The best AI mock interview tools in 2026, compared honestly

Eight tools that let you practice interviews with AI, each best at something different. Every fact below comes from the company’s own website, read on 30 September 2026. We make Huru, so we list what it doesn’t do as plainly as the others.

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Checked on 30 September 2026. Re-checked every month.

The short answer

There is no single best AI mock interview tool: it depends on the interview. For behavioral and role-specific interviews answered out loud, Huru is free and scores every answer. For technical interviews with real engineers, interviewing.io (from $179 a session, with a free AI interviewer for coding and system design). For tech and product interviews with peers, Aced, formerly Exponent, which absorbed Pramp: five free peer mocks a month. For speaking delivery, Yoodli. For lessons before you practice, Big Interview. For a quick check of answers to a job description, Interviews by AI. ChatGPT works if you write the prompts yourself. Google Interview Warmup was retired in March 2026.

AI mock interview tools at a glance

What each tool is best for, how you answer, and what it costs, from each company’s own website.

From each company’s website, checked on 30 September 2026. Prices in US dollars. We make Huru.
Tool	Best for	How you answer	Free option	Paid from
HuruOurs	Free practice for any role, answered out loud on video	On video, out loud	Free for everyone, with every feature	Free
interviewing.io	Technical mock interviews with senior engineers	Live with an engineer, by voice; or with AI	A free AI interviewer that “simulates a FAANG-style interview” and “can do both coding and system design”	$179 a session
Aced (formerly Exponent)	Tech and product interviews, with peers and AI	Live with a peer, or with AI	Basic: 5 peer mocks a month, sample lessons and sample questions, no credit card	$12 a month, billed yearly
Yoodli	Speaking delivery, for interviews and beyond	Out loud, in AI roleplays	Starter: 5 lifetime sessions	$8 a month, billed yearly
Big Interview	A structured course, then practice	On video	No free plan: a 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee	$39 for one month
Interviews by AI	A quick check of answers to a job description	Out loud or in writing	3 questions a month	$9 a month
ChatGPT	Flexible practice, if you write the prompts yourself	Text or voice	A free plan with “limited voice chats”	Free; paid plans vary by country
Final Round AI	Mainly a live-interview assistant; practice is part of its paid plan	Out loud, in a desktop app	A free plan for setting up (goals, resume, job description parsing). Practice sessions need Pro	$25+ a month

Which one for your interview

Start from the interview you’re facing, not from the tool.

A behavioral or first-round interview, any role: Huru, free, scored on every answer. Add a mock interview with a person before the day.; Huru
Software engineering at a big tech company: interviewing.io for sessions with real engineers and its free AI interviewer; Aced for free peer mocks. Use Huru for the behavioral rounds and for explaining your projects.; interviewing.io Aced (formerly Exponent)
Product management: Aced, built around PM loops, with peers and AI.; Aced (formerly Exponent)
Sounding clearer and more polished: Yoodli, for pacing and conciseness analytics.; Yoodli
You want lessons before you practice: Big Interview. It also sells to career centers, so ask yours first.; Big Interview
A quick check of an answer: Interviews by AI, or ChatGPT with a strict prompt.; Interviews by AI ChatGPT

The eight tools in detail

Quotes are from each company’s own pages, linked under Sources.

HuruOur product

Best for: free practice for any role, answered out loud on video

How it works: You answer on camera, question by question, in a mock interview for one of 242+ career roles, or a custom interview built from any job title and description (also from a job post, with the Chrome extension). Web, iOS and Chrome extension.
Feedback: Every answer scored out of 100 by Huru’s own model (relevance, structure, specificity, impact and articulation), with what worked, what to fix and a stronger version of your answer
Free: Free for everyone, with every feature
Paid: None for job seekers

Good at

Every answer scored against the same five criteria, with the one thing to fix and a stronger version
Questions from the exact job you’re applying for
Five languages, on mobile as well as desktop
An interview skills program and a resume builder in the same app

Watch out for

No human interviewers and no coding environment
It judges what you say and how clearly, not your voice tone, pace, filler words or body language
Feedback comes after each answer, not while you speak

