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Interview practice in English
Interviewing in a second language costs you attention: you are choosing the story and building the sentence at the same time. The fix is not a bigger vocabulary — it is fewer decisions, more repetition, and knowing which of your own habits actually gets in the way.
SayDrill records your answer in English, transcribes it, and counts what a listener hears: filler words, pace, pauses, and whether your story reached a result. We do not comment on your accent or your pronunciation. Three questions free, no account.
Practise in English out loud — 3 questions freeSee the question bank
We do not mark your English
Either you are understood or you are not — and that is a different question from how well you speak English. Accent, pronunciation and grammar are not counted anywhere in the product, and we do not offer language lessons.
What we count is what any interviewer is already hearing: filler words, pace, pauses, structure, and whether a number or a name appeared.
What actually gets in the way
- Filler words as thinking time. “Um” and “like” appear when the next sentence is being assembled — the count shows you where in the answer that happens.
- Pace that swings. Very fast answers lose the listener; very slow ones can read as uncertainty. The report gives your words per minute and every pause over three seconds.
- Long set-ups. When the story is being assembled live, the context grows and the action shrinks. The report shows which STAR beats appeared and which one you skipped.
- Missing numbers. A figure needs a phrase you have already said out loud a few times, and it is one of the easiest things to fix by rehearsal.
Four habits that help
- Prepare the stories in English, out loud. A story you can only tell in your first language is not ready for the interview.
- Reuse one opening sentence. A practised first line buys you ten seconds of thinking while you are still speaking.
- Drill the numbers you will need. Team sizes, percentages, tools, dates — say them out loud until they are automatic.
- Slow down on the result sentence. It is the sentence you most want understood, and the one people rush.
What the report can and cannot tell you
- It can show the filler words, the pace, the pauses, the STAR beats and the numbers — all counted from your spoken answer.
- It cannot teach you grammar or vocabulary, and it does not try.
- Speech recognition makes mistakes with names, product words and unfamiliar accents. Read the transcript once: if a word looks wrong to you, correct it in your head and trust the counts around it.
Where to start
- Free mock interview practice — what a full round looks like.
- Communication questions — the area where counted facts are most visible.
- Interview practice online — a seven-day way to use it.
Practise in English out loud — 3 questions freeSee the question bank
Questions people ask before they start
Do you judge my accent?
No. Accent and pronunciation are not part of anything we count, and we never comment on them.
Will you correct my grammar?
No — this is not a language course. We count what a listener hears: filler words, pace, pauses, structure, and whether a number appeared.
My English is strong but I freeze in interviews. Is this still useful?
Yes. Freezing is usually structural: the story has no rehearsed shape yet. That is exactly what the counted facts and the STAR marks show you.
What if the transcript gets words wrong?
Read it once before trusting a number. Speech recognition is weakest on names and unusual words; the counts around them still hold.
Can I answer in another language and translate later?
The tool expects English, because the interview will be in English. Practising in English is the point — even when it is slower and less comfortable.
Is this free?
The first three questions are free, with no account and no card. Packs of 3, 5 or 12 questions are one-time purchases.