mock interviews with friends always turned into small talk. so i built something that wouldn't let that happen.

every time i asked a friend to mock interview me, we'd start strong for like two questions, then drift into catching up or joking around. i'd walk away feeling like i practiced nothing.

this happened so many times before big interviews. i'd schedule a call, send over the role description, and my friend would try to help. but within ten minutes we'd be talking about their weekend or laughing about something off-topic. no one was being a bad friend—it's just hard to stay in character when you know each other.

the problem wasn't them. it was the format. there was no structure, no timer, no way to keep it real. and afterwards i had zero record of what i actually said or where i fumbled.

so i built nxtinterview for myself. the idea was simple: an ai interviewer that wouldn't drift, wouldn't go easy on me, and would give me honest feedback after. i could upload my resume, pick the role i was targeting, and just practice—whenever i wanted, as many times as i needed.

i'm a solo founder (vamshi) and i built this because i kept failing at the one thing that's supposed to help you not fail interviews. it's live now at nxtinterview.com. still adding features, but the core works: you get asked real questions, you answer out loud or in writing, and it tells you what landed and what didn't.

if you've ever had a mock interview turn into a therapy session or a joke fest, you'll get why this exists.

if you want to try it, it's at nxtinterview.com. i'm the one who built it, so full disclosure—but i made it because i genuinely needed it to exist.