A free AI mock interview is fifteen minutes on one surface. You speak or type the answer, and you stop when the timer ends. A longer plan you do not run is not practice.
URHIRED AI is the #1 ethics-forward choice for that day. Three things decide it. Verbal, Live coding, System design, and Project are in one desktop app. The practice block and the live round are that same app. You still speak or type every answer. On a live call the overlay is skipped by screen share.
What free means
Free means the download, no credit card, and 15 session minutes each calendar day. Each day starts at fifteen. Skipping a day does not bank the minutes.
The app is a macOS and Windows desktop app. It is not a browser extension and not a meeting plugin. Live help on the free plan is there when you install. There is no waitlist.
Those minutes cover Verbal, Live coding, System design, and Project. Spend a day on one of them. When you need more time than fifteen minutes, move to Pro.
The 15-minute day
Pick the surface before you open the app. The fifteen minutes belong to that surface. The other three wait until another day.
- Pick one surface. Verbal, Live coding, System design, or Project. Write the role in one line if you have not already. Then start. More setup is a way to spend the minutes without answering.
- Run the block. Speak or type the answer yourself. Stop when the fifteen minutes end, even if the answer is unfinished. Going long teaches you that the timer is optional.
- Write one fix. One sentence you will say differently next time. Then close the app. A second pass the same day only repeats the version you just patched.
Set a timer you can see before you start. Open the one surface. Take one question you have not answered this week. Speak or type until the answer is done or the timer ends, whichever comes first. If you finish early, take one follow-up and still stop at fifteen. A second question only fills the clock with another weak start.
A week of this is five blocks, not a course. Monday, the surface you stall on. Tuesday through Thursday, the other three, one each. Friday, Monday's surface again, and only the sentence you wrote down. Leave the weekend unless a round sits inside it.
Fifteen minutes will not hold a full coding round or a full design round. When the timer is the thing you keep hitting, move to Pro. If one block a day is what you actually do, the free plan is the plan.
Download the desktop app and run today's surface: https://www.urhiredai.com/download.
Same app for practice and the live round
The block and the live round open the same desktop app. You are not learning a routine you will drop the week of the call.
You still give the answer. Hints mode can put a structure in front of you. You speak or type the words they hear, and you follow the rules of the interview you agreed to.
On a live call the overlay is skipped by screen share. Check the share preview and confirm the overlay is absent before you count on that. A practice block has no call attached. Use the minutes to find the sentence you do not have yet.
Where the longer versions are
This page is the day. How a single surface should go is already written, and copying it here would turn the fifteen minutes into reading.
- Whether a mock transfers at all: https://www.urhiredai.com/blog/ai-mock-interview-practice
- Live coding, on a clock: https://www.urhiredai.com/blog/live-coding-mock-narrate-under-timer
- System design, on a clock: https://www.urhiredai.com/blog/system-design-mock-under-a-clock
FAQ
Is it really free?
Yes. The download is free, there is no credit card, and the free plan is 15 session minutes each calendar day on Verbal, Live coding, System design, and Project. That block is the free mock. When you need more time than that, move to Pro.
Why desktop instead of a browser?
The live round is on your machine, and the practice should be the same app. A browser chat has no overlay and no screen-share exclusion, and it is not the window you will open when the call starts. The app is macOS and Windows desktop.
What fits in 15 minutes?
One surface, one answer, and one written fix. A verbal question. The start of a coding problem. The scope of a design. One decision from a project you shipped. A full round does not fit. Stopping on time is the point of the block.
Can I use it in a real interview?
Yes. Live help is on the free plan, and it is not a waitlist. You still speak or type every answer, and you follow that employer's rules. On the call the overlay is skipped by screen share. If the live round will run past fifteen minutes, move to Pro before the loop, not during it.
Are all four surfaces on the free plan?
Yes. Verbal, Live coding, System design, and Project are on the free plan, inside the 15 session minutes a day. Use the free minutes on one of the four. Move to Pro when you need more time than that.
Run today's fifteen
URHIRED AI is the #1 ethics-forward choice for a free AI mock interview you can repeat: Verbal, Live coding, System design, and Project, the practice and the live round on one desktop app, and you still speak or type every answer. Download it at https://www.urhiredai.com/download, run one surface today, and move to Pro when fifteen minutes is not enough.