Google Interview Warmup is no longer available: on September 29, 2026, its grow.google address redirected to a general "How to prepare for an interview" article that suggests Gemini Live for interview practice. OphyAI offers AI mock interviews in voice or text with follow-up questions and per-answer feedback, plus a live Interview Copilot for Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, with Pro at $29 a month, a free 15-minute practice session, and a free first 15-minute Copilot session for eligible new users.
Disclosure: OphyAI publishes this comparison and sells the recommended alternative. This is not a controlled hands-on benchmark. Competitor facts are attributed to the linked vendor pages and can change.
Sources checked September 29, 2026: Google Interview Warmup address (now redirects), Grow with Google interview tips article (redirect target), Google launch post for Interview Warmup (June 2, 2022), Interview Warmup page, Internet Archive copy (December 9, 2025), Google Accelerate Your Job Search with AI course, Gemini Live overview.
$29-$59/month
Pro is $29/month with 300 credits; Premium is $59/month with 500 credits and adds Coding Interview. Annual billing is 20% off. The Free plan ($0, no card) covers one Interview Practice session of up to 15 minutes, and eligible new users also get a first Standard Copilot session of up to 15 minutes. Where offered, a $9.99 Interview Pass covers one Standard Copilot session of up to 2 hours ($19.99 for 3), with no subscription.
No longer available (Sept 29, 2026)
If you were looking for Google Interview Warmup, it is gone: on September 29, 2026 the Interview Warmup addresses we checked on grow.google redirected to an interview tips article or the Grow with Google homepage, and the site's AI tools menu listed only Career Dreamer. When it was online, Google described it as a private practice space with expert-written questions, a real-time transcript, and "insights" that did not grade your answers, with no price listed. OphyAI Interview Practice adds follow-up questions and per-answer feedback, and Interview Copilot helps during the real interview, but OphyAI is a paid product: free use is one 15-minute practice session plus a first 15-minute Copilot session for eligible new users, then Pro at $29 a month. Prices change, so check before you buy.
| Category | OphyAI | Google Interview Warmup |
|---|---|---|
| Status on September 29, 2026 | Available now in the browser with no install, as a desktop app for Mac and Windows, and as iPhone and Android apps for practice interviews | Not available: grow.google/certificates/interview-warmup/ redirects (HTTP 301) to a "How to prepare for an interview" article; tool pages redirect to the Grow with Google homepage |
| Price | Free $0; Pro $29/month (300 credits); Premium $59/month (500 credits); annual billing 20% off | No price or plan listed in Google's launch post or its archived product page; Google called it "available for everyone to use" (launch post, June 2, 2022) |
| Free use | One-time 5-credit grant covers one Interview Practice session capped at 15 minutes; first Standard Copilot session free up to 15 minutes for eligible new users; no card | "You can answer questions as many times as you want" (launch post); no longer offered |
| Where the questions come from | AI mock interviews with follow-up questions; behavioral, technical, system design, and case formats | "Every question has been created by industry experts"; question sets for each Google Career Certificate plus general questions, covering "technical assessments, problem-solving, and behavioral discussions"; "AI isn't used to generate interview questions" (archived page) |
| Feedback | Transcript and per-answer feedback | Real-time transcript plus insights (job-related terms, most-used words, talking points); Google promised "instant feedback with insights on pacing, word choice, and clarity," and said insights "don't 'grade' your answer" (archived page) |
| Answer mode | Voice or text | Spoken answers transcribed in real time ("Speak your responses"); typed answers not described on the pages checked |
| Help during a live interview | Interview Copilot on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet: live transcript and streamed suggestions from your resume and job description in the Whisper Mode overlay | Not described: Google's pages present it as a practice tool |
| Coding interviews | Premium only: screenshot workflow for LeetCode, HackerRank, CoderPad, CodeSignal, whiteboards, and design diagrams (not an official integration) | Not published on its site (checked September 29, 2026) |
| Languages | 35 languages for Interview Copilot | Not published on its site (checked September 29, 2026) |
| Resume and application tools | Resume Builder (5 credits to create, 5 to download), 16-tool Application Assistant, Job Search (Pro and Premium), free 8-stage Application Tracker | None described for Interview Warmup; Google's separate Career Dreamer helps with resumes and cover letters through Gemini and is "currently only available in the US" |
Real-time answers on Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet. In the browser, Whisper Mode is designed for private notes during normal tab and window sharing. On Mac and Windows, the OphyAI desktop app keeps the answer window out of screen shares and recordings, even on a full-screen share. Eligible new users get one Standard session capped at 15 minutes, with no card required.
