# Practice privately, apply for real Practice interviews on Intervieux are private sessions a candidate can take as many times as their subscription allows, while the job board and the real screening interview that starts when applying to an actual job are both entirely free and visible to the employer. The two use the same voice technology and the same five-dimension scoring underneath, but they aren't the same thing, and mixing them up leads to a wrong assumption in one direction or the other: that practice is being watched by someone, or that a real application is just another rehearsal. Knowing the line between them is part of using either one well. ## What it is Intervieux offers seven interview types. Six of them, general, job-description-based, technical, comprehensive, resume-based, and salary negotiation, are available for private practice, gated behind a subscription, and nobody outside the candidate sees the results. The seventh, job-board intro screening, only runs when a candidate applies to a real job through Intervieux's board, which is free, and the interview that follows is the actual screening interview that employer configured, feeding directly into their hiring pipeline. ## How it works 1. **Practice privately, if you choose to** — A candidate can rehearse general, technical, resume-based, or any of the other private practice types as many times as their subscription covers, with nobody but them seeing a result. 2. **Browse the job board for free** — No subscription is required to look at open roles or check a personalized job-match score against them. 3. **Apply to start the real interview** — One click on a posting begins the actual screening interview, built from that employer's own configuration, not a rehearsal. 4. **The employer's rules engine reacts automatically** — As soon as the real interview finishes, automated screening rules evaluate the result and can tag, stage, prioritize, flag, or notify inside that employer's pipeline. 5. **The application keeps its own record** — Fit trajectory and application tracking pick up from there, following that specific job application going forward. ## What makes the real interview real It isn't the voice technology or the scoring system, both are the same ones used in practice. What makes job-board intro screening real is what happens after it ends: an employer's own screening rules run automatically against the result, evaluating scores, experience level, and other signals to move that application through their actual pipeline. Nothing comparable happens after a private practice session. ## Six types to rehearse before that moment The six private practice types exist specifically so a candidate isn't walking into a real screening interview cold. Someone can run a resume-based practice session to pressure-test their resume, a salary negotiation session before an offer conversation, or a technical session before a role that will actually ask about their reasoning, all privately, before any of it counts toward an actual application. ## Free where it matters most The part of Intervieux that's free is the part with real stakes: browsing the job board, checking a match score, applying, and taking the real screening interview. The subscription applies to the practice side, the rehearsal a candidate does entirely for themselves before that real moment happens. ## One record, once it's real A private practice session lives in a candidate's own interview history and feeds analytics and achievements, but it doesn't touch an employer's pipeline. The moment an application starts a real screening interview, that specific application picks up its own fit trajectory and tracking, a record that follows the actual job, not a rehearsal of it. ## Why the split works this way Charging for practice and giving away the real interview might look backward at first. But the job board and the real screening interview are what get a candidate hired, and Intervieux keeps that side free specifically because it shouldn't be the thing standing between a candidate and an actual opportunity. The subscription funds the private rehearsal, not the interview that counts. ## Who it's for This distinction matters to every candidate on Intervieux, since it's the line between rehearsing on your own terms and taking the interview that actually determines whether an employer moves an application forward. It matters most to someone about to apply for the first time, who should know that clicking apply starts something an employer will see, not another private practice run. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does an employer ever see my private practice interviews? No. Private practice sessions are visible only to the candidate. An employer only sees the real screening interview that runs when a candidate applies to their specific job. ### Do I need a subscription to apply for jobs? No. The job board, browsing postings, checking match scores, and applying, is free. Intervieux's subscription applies to private practice interviews. ### Is the real screening interview scored differently from practice interviews? No. It uses the same five-dimension scoring and calibration as every Intervieux interview type. What's different is what happens afterward: an employer's screening rules act on the real result automatically. ### Which interview types can I practice privately? General, job-description-based, technical, comprehensive, resume-based, and salary negotiation. The seventh type, job-board intro screening, only runs as the real interview when applying to an actual job. ### Why is the real interview free if practice interviews cost money? The job board and the real screening interview are what actually connect a candidate to a job, so Intervieux keeps that part free. The subscription applies only to private practice, the rehearsal a candidate does before that moment. ## Related pages - [Job board intro screening interviews](/features/intro-screening-interviews) - [AI application insights](/features/application-insights) - [Application fit trajectory](/features/fit-trajectory) - [Browse open roles](/jobs) ## Practice on your own terms, then apply for real Rehearse privately across six interview types, then apply to a real job on Intervieux's free board when you're ready. Start practicing free: https://www.intervieux.ai/register · Hire with Intervieux: https://www.intervieux.ai/employers/signup