SmartHire: AI Interview Platform

Abstract

Interview preparation is a critical aspect of career development, yet many candidates lack access to effective and personalized practice tools. To address this gap, we have developed an AI-powered mock interview platform that simulates real-world interview experiences using advanced natural language processing (NLP) and other technology. The platform conducts automated interviews across various domains, evaluates user responses in real time, and provides detailed, constructive feedback on aspects such as content quality, communication skills, confidence, and body language (if applicable). By offering a scalable, accessible, and unbiased practices environment, our solution empowers users to improve their performance, reduce interview anxiety, and build confidence—ultimately enhancing their chances of success in actual interviews.

Introduction

Overview

In a competitive job market, traditional interview preparation methods (e.g., coaching, peer mock interviews) lack personalization, real-time feedback, and scalability. This research presents a smart, AI-powered mock interview system that offers real-time, interactive, and adaptive interview simulations using modern web technologies and AI.

Key Features & Technologies

• Frontend: Built with ReactJS and Tailwind CSS for a clean, responsive user interface.

• Backend: Developed using JavaScript and TypeScript to manage logic, sessions, and API communication.

• Database: Uses PostgreSQL and SupaBase for secure, real-time data storage.

• AI Integration: Employs Gemini API to:

  • Analyze user responses (text/speech)

  • Provide context-aware feedback

  • Generate dynamic interview questions

• Speech Recognition: Transcribes and evaluates spoken responses for realism.

• Security Features: Includes email verification, tab-switch detection, session monitoring, and a built-in code editor (for technical assessments).

Methodology

1. User registers and selects interview type (HR, technical), job role, and difficulty.

2. AI generates questions tailored to user input.

3. User responds by speaking or typing.

4. Gemini API evaluates responses for clarity, relevance, and completeness.

5. Score and feedback are delivered in real-time.

Literature Review Highlights

• Early systems used rule-based evaluations.

• Advances in NLP, deep learning, and speech recognition enabled smarter, adaptive tools.

• Prior work laid the foundation for dynamic questioning, semantic evaluation, and multimodal input handling.

Implementation Highlights

• The frontend handles dynamic interactions and feedback delivery.

• The backend integrates AI analysis with database operations.

• Speech-to-text, question difficulty scaling, and feedback mechanisms simulate real interviews.

• The interface supports live camera feed, screen recording, and timer, enhancing realism and integrity.

Results & Performance Analysis

• User Interface provides a seamless, immersive mock interview experience.

• Performance Dashboard evaluates:

  • Technical knowledge

  • Clarity and structure

  • Professionalism

  • Coding/problem-solving

• A candidate example scored:

  • 6/10 overall

  • 4/10 in technical questions

  • 10/10 in professionalism

• Feedback suggested good potential for entry-level roles, with a need for deeper technical knowledge.

Conclusion

The developed AI-based mock interview platform offers a smart, scalable solution for interview preparation using the Gemini API, ReactJS, Supa base, and PostgreSQL. It simulates real interviews, evaluates candidate responses in real time, and provides instant, personalized feedback. Key features like speech analysis, dynamic questioning, email verification, and tab-switch detection enhance user engagement and assessment accuracy. Testing showed that users improved with repeated practice, gaining confidence and better performance. Overall, this platform serves as an effective and modern tool for candidates to prepare for real-world interviews efficiently.

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Copyright

Copyright © 2025 Ujwala Patil, Mohit More, Gunjan Warke, Gaurav Patil, Dipak Patil. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.