Feature 01 · Company research

A mock interview for the company you are actually applying to

Mentari builds a company-specific mock interview by researching, before each session, how the company you named interviews for the role you named: how many rounds, in what order, what they focus on and how hard they push. That research is combined with your résumé and the job description to plan the round, so a backend interview at a payments company and one at a consumer app are not the same interview.

Why generic practice falls short

Most mock interviews hand you the same questions regardless of where you are applying. But companies differ in what they test, in what order, and in how much they push. Preparing for "a software interview" is preparing for an interview nobody is going to give you.

The second problem is you. A question bank does not know what is on your résumé, so it cannot ask the question a real interviewer would: the one about the vaguest claim you made.

Three inputs, one plan

InputWhat Mentari takes from itEffect on your interview
Your résuméProjects, claims, numbers — and the vague linesQuestions about your own work, starting where the detail is thinnest
The job descriptionResponsibilities, required skills, seniorityThe competencies the round leans on
Research on the companyRounds, order, focus areas, how hard they pushThe shape and difficulty of the round

What Mentari looks up

Once you give a role and a company, Mentari looks up recent candidate reports for that company and role and extracts the pattern: the number of rounds and their order, the areas each round concentrates on, and the difficulty candidates describe. It takes about a minute, and the round is planned from what it finds.

If you paste the job description, the plan is sharpened by it. If you do not have one, Mentari works out what the role involves from the title and the company.

What it does not do

It does not claim to know the exact questions a company will ask you, and it does not hand you a leaked list. It plans a round in the shape and at the level that company is known for — which is what you can actually prepare for.

The other two things that make it different

Last updated · Written by the Mentari team

Questions

Things people actually ask.

01Which companies does it work for?

Any company you can name. Well-known companies have more public information about how they interview, so the research is richer; for a small or new company the round leans more on the job description and your résumé.

02Does it work for Indian companies and campus recruiters?

Yes. It is built in India, for candidates here — IT services firms, banks, consulting firms, product companies and startups that recruit on and off campus.

03Will it tell me the real questions a company asks?

No, and you should distrust any tool that says it will. It plans a round in the pattern that company is known for; the specific questions come from your résumé and the role.

Find out before the interviewer does.

Your first interview is free. No card needed. Upload your résumé, name the role and company, and you are in the room in about a minute.