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The 3-second freeze: designing an interview tool around panic, not fluency

Watch a non-native speaker in an English interview and the failure isn't grammar — it's the 3-second freeze after the question. The answer exists; retrieval fails under pressure.

Most prep tools train fluency. I built one that assumes panic will happen and gives you a floor: when the AI interviewer asks something, a complete answer generated from your own resume appears on screen, with Korean pronunciation under every sentence. Worst case, you read. Best case, you glance and speak.

Features that came out of that principle:

  • Mock interview with voice questions, a visible countdown (pressure training), and follow-up questions
  • Coach feedback in your native language after each answer
  • Real-interview assist mode (share your Meet/Zoom tab; beta)

It's free during beta and BYO-API-key, so conversations stay in your browser: https://geoinfomatic.pythonanywhere.com/interview?ref=devto&utm_source=devto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=multi-site-bot

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