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Vera
Interview Prep

Your projects are the experience. Learn to talk about them.

Practice turning coursework, internships, and side projects into interview answers.

New grads undersell real work because it came from a class or a hobby.

What Vera actually is

A phone call with someone who is not there. You say the thing out loud, they answer the way a real person would, and you get to do it again — as many times as it takes, with nobody listening.

1She calls youA real phone call, about ten seconds after you tap. Lock screen, headphones, car — wherever you take calls.
2She plays the other personNot a coach reading tips. New Grad Interview Prep, with someone on the other end who answers back.
3She pushes when you are vagueFollow-up questions, interruptions when you ramble, and a straight read at the end on what landed.
Practice New Grad Rounds

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Practice New Grad Rounds

15 minutes free · no card needed

“What if I am bad at it?”Everyone is, on the first one. That is the entire reason it happens here and not there.
“What if I do not know what to say?”She asks first and follows up on whatever you answer. You never start from a blank page.
“What if it is awkward?”It is, for about twenty seconds. Then it is a conversation, and nobody heard the twenty seconds.

Not practising doesn’t save you anything.

The ticket, the evening, the weeks of applying — all of it is spent before anyone says a word. The practice is the only cheap part, and the only part that changes how the rest goes.

Practice New Grad Rounds

15 minutes free · no card needed

What she'll actually ask

She asks these the way a real person would, then follows up on whatever you say.

  1. Tell me about a project you are proud of.
  2. What was your specific contribution on that team project?
  3. Tell me about a time something you built did not work.
  4. Why this company for your first role?
  5. What do you want to learn in your first year?
More about this one

New grad interviews draw on coursework, internships, and side projects, and the common failure is dismissing that work — "it was just a class project" — before the interviewer can evaluate it. The other failure is describing what the project was without describing what you decided. Vera runs new grad rounds by phone, pressing for your specific contribution and cutting the self-deprecating framing.

What she listens for

Self-deprecation"Just a school project" tells the interviewer to discount it before they hear it.
Individual contributionGroup coursework needs a clear account of what you personally did.
Learning orientationNew grad rounds weight curiosity heavily, and it has to sound genuine.
  • new grad role
  • internship experience
  • capstone project
  • side project
  • university recruiting
  • entry level
  • technical screen
  • campus interview
“I said 'it was only a class project' three times in one call. Vera flagged it every time until I stopped.”
Tobi A., Final-Year CS Student

Related practice

Software Engineer Interview PrepBehavioral rounds, project deep dives, and the "tell me about a technical decision" question — rehearsed until they sound natural.Thinking Out Loud in Coding InterviewsPractice narrating your approach, asking clarifying questions, and recovering from a wrong start.Career Change Interview PrepPractice the transferable-skills story and the "why the switch" question you will get every time.Interview Anxiety PracticeRepeated low-stakes exposure so the nerves peak on a practice call instead.

Common questions

What if I have no internship experience?

Coursework and side projects are legitimate material. What matters is describing decisions, not the setting they happened in.

How do I answer "tell me about yourself" with no career yet?

Anchor on what you have built and what you are drawn to. Vera helps you get it under two minutes.

Are new grad interviews easier?

Different, not easier. Less depth expected, more weight on communication and learning ability.

What if I am bad at it?

Everyone is, on the first one. That is the entire reason it happens here and not there.

What if I do not know what to say?

She asks the first question and follows up on whatever you answer. You never start from a blank page.

What if it is awkward?

It is, for about twenty seconds. Then it is a conversation, and nobody heard the twenty seconds.

Ready to try it?

Your first 15 minutes are free. No card required.

Practice New Grad Rounds