Live Practice Guide

How to Run a Mock Interview With Friends or Mentors

A live mock interview with real people is the closest thing to the real room. Set up well, one call can teach you more than a week of reading.

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Why Practise With Real People

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Real Pressure

Being watched by a person makes you nervous in exactly the way the real interview will.

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Unscripted Follow-Ups

People ask "why?" and "what happened next?" in ways you can't predict.

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Industry Insight

A senior in your target role knows what their own interviewers look for.

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A Panel, Not One Person

Two or three interviewers taking turns is how many final rounds work.

Who to Invite

Two or three is enough. A bigger panel means less time for each person's questions.

How Long It Should Be

Brief Your Panel Beforehand

Send each interviewer a short message: the role and company type you're targeting, your résumé, and one or two areas you want them to push on. Ask them to stay in character for the whole call and save feedback for the end. Point them to how to be a good mock interviewer if they haven't done this before.

On the Day

Do It on Sanviora

A P2P Video Interview puts you and up to three interviewers on one live video call. You choose the length (15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes) and the number of interviewers, then share an invite link. Your interviewers join from the link with just their name, no account needed. Everyone agrees to recording before the call starts, a countdown keeps it to time, and when the call ends you get an AI report that scores your answers to the questions they actually asked. Afterwards, see what to do after a mock interview.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many people should be on a mock interview panel?

Two or three works best. One person who has done the job, one who will push you on vague answers, and optionally someone outside your field to test how clearly you explain things.

Do my friends need a Sanviora account to join a P2P interview?

No. Interviewers join from the invite link you share, entering just their name. Only you, the candidate, need an account and a booking.

Is the call recorded?

Every participant accepts a recording-consent screen before the call starts. Only audio is recorded, used to transcribe the call and produce your report, and the audio files are deleted once processing finishes.

Put Your Panel Together

Pick a length, invite up to three interviewers, and get a scored report when the call ends.

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