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interviewing.io

Best for: technical mock interviews with senior engineers

How it works: Anonymous mock interviews with engineers from companies such as Google, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI and Netflix: coding, system design, machine learning, front-end, behavioral and engineering management. “Interviews have voice but no video, and your interviewer will not have access to any of your info.”
Feedback: From your interviewer: an engineer from a company such as Google, Meta or Amazon
Free: A free AI interviewer that “simulates a FAANG-style interview” and “can do both coding and system design”
Paid: “Interviews start at $179”; the price depends on the subject and on choosing an interviewer from a specific company. Multi-session coaching packages

Good at

Practice with an engineer from the kind of company you’re targeting
Anonymous: your interviewer doesn’t see who you are
The AI interviewer is free for coding and system design

Watch out for

Expensive for repeated practice
Built for software engineering and engineering management

interviewing.io website Huru vs interviewing.io, side by side

Aced (formerly Exponent)

Best for: tech and product interviews, with peers and AI

How it works: Peer mock interviews over video, where you take turns as interviewer and candidate, plus AI mock interviews, courses and a question database. Product management, coding, system design, behavioral, SQL, data science and ML, front-end, investment banking and finance.
Feedback: From your peer after each session; AI mock interviews with AI feedback on the AI plan
Free: Basic: 5 peer mocks a month, sample lessons and sample questions, no credit card
Paid: Pro: $12 a month billed yearly, or $79 month to month, with unlimited peer mocks and all courses. AI: $20 a month billed yearly, or $99 month to month, adding AI mock interviews, AI feedback and an AI coach

Good at

Free live practice with another person, five times a month
Courses, company guides and a question database for tech and product roles

Watch out for

Your peer is a candidate too, so feedback quality varies
AI mock interviews are on the top plan

Pramp, the free peer mock interview site, moved into Exponent in July 2024 (“all new Pramp sessions are hosted on Exponent Practice”). Exponent is now called Aced.

Aced website Huru vs Aced (formerly Exponent), side by side

Yoodli

Best for: speaking delivery, for interviews and beyond

How it works: AI roleplays for interview prep, public speaking and communication coaching, and for sales calls, objection handling and pitches.
Feedback: “Real-time feedback on your content, delivery, and progress over time”, with speaking analytics “such as pacing, conciseness, and sentence starters”
Free: Starter: 5 lifetime sessions
Paid: Pro $8 a month (up to 10 roleplays a week) and Advanced $20 a month (unlimited roleplays), billed yearly. Team and Enterprise plans are custom

Good at

Delivery analytics such as pacing and conciseness
Useful beyond interviews: presentations and sales calls

Watch out for

Built for sales and speaking as much as for job interviews
The free plan is five sessions in total

Yoodli website Huru vs Yoodli, side by side

Big Interview

Best for: a structured course, then practice

How it works: 170 video lessons and step-by-step learning paths, then an Interview Simulator with “realistic questions and conditions”, on video, and a resume tool.
Feedback: VideoAI: “instant AI insights on delivery, clarity, and more”
Free: No free plan: a 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee
Paid: $39 for one month, $99 for three months, $299 for lifetime access

Good at

Lessons that teach the method before you practice
Also sold to career centers and workforce agencies, so check whether yours provides it

Watch out for

You pay before you practice
Course-first: lessons come before practice

Big Interview website Huru vs Big Interview, side by side

Interviews by AI

Best for: a quick check of answers to a job description

How it works: Paste a job description to get behavioral and technical questions for the role, then answer out loud or in writing. Audio is transcribed and, it says, deleted straight after.
Feedback: “Instant feedback built on frameworks like STAR, plus a stronger sample answer to learn from”
Free: 3 questions a month
Paid: Pro $9 a month: unlimited questions, resume upload and longer answer times

Good at

Fast: a question and feedback in minutes
Written answers are an option when you can’t speak out loud

Watch out for

The free plan is three questions a month
Its site doesn’t mention video answers

Interviews by AI website Huru vs Interviews by AI, side by side

ChatGPT

Best for: flexible practice, if you write the prompts yourself

How it works: Ask it to interview you for a role, one question at a time, and to give feedback after each answer. Voice chats let you answer out loud.
Feedback: Whatever you ask for. Nothing is scored the same way twice unless you set the criteria in your prompt each time
Free: A free plan with “limited voice chats”
Paid: Go, Plus and Pro add more voice chats; prices depend on your country

Good at

You probably already have it
Good for drafting stories and trying different versions of an answer

Watch out for

No consistent scoring or progress tracking unless you build it into your prompts
Tends to be generous with praise; ask it to be strict

Ready-made prompts for behavioral practice: our interview practice prompts.

