Mocktalk
Building the first job interview preparation tool for technical job seekers, enabling them to simulate and practice coding interviews through a conversational experience.
The Story
My CTO, Nicholas Stoneking, and I founded Mocktalk from our rooms during finals week of our junior year. We realized we had almost no time to prepare for tech job interviews on top of studying for school and working our student jobs. Effective interview preparation required mock interviews with others, along with extensive research on questions, interview structures, and more. That’s when we came up with the idea of using an AI mock interviewer to help us practice independently. Our goal was to create an AI that could conduct research, simulate realistic interview scenarios, ask relevant questions, and provide feedback to help us improve. We poured everything into developing this product to give ourselves a real edge in the job interview process. Along the way, we found success with this product and soon realized we could help other tech job seekers leverage this technology. Since then, we've been dedicated to our mission of helping tech job seekers succeed in their interviews.
Notable Achievements
September 2023 - We launched our first MVP and acquired our first couple of users (11 registered users within the first month).
October 2023 - Accepted into Buildspace's 6-Week Accelerator for the Fall 2023 batch. Presented at their demo day in SF, which resulted in expanding our registered user base by 21.
November 2023 - We launched a dynamic interview format selection feature called Sandbox, allowing users to practice for any job role by pasting a job description. We grew to 55 registered users.
March 2024 - Accepted into SDSU's ZIP Launchpad Startup Incubator for the Spring 2024 batch. Completed a 3-month track focused on customer discovery, which helped us reach 151 registered users and conduct more than 50 user interviews.
September 2024 - We began working on Mocktalk full-time for our newly pivoted idea! :)