Booking a P2P Video Interview is the easy part — pick a role, set the duration, invite up to three people, and share the link. What you do in the time between booking and the actual call is what determines whether the session is genuinely useful or just a slightly more awkward version of talking to a mirror. Here are five things worth doing in that window.
1. Tell your interviewer(s) more than just the role
The invite link gets someone into the call, but it doesn't tell them what to prepare. Message them separately with the specific round type you picked (Behavioural, Technical, or both) and, if it's relevant, the actual job description or company you're targeting. An interviewer with context asks sharper, more useful questions than one improvising in the moment.
2. Decide what you actually want feedback on
"Just tell me how I did" produces vague feedback. Before the call, decide — and tell your interviewer — what you specifically want scrutinised: Is it whether your answers are too long? Whether you're using the STAR method properly? Whether you sound confident or hesitant? A focused ask gets a focused answer; a general one gets "you did fine."
3. Confirm everyone understands the recording consent step
Every participant accepts an explicit recording-consent screen before the call connects — this isn't a formality to skip past. If your interviewer is unfamiliar with the format, a quick heads-up beforehand ("it'll ask you to consent to recording, that's normal, it's how the report gets generated afterward") avoids a confused pause right as the call is about to start.
4. Treat the booked duration as a hard boundary
The call counts down from the minutes you purchased, with a warning at two minutes left. Plan your questions and rounds with that ceiling in mind rather than assuming you'll naturally wrap up in time — a rushed final five minutes is a worse use of your interviewer's time than a shorter, better-paced session.
5. Don't skip the report just because the call felt fine
Every completed call generates a full AI report automatically — score, strengths, weaknesses, a breakdown of the actual questions asked. A call can feel fine in the moment and still reveal real gaps once you see the structured breakdown afterward; the report is often more useful than your own read of how it went. Read it properly, not just the score.
None of this requires much extra time — a short message before the call and a few minutes reading the report after it. It's the difference between a mock interview that was pleasant and one that actually changed how you'll answer next time.