with proxy support, remote control and spoken cues, at $15 per coach a month, up to 10 coaches. Hired coaches need no seat.
The Mac and Windows apps are included in all of them. Every request ZipCue sends to its AI uses one AI request, including live-notes updates. Prices in US dollars.
Plans and Coach mode renew until you cancel. Credit packs are one-time purchases. Any tax is added at checkout. Secure checkout through Stripe. See our refund and cancellation policy and Terms.
Compare minutes and AI requests, plan by plan
Swipe the table sideways to see every plan.
| Plan | Free trial | Weekly | Monthly | Credit packs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $19 a week | $49 a month | $9 to $79, once |
| Minutes | 30 minutes | 180 minutes a week | 600 minutes a month | 60 to 800 minutes, never expire |
| AI requests | 100 | 600 a week | 2,000 a month | 200 to 2,500, never expire |
| Desktop app | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Coach mode add-on | Add for $15 per coach a month | Add for $15 per coach a month | Add for $15 per coach a month | Add for $15 per coach a month |
| Renewal | Once, no card needed | Renews every week until you cancel | Renews every month until you cancel | One-time purchase |
Cost per included call hour: Weekly: $6.33 an hour; Monthly: $4.90 an hour; Credit packs: $5.93 to $9.00 an hour. Every request ZipCue sends to its AI uses one AI request, including live-notes updates. Audio is counted in started minutes per session and includes both speakers. A plan's minutes reset when the plan renews and do not roll over. Typed practice uses AI requests, not minutes. Prices in US dollars.
From your resume to the call in three steps.
One session holds the materials, the practice and every call you take with it.
Days before
Add your resume and the job description
Create a session and add your files. They shape the likely questions and the answers.
SessionStaff engineer at Harbor PayMaterials
resume.pdf 2 pages
job description.pdf 1 page
launch retro notes pasted
Likely questions
Tell me about a time you cut scope to hit a deadline.
How would you scale the ledger for ten times the traffic?
What would your first ninety days look like?
9 more
The day before
Practise the questions you will be asked
Type or say your answer, read the feedback, try again. Recordings use no minutes.
Practice, attempt 2Tell me about a time you cut scope to hit a deadline.1:42 We were three weeks out when the payments integration slipped, so I, uh, I cut saved cards and we shipped guest checkout on time.
Structure Situation and action are clear in the first twenty seconds.
Missing The result has no number. Say what happened to conversion.
Next Try it again in under ninety seconds.
On the call
Take the call with ZipCue above it
Start the session as the call starts. Answers come as questions end; End saves it to History.
Listening 12:41AnswerEndSay this I ranked every open feature by the revenue at risk if it slipped, and cut the one customers could live without for a month.MOMaya OkaforSaved to HistoryStaff engineer interview, Harbor Pay
The screens above contain invented example content.
Recorded in the app
See your first practice attempt.
Choose a question, write your answer and read the feedback. Recorded in ZipCue in the browser, with an example account and simulated AI feedback.
Recorded in the desktop app
See it during a call.
The desktop app stays above your call as a small strip and opens an answer when a question is asked. Recorded in the desktop app over a sample call window, with an example account and simulated answers.
For candidates
Bring your coach into the call
A mentor or a coach you invite follows the conversation and sends notes, captions and screen help that show only on your screen.
- Quick cues, and notes you answer with Got it or Need help
- Screen control only while you share your screen; Esc takes it back
- What your coach sent stays in History; your report is scored on the call alone
$15 per coach a month on your account, up to 10 coaches. Free for your invited coaches.
Sam sees
Maya What would your first ninety days look like in this role?
Cue Name the reconciliation backlog Seen 0:04
Note Ask the on-call one first. You wanted to know. Got it
You see
Listening13:03HiddenAnswerAutoReadRecordAskShareEndName the reconciliation backlog
How does the team split on-call today, and what would you want that to look like a year from now?
- Also what the last incident review changedSource
- Also how this role is measured at six monthsSource
From notes, questions to ask
PreviousAnswer 1 of 2Next 1 earlier
She raised the backlog twice. Make it your sixty-day goal.
Ask the on-call one first. You wanted to know.
For coaches
Get paid to coach interviews. A few hours a week, helping people get hired.
Set any rate from $25 to $500 an hour; ZipCue keeps 15% of what clients pay.
Example: about $1,800 a month to you
Bring your own clients: their first session pays you the full rate, with nothing taken by ZipCue.
Register as a coachFour things people ask before they try it
- 30: shadow on-call Source
- 60: own one goal with a number on it Source
- 90: ship it and write up what changed Source
- What can the other side see?
- In the Mac and Windows apps the overlay is kept out of screen share, where the system allows it. In the browser, share one tab or window.
- Can I trust the answers?
- AI can make mistakes, so read before you speak. Shorter or More detail rewrites an answer in one press, and Retry asks again.
- What if I run out halfway through a call?
- The call keeps transcribing. Answers pause until you add AI requests, and a request that brought back no answer is given back.
- Do I need the desktop app?
- No. Prepare, practise and take calls in Chrome or Edge. The apps keep the strip above your other windows.
Know where your data goes.
What is sent, what is kept and what you can remove, before your first session.
Read the privacy policyUsage analytics for this website, in this browser only (never what you say, type or upload):
- What is keptSaved calls, with their transcripts, answers and notes, are kept in your account so you can review them, with a backup copy on this device. You choose how long: 7, 30, 90 or 365 days (90 by default). Your sessions' materials, preparation and practice stay until you delete them.
- Call audioLive call audio is sent for transcription. ZipCue keeps the text, not the audio.
- What the AI sees
- Your materials, the transcript and pictures of your screen are sent to our AI provider to write your answers.
- ZipCue takes a picture of your screen when you ask it to read your screen and, while Screen context is on, when a question seems to be about something on your screen, such as code, slides or a diagram, or when the screen you share has just changed to something new.
- Screen context is on unless you turn it off under More in a live session or in Settings.
- Yours to removeYou can export your data or delete your sessions at any time in Settings. Usage analytics can be turned off there too, and never include what you say, type or upload.
Before you start
When may I use live assistance?
In the desktop app, the overlay asks your system to leave it out of screen sharing and recordings. Most meeting and recording tools honour that, but not every capture method does: a camera pointed at the screen, a mirrored display or capture hardware can still show it, so do not rely on it. In the browser, share a single tab or window rather than your whole screen. Either way, only use live assistance where the rules and the other participants allow it; ZipCue asks you to confirm this before your first live session.
Which calls does it work with?
Any call you can hear on your computer, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex. A phone interview works too if you take it in Google Voice on your computer (free numbers are US only). ZipCue listens to your microphone and the call audio; it does not join the meeting as a participant. In the browser, call audio needs Chrome or Edge; other browsers use your microphone only.
What does the free trial include?
30 minutes and 100 AI requests, with no card needed to start. The trial minutes and AI requests are one-time. Practice and preparation use AI requests; live audio uses minutes. Every request ZipCue sends to its AI uses one AI request, including live-notes updates.
How do plans and credit packs differ?
Plans ($19 a week or $49 a month) give you a fresh set of minutes each period. Credit packs are one-time purchases that never expire and are used after any plan's minutes.
Does my coach need to pay for Coach mode?
No. Coach mode is an add-on on your account at $15 per coach a month, up to 10 coaches. Each coach you invite signs in with a free ZipCue account using the email address you invited.
Try it on one question before your next interview.
Add your resume, answer one practice question and read the feedback. 30 minutes and 100 AI requests, no card.
Use live assistance only where the rules and participants allow it.