How it works
Most mock-interview tools give you one voice asking generic questions. Real loops have several people, each with their own agenda, who follow up on what you actually said and then decide together. PanelPrep simulates that.
1. Tell us about the job
Company, role, and the job description (paste it, upload a file, or drop a link). Upload your resume. Everything stays in your account; see the privacy policy.
2. Build the panel
If you know who's interviewing you (full-panel plan), enter their names and titles and anything the recruiter told you. If you don't, give us the company, position and industry: we research how that company and industry run hiring loops for the role and build realistic personas with fictional names. You can edit titles, round lengths and voices before you start.
3. The committee brief
Before the interview, the committee prepares the way a real one would: a competency map of what the JD really tests, your resume's strongest matches and gaps, and 4-6 planned questions with probes per interviewer. Each interviewer owns different competencies, so you're tested from several angles.
4. The interview
- Spoken questions. Each interviewer has a distinct voice. Paired rounds alternate speakers.
- Voice or typing. Chrome and Edge transcribe in the browser; other browsers use our transcription service. You can edit the transcript before sending.
- Real follow-ups. Vague answers get probed: what did you do, what was the number, what broke. Contradict your resume and they'll notice.
- Pacing. A round clock. Talk for over 2.5 minutes and they'll politely interject. Near the end they ask what questions you have, then hand off.
- Controls. Pause, interrupt, repeat, hint, skip, skip an interviewer, jump to the next round, retake an earlier question, or peek at a suggested answer built only from your resume.
5. Deliberation
When the loop ends, the committee meets. Each interviewer scores their competencies 1-4 with evidence from the transcript and votes. They challenge each other's reads, reach a decision and name the main risk. Then the coaching: strengths, fixes tied to specific moments, rewritten versions of your weakest answers (placeholders where a real number is needed, never invented accomplishments), questions to expect next time, and delivery notes.
What's free and what isn't
Every month you get one free session: two one-on-one rounds totalling 30 minutes, generated interviewers, a short coaching pointer per question and a scorecard. The $25 full-panel interview adds up to five rounds, paired interviewers, your real panel's names, full model answers, unlimited retakes and the complete deliberation. Details on the pricing page.