ChatGPT website Huru vs ChatGPT, side by side

Final Round AI

Best for: mainly a live-interview assistant; practice is part of its paid plan

How it works: Practice Interview: a spoken back-and-forth with an AI interviewer in eight formats (general, coding, system design, behavioral, product case, data and ML, salary negotiation and recruiter screen), using your resume and job description. Desktop app for macOS and Windows.
Feedback: An automatic debrief: a summary of your answers, your weakest moments and “re-drill targets you can repeat”
Free: A free plan for setting up (goals, resume, job description parsing). Practice sessions need Pro
Paid: Pro from “$25+/mo”, no free trial; up to 40% less on longer billing

Good at

Many interview formats, including recruiter screens and salary talks
Practice built from your resume and the job description

Watch out for

Its headline product, Interview CoPilot, suggests answers during real interviews. Many employers forbid outside help, so check the rules of your process
Desktop only, and no free practice

Final Round AI website Huru vs Final Round AI, side by side

How we compared

We make Huru. Here is how we kept the list fair.

Every fact about another tool comes from that company’s own website: its pricing page, product pages and FAQ, read on 30 September 2026 and linked under Sources. Where a site doesn’t say something, we don’t either. Prices are in US dollars, as shown there.

We didn’t buy every plan, so we describe what each company says its product does rather than scoring it. Huru’s entry lists what it doesn’t do as plainly as the others: no human interviewers, no coding environment, and no analysis of your voice tone, pace or body language.

Plans and prices change. Check before you pay; we re-check this page every month. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.

What any AI mock interview can’t do

AI is good for repetitions: as many takes as you want, questions from the exact job, and the same criteria every time. It doesn’t know the employer or the team, it can mishear a word, and it can’t pick your best stories for you.

Use AI to practice until your answers are clear, then do a final mock interview with a person, with a script and a scorecard. Our guide to what an AI interview coach can and can’t do goes further.

AI mock interview tools: questions

What is the best AI mock interview tool?

It depends on the interview. For behavioral and role-specific interviews answered out loud, Huru is free and scores every answer. For technical interviews, interviewing.io (real engineers, from $179 a session, and a free AI interviewer for coding and system design) and Aced, formerly Exponent (free peer mocks). For speaking delivery, Yoodli. For lessons first, Big Interview.

Is there a free AI mock interview?

Yes. Huru is free for everyone, with every feature. interviewing.io’s AI interviewer is free for coding and system design. Aced gives five free peer mock interviews a month, Yoodli five sessions in total, Interviews by AI three questions a month, and ChatGPT’s free plan includes limited voice chats (all as listed on their websites on 30 September 2026).

Is Pramp still free?

Pramp moved into Exponent in July 2024: “all new Pramp sessions are hosted on Exponent Practice”. Exponent is now called Aced. Its free Basic plan includes five peer mock interviews a month; the paid Pro plan makes them unlimited.

What happened to Google Interview Warmup?

Google retired Interview Warmup in March 2026. Our page on Google Interview Warmup alternatives sets out what happened, with dates and sources, and the free options that replace it.

Which AI mock interview is best for coding interviews?

interviewing.io has a free AI interviewer for coding and system design, and paid sessions with engineers from big tech companies. Aced offers free peer mocks with a coding environment. Huru has no coding environment: use it for the behavioral rounds and for explaining your projects out loud.

Is Final Round AI a mock interview tool?

Partly. Its headline product, Interview CoPilot, suggests answers during real interviews. It also has Practice Interviews with an AI interviewer, which need its Pro plan, from “$25+/mo”, with no free trial (its pricing page, 30 September 2026).

Can an AI mock interview replace practicing with a person?

Not entirely. AI gives you as many repetitions as you want and the same criteria every time, but it doesn’t know the employer and can mishear a word. Use AI for the repetitions, then do a final mock interview with a person.

Sources

Each company’s own pages, read on 30 September 2026:

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