Inspiration
Every AI interview assistant we tried charged monthly for the same promise. Cluely wants $149.99 a month just to stay hidden from screen share, Interview Coder is $299 a month, Parakeet is $149.90 a month or $78 a week. Job seekers need help for a few weeks, not a subscription. So we built ClapAssist the other way round: pay once, nothing renews.
What it does
ClapAssist is a Mac and Windows desktop app for live interviews on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Slack. It listens to both sides of the call; press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter and it shows one line to say first, then the points, written from your own resume, in under a second.
- Modes for HR/behavioral, Coding & DSA (reads the problem on your screen), System design, Technical and SQL
- Hidden from screen share and recordings on every plan; never joins the call as a bot
- No analytics tracker inside the app, call audio and screen never stored, speech-to-text can run on the laptop
- Goes quiet once you have answered, then writes a recap: what you were asked, how you answered, what to fix
How we built it
A desktop app with an overlay window excluded from screen capture on macOS and Windows, no Dock icon and shortcuts that never steal focus. Speech-to-text can run on-device, and answers are grounded in the user's own resume.
Challenges we ran into
Keeping the overlay out of every screen-share and recording path, keeping latency under a second, and stopping the assistant from repeating itself after the user has already answered.
What's next
More languages (it already transcribes English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and more) and a better post-interview recap.
Pricing
Pay once, nothing renews: Practice 120 minutes from $14.99, Sprint 14 days, Job Hunt 30 days. 7-day money-back guarantee.
Honest limits
Not a bypass for locked-down coding platforms like HackerRank or CoderPad, and it cannot hide your eyes or a camera pointed at your screen.
