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Step-by-step guides for Interview Champion — building a CV, writing STAR stories, and running scored mock interviews.
Overview
Getting started
Learn how to use Interview Champion — upload a CV, build STAR stories, track applications, and run AI-scored mock interviews. About 20 minutes to get started.
Key concepts and terms
Quick glossary of Interview Champion terminology — STAR, career block, Application, fit analysis, scoring dimensions, modes, and personas.
Account
Accounts and plans
Sign up for Interview Champion, choose between Free, Pro, and Intensive plans, manage your subscription, and update your account details.
Clarity Coach tips
Clarity Coach shows first-visit tips on each page in Interview Champion. Dismiss them per-page or turn them off entirely in Settings.
Settings
Account, preferences, and subscription settings in Interview Champion — change profile, TTS voice, Clarity Coach tips, and manage billing.
Troubleshooting
Common problems in Interview Champion and fixes — failed CV uploads, microphone issues, TTS not playing, flat scoring, and free-tier limits.
Admin
Applications
Track a job application
Track each job opportunity in Interview Champion — attach a CV, paste the job description, and get a CV grade plus a structured fit analysis.
Reading the fit analysis
A structured comparison of a job description against your CV and STAR library — readiness score, matched competencies, gaps, and three recommendations.
Match STARs to a job
Map your STAR library to a specific job description. Get likely interview questions, the best STAR for each, and your coverage gaps.
CV
Build a CV with AI
Build a CV from scratch with AI assistance — seven guided steps to fill in personal details, work experience, education, skills, and a tailored summary.
Build and export a CV
Assemble and export a tailored CV in Interview Champion. Drag and drop career blocks, edit inline, see a live preview, and export to DOCX (Pro).
Career blocks library
Career blocks are reusable CV chunks extracted from every CV you've uploaded. Mix and match across tailored variants without losing old wins.
Upload your CV
Upload a PDF or DOCX CV to Interview Champion. The app extracts your work history, skills, and achievements into reusable career blocks.
Feedback
Practice
Custom questions
Add specific interview questions you know are coming up, link them to STAR stories, and have them appear in every mock session for that job.
Documents
Upload background materials — JDs, company info, articles — and the app uses them as context during practice and for question generation.
Reviewing session results
Review a mock interview session — overall score, five dimension scores, per-question feedback, audio replay, and PDF export (Pro).
How answer scoring works
How Interview Champion scores answers — five dimensions (Clarity, Relevance, Depth, Role Fit, Impact), each scored 1-10 with calibration anchors.
During a mock interview
One question at a time. Type or speak your answer. Get hints and a model answer in Practice mode, or face a timer in Live mode.
Set up a mock interview
Configure a mock interview in Interview Champion — pick mode, voice, the application or job description, and optional advanced overrides.
Presentation Coach (beta)
Presentation Coach (admin beta) grades your delivery of a slide deck on five dimensions — clarity, coverage, pace, structure, and impact.
Voices and TTS
Practice with text-to-speech questions and voice answers in Interview Champion. Two voices available — George and Alice — both Pro features.
Stories
Add a STAR story
Add a STAR story via a five-step form — title, Situation, Task, Action, Result, then category and tags. The app grades the result.
Stories library
Browse, filter, edit, and grade your STAR library. Sort by score and rework the weakest stories first using the specific feedback.
What is a STAR story?
STAR is the four-part framework for behavioural interview answers — Situation, Task, Action, Result. Build a library of 8-12 specific, quantified stories.
Voice-to-STAR
Record yourself talking through a story; the app transcribes it and structures the result into STAR format. Choose the level of polish.