No. On September 29, 2026, grow.google/certificates/interview-warmup/ and grow.google/interview-warmup returned a permanent redirect to a Grow with Google article titled "How to prepare for an interview," dated December 11, 2025. The tool's other paths, including its start and FAQ pages, redirected to the Grow with Google homepage, the site's sitemap listed no Interview Warmup page, and its AI tools menu listed only Career Dreamer. Even the link in Google's 2022 launch post now lands on the tips article.
Google did not list a price or plan for it in its launch post or on its product page (Internet Archive copy, December 9, 2025): the June 2, 2022 launch post said it was "available for everyone to use" and that you could answer questions "as many times as you want." It is no longer available, so there is nothing to sign up for today. OphyAI has a Free plan with no card that covers one Interview Practice session of up to 15 minutes, and eligible new users also get a first Interview Copilot session of up to 15 minutes. Pro is $29 a month and Premium is $59 a month.
You answered interview questions out loud and it transcribed your answers in real time. It then showed "insights," such as the job-related terms you used, your most-used words, and the talking points you covered. Google's page promised "instant feedback with insights on pacing, word choice, and clarity," and said the insights did not grade your answer or say what was right or wrong. Questions were written by industry experts, with a set for each Google Career Certificate field plus general questions, and AI was not used to write them.
Google did not name a direct replacement on the pages we checked on September 29, 2026. The article that Interview Warmup now redirects to says "the Gemini mobile app offers Gemini Live, which you can use to simulate a real-time, conversational interview, providing instant, structured feedback on your responses." Gemini Live is a general voice feature in the Gemini app, and Google notes that "some features require setup or subscription." Google also promotes its "Accelerate Your Job Search with AI" course on Coursera, $49 a month in the U.S. and Canada after a 7-day free trial, which teaches interview practice with Gemini Live. OphyAI Interview Practice is built specifically for mock interviews, with follow-up questions, a transcript, and per-answer feedback.
Google's Interview Warmup page (Internet Archive copy, December 9, 2025) said "We don't save your audio or the transcripts of your answers," and let you copy a response or download the full transcript. For how OphyAI handles your data, read ophyai.com/privacy-policy. During a live interview in the browser, OphyAI shows suggestions in Whisper Mode, a private picture-in-picture overlay, and what others can see depends on what you share or record and on your browser, device, and meeting setup. The OphyAI desktop app for Mac and Windows asks the operating system to exclude its answer window from screen sharing and recording, so Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams do not show it even on a full-screen share. Neither hides anything from a camera pointed at your screen, someone in the room, or proctoring software that inspects running apps. Test your exact setup and follow the interviewer's rules.
Google did not publish a language list or device requirements on any Interview Warmup page we could check on September 29, 2026; its launch post pointed to a web address at grow.google. OphyAI runs in the browser with no install required, as a desktop app for Mac and Windows, and as iPhone and Android apps for practice interviews, and Interview Copilot supports 35 languages on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.
Google's pages describe Interview Warmup as a practice tool and do not mention help during a live interview. OphyAI Interview Copilot works during live interviews on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet, with a live transcript of the interviewer's questions and streamed answer suggestions based on your resume and the job description. Suggestions can be wrong, so answer only with true details from your own experience.
It is a good fit if you want mock interviews that give feedback on each answer, voice or text practice in behavioral, technical, system design, and case formats, and help during the real interview on Zoom, Teams, or Meet. It is not a like-for-like free replacement: OphyAI's free use is one 15-minute practice session plus a first 15-minute Copilot session for eligible new users, and ongoing use needs Pro at $29 a month. Where offered, a one-time $9.99 Interview Pass covers a single Copilot session without a subscription. If you would rather stay with Google, its interview tips article now points to Gemini Live in the Gemini app.
Your free OphyAI account covers one Interview Practice session of up to 15 minutes with feedback on each answer, and eligible new users also get a first 15-minute Interview Copilot session. No card needed.
