Is CoPilot Interview free? Yes: the Free plan costs $0 forever, needs no credit card and no signup, and gives you 15 free minutes every day in sessions of up to 15 minutes, with the free AI models, all four modes including Mock Interview, and the Resume Builder. You pay only for longer sessions, more minutes a day or stronger AI models, and every plan and price is listed on the CoPilot Interview pricing page.
Disclosure: we make CoPilot Interview. Everything below comes from our own published plan details, current as of October 2026, and the free plan is real practice time you can keep using. It is not a trial and it doesn't expire.
Is CoPilot Interview free? The short answer
Yes, permanently. The free plan is the same desktop app for Windows 10+ and macOS 12+ that paid users run, with a daily time limit and the free AI models. Download it, unzip it and run it; there is no account to create before you start. If you don't want to install anything, the browser AI mock interview is also free, with 113 real questions across 9 tracks.
What the free plan doesn't give you is length. A session stops at 15 minutes, and you get 15 minutes a day in total. That suits daily practice in short bursts. It doesn't suit a full 60-minute session, which is what the paid plans are for.
What the free plan includes
| Feature | Free plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 forever | No credit card, no signup |
| Daily time | 15 minutes every day | Sessions up to 15 minutes |
| Mock Interview | Included | Built from your résumé and job description; each spoken answer scored out of 10 with what to fix and a model answer, then a report card |
| Candidate Mode | Included | Live captions, then a structured answer in about 2 seconds |
| Interviewer Mode | Included | For hiring managers who run interviews |
| Resume Builder | Included | Tailored résumé from a job URL and your résumé, plus a referral-message generator |
| AI models | Fast free models | ChatGPT and Gemini models need Pro; Claude needs Pro+ |
| Browser mock interview | Free, nothing to install | 113 questions across 9 tracks |
Candidate Mode gives live help on a real call. Follow the rules of the employer or assessment you're in — many people use it only to practice, which works on the free plan. For a daily routine that fits inside 15 minutes, see our free daily practice plan.
What needs a paid plan
Three things push people to upgrade: session length, daily minutes and model choice. Here is every plan as of October 2026, in US dollars.
| Plan | Price | Session length | Daily use | AI models |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 forever | Up to 15 minutes | 15 minutes a day | Fast free models |
| Standard | $14.99/mo (sale; regular $19.99) | 60 minutes | Up to 100 minutes a day, no gap between sessions | Fast free models |
| Pro | $29.99/mo | 70 minutes | Unlimited sessions, no gap | ChatGPT and Gemini models |
| Pro+ | $49.99/mo | 70 minutes | No gap between sessions | ChatGPT and Gemini models plus Claude |
| Pro Annual | $199.99/year | 70 minutes | Pro, billed once a year | ChatGPT and Gemini models |
In short: Standard is the upgrade for length (15 minutes becomes 60), Pro removes the daily cap and adds ChatGPT and Gemini models, and Pro+ adds Claude on top. If you're unsure whether you need any of it, our comparison of free vs paid AI interview assistants walks through the trade-offs.
Hour packs: pay once instead of subscribing
If you only have a few interviews coming up, you don't have to subscribe. CoPilot Interview sells pay-as-you-go hour packs as one-time payments that never expire.
| Pack | Price | Cost per hour (our arithmetic) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $5.99 | $5.99 |
| 5 hours | $19.99 | About $4.00 |
| 15 hours | $34.99 | About $2.33 |
Because packs never expire, there's nothing to cancel and no renewal to remember.
What a month of prep costs: three examples
These are our own worked examples, using the prices above. Your schedule will differ, so plug in your own numbers.
- Daily short practice: a 15-minute Mock Interview round each day, answering out loud and reading the feedback. Cost: $0 on the free plan.
- A few longer sessions: about 3 hours of use in a month. A 5-hour pack is $19.99 and the 2 unused hours never expire, or Standard is $14.99 for the month at the sale price, with 60-minute sessions.
- A heavy month of back-to-back rounds: several long sessions a week. Pro at $29.99/mo removes the daily cap. If your search will run most of a year, compare twelve months of Pro ($359.88 at $29.99) with Pro Annual at $199.99.
Is the free plan a trial?
No. The free plan is $0 forever, not a trial that converts into a charge. You never enter a card to use it, so nothing can renew by surprise. Before you sign up for any tool, check whether its free option asks for a card; our guide to free-trial traps in AI interview tools shows what to look for. If you do subscribe later, you can cancel anytime from the account page.
Paid subscriptions come with a 14-day money-back guarantee on the first payment of a new subscription, if under 30 minutes of live session time was used. The full conditions are on the refund policy page.
Limits of the free plan to know about
- It's a desktop install. Apart from the browser mock interview, you download, unzip and run the app on Windows or macOS.
- 15-minute sessions. Long system design or coding sessions will hit the cap.
- Free models only. ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude models need Pro or Pro+.
- No iPhone app yet. The phone companion is a beta for Android 10+ that isn't on Google Play yet; an iPhone version is coming soon.
For a wider look at free options from other companies too, see our list of the best free AI interview tools, and for who makes the app and how billing works, read is CoPilot Interview legit.
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Is CoPilot Interview really free?
Yes. The Free plan is $0 forever with no credit card and no signup. It includes 15 free minutes every day in sessions of up to 15 minutes, the free AI models, all four modes including Mock Interview, and the Resume Builder.
Is the CoPilot Interview free plan a trial?
No. It does not expire and never asks for a card, so it cannot turn into a charge. It is real daily practice time you can keep using.
What do I get if I pay for CoPilot Interview?
Longer sessions and stronger models. Standard ($14.99/mo on sale, regular $19.99) gives 60-minute sessions and up to 100 minutes a day with no gap between sessions. Pro ($29.99/mo) gives 70-minute sessions, unlimited sessions and ChatGPT and Gemini models. Pro+ ($49.99/mo) adds Claude.
Does CoPilot Interview have a pay-as-you-go option?
Yes. Hour packs are one-time payments that never expire: 1 hour for $5.99, 5 hours for $19.99 or 15 hours for $34.99.
Is Mock Interview included in the free plan?
Yes. Mock Interview is included on the free plan. It builds the interview from your résumé and the job description, reads each question aloud, and scores each spoken answer out of 10 with what to fix and a model answer, then gives you a report card.
Is there a free version that runs in the browser?
Yes. The browser AI mock interview needs no install and has 113 real questions across 9 tracks, including behavioral, system design and coding.
Can I get a refund if I upgrade and change my mind?
There is a 14-day money-back guarantee on the first payment of a new subscription, as long as under 30 minutes of live session time was used. You can also cancel anytime from the account page.