Introduction

Interviews Hero is a powerful macOS application designed to be your AI-powered companion for technical interviews. This guide will help you understand and make the most of its features.

System Requirements

  • macOS 13.0 or later
  • Built-in microphone and speakers for audio features
  • Internet connection for real-time AI assistance

Session Management

Interview sessions are the core organizational unit in Interviews Hero. Each interview preparation or practice should be conducted within a session.

Creating a New Session

Features:

  • Select interview type (Problem Solving, System Design, or Behavioral)
  • Credit system integration
  • Customizable session settings
  • Interview mode selection

Usage:

  1. Click 'New Session' button
  2. Choose interview type
  3. Confirm credit deduction
  4. Start your interview preparation

Specifications:

  • Automatic session naming
  • Real-time credit balance update
  • Session type validation
  • Instant session initialization
Creating a New Session screenshot

Session History & Recap

Features:

  • Complete interview history
  • Detailed conversation logs
  • AI-powered performance analysis

Usage:

  1. Access session history from dashboard
  2. Select specific session to review
  3. Generate AI recap for comprehensive feedback
  4. Export session records if needed
Session History & Recap screenshot

Core Features

AI-Powered Interview Assistant

Features:

  • Real-time Problem Solving
  • Step-by-step explanations
  • Complexity analysis
  • Multiple solution approaches

Usage:

  1. Select 'Problem Solving' mode
  2. Type or paste your coding question
  3. Get real-time AI-generated solutions and explanations
AI-Powered Interview Assistant screenshot

Screenshot Analysis

Features:

  • Full Screen: ⌘ + ⇧ + X
  • Selected Area: ⌘ + ⇧ + S

Usage:

  1. Use keyboard shortcuts to capture screen
  2. AI automatically analyzes content
  3. Receive instant insights and suggestions
Screenshot Analysis screenshot

System Design Interview Mode

Features:

  • Auto-generated PlantUML architecture diagrams
  • Step-by-step system analysis
  • Performance bottleneck identification
  • Scalability recommendations
System Design Interview Mode screenshot

Real-Time Conversation Assistant

Features:

  • Live audio processing
  • Instant response generation
  • Context-aware suggestions

Specifications:

  • Auto-answer feature: Automatically captures and responds to the last question in the conversation when clicking the answer button
  • Internal microphone only
Real-Time Conversation Assistant screenshot

Behavioral Question Assistant

Features:

  • Resume and cover letter analysis
  • Personalized response generation
  • Real-time interview response assistance
  • Context-aware answer suggestions

Usage:

  1. Upload your resume and/or cover letter
  2. Add additional personal information and experiences
  3. During interview, AI automatically transcribes questions
  4. Get real-time personalized response suggestions based on your background
  5. You can also update your information in the settings

Specifications:

  • Supports PDF and Word document formats
  • Secure document processing and storage
  • Integration with real-time transcription
  • Personalized response matching with your experience
Behavioral Question Assistant screenshot

Interview Mode

Features:

  • The Application window will always be invisible via most of the screen sharing apps like Zoom, Google Meet, etc.
  • Semi-transparent window overlay
  • Always-on-top window positioning
  • Quick toggle with keyboard shortcut
  • Adjustable transparency level

Usage:

  1. Click the Interview Mode button or use shortcut to enable
  2. Window becomes semi-transparent and stays on top
  3. Adjust transparency as needed
  4. Access all features while maintaining visibility of other applications

Specifications:

  • Customizable transparency (30% - 90%) via settings
Interview Mode screenshot

Additional Custom System Prompts

Features:

  • Customize AI response behavior
  • Add specific requirements to AI answers
  • Multiple prompt templates for different scenarios
  • Real-time prompt adjustment

Usage:

  1. Access Settings > Additional Custom System Prompts
  2. Add your specific requirements
  3. AI will follow these prompts in future responses

Specifications:

  • Supports multiple prompt categories (Problem Solving, System Design, Behavioral)
  • Persistent prompt storage
Additional Custom System Prompts screenshot

Subscription Plans & Credits

Interviews Hero offers three subscription tiers to suit different needs. Each plan comes with monthly credits and specific features.

Bronze Monthly

Features:

  • 100 credits every month
  • 25 credits per session
  • Basic AI model
  • Audio input to answer

Silver Monthly

Features:

  • 200 credits every month
  • 23 credits per session
  • Advanced AI model (more accurate results)
  • Audio input to answer
  • Interview Mode
  • Suggestions after each chat
  • Session History

Gold Monthly

Features:

  • 300 credits every month
  • 20 credits per session
  • Ultimate AI model (most accurate result)
  • Audio input to answer (more powerful transcriber)
  • Interview Mode
  • Suggestions after each chat
  • Session History
  • Summary and recap after each interview