free interview practice for Mac and Windows
Walk in ready.
Ensayo asks you real interview questions out loud, listens to your answer, and gives you the one fix that makes it land. Then you take it again.
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en·sa·yo · noun · Spanish and Filipino for rehearsal
The real interview shouldn't be your first take.
Say it out loud until it comes out right.
That's what ensayo means.
Ensayo presents You, in the room .
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A rehearsal for the interview you can’t afford to wing.
Say it, get the note, take it again.
starring You interviewer Ensayo coach Ensayo, again venue Your computer running time Till it lands admission Free ADMIT ONE take 1 of ∞ why i built this
I needed reps. Real ones, out loud, as many as it took. The apps I tried gave me generic questions and a pat on the back. I couldn't tune them to the job I wanted, and most cut me off right when I was warming up. A chatbot could do it, until it ate the tokens I needed for actual work. So I built the practice partner I kept looking for. With Ensayo you rehearse as much as you want, and you decide who's sitting across the table.
I hope it helps you land the role you're after.
- Miguel
Practice makes you better. Faking answers doesn’t.
how it works
Hear yourself the way they will.
Ensayo plays the interviewer and tells you the one thing that would make your answer land. Then you take it again.
01 It plays the interviewer. Questions pulled from the job posting for the round you're in: recruiter screen, hiring manager or panel. Asked out loud. 02 You take the hot seat. Hit Space and answer like you're in the room. 03 You get one fix. The change that matters most, plus a stronger opening line. Try it in the demo. Hiring manager · Drill Tell me about a time you improved a metric that really mattered to the business.
your answer · 0:58 point landed at 0:41 “ And activation went up to about 44 percent, which was a big deal for us.”
coach's note Your result came 41 seconds in. Say it first.
try saying “ I moved seven-day activation from 31 to 44 percent by firing the email when people stalled on bank linking.”
Take it again with the fix What it listens for
The same things your interviewer is quietly scoring.
● Answered the question first point at 0:41 ✓ Said your number 44% ✓ Picked a story that fits Onboarding drop-off ✓ Kept the setup short 3 sentences ● Stopped once the point landed 16 s after ● Said what you decided “we” throughout ● Filler words 4 a minute · Pace and length 148 a minute · 0:58 Where do your answers go?
Nowhere .
It all stays on your computer. Add your own AI key, and only your answer text goes to the provider you pick.
pick your coach
free · private On your computer.
Free, private and works offline. A little slower on older machines.
faster · sharper Your own key.
Plug in Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and more for sharper notes. Usually a few cents a session.
still useful No AI at all.
Still tracks your timing, length and filler words.
stories and history Saved as plain files, in a folder you choose. recordings Never leave this computer. Auto-deleted after 30 days. api keys Locked in your computer’s secure keychain. leaving One button wipes everything. for the job you actually want
From the posting to the handshake.
Drop in the job posting. Ensayo coaches you through every round, all the way to the offer.
ensayo · call sheet production: your next role 01 · the day you apply Paste the posting.
See the questions each round is likely to throw at you.
02 · before the first call Add your stories.
Paste messy notes. It shapes them into stories, and never makes up a number.
03 · recruiter screen Drill the stage.
Recruiter, manager, panel. Each round gets its own questions and its own clock.
04 · hiring manager Take the follow-up.
It pushes back like a real interviewer: “What was your part, specifically?”
05 · between rounds Keep your story straight.
Told one round two weeks’ notice and another a month? It catches that before they do.
06 · the night before Lock it in.
Your opener, your best story and two sharp questions, on one page.
07 · the morning of Walk in ready.
You’ve already said it out loud. Now it’s just another take.
free · mac & windows
Get Ensayo.
Your next interview is coming. Start rehearsing tonight.
Download free Mac (M1 or newer) or Windows 10 and 11. First launch needs one extra click, and the install guide shows how.
faq
Good questions. Rehearsed answers.
Yes. No subscription, no trial, no account, no practice limits.
why i built this
