Practise interview answers out loud on iPhone

Last updated 28 October 2026

RankedSpeak is an iPhone app for practising job interview answers out loud. You answer a real interview question, and a few seconds later you read a written report. For behavioural questions, the report checks your answer against the STAR structure (Situation, Task, Action, Result), grades each part, and marks any fact you left out as a blank for you to fill in.

Reading about the STAR method is easy. Saying a clear STAR answer under a little pressure is a different skill, and the only way to build it is to speak, hear what came out, and say it again. That is what the app is for.

How it works

1
Pick an interview question
Interview prep has 60 questions. 48 are behavioural ("Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate"). 12 are the classics, such as "Tell me about yourself" and "Why should we hire you?". One tap gives you a question you have not answered yet.
2
Think, then answer out loud
You get a countdown to think and somewhere to jot notes. Then you speak: 90 seconds for a behavioural question, 60 for a classic one. The app records audio only, never video.
3
Read your report
Every answer is scored out of 10 on clarity, flow, structure, substance and delivery. Your pace, pauses and filler words are measured from a word by word transcript, not guessed. Behavioural answers also get the STAR check below.
4
Say it again with one fix
The report leads with one change to make, and you can record the same question again straight away. Changing one thing per take is easier than fixing everything at once.

What STAR feedback looks like

Below is an example we wrote to show the format. It is not a real user's answer, and the wording in a real report is written for your own answer. The answer is a typical first attempt: a good setup, then a story that hides behind "we" and stops before the result.

Example, written by RankedSpeak

Question

Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate. What did you do?

The answer, as spoken

"So, um, last year I was in a group project for my marketing module, and one of my teammates wanted to change our whole topic two weeks before the deadline. I didn't agree, because we'd already done most of the research. So we had a meeting and we talked it through, and we decided to keep the topic but add some of his ideas. And yeah, it worked out in the end."

Your STAR

4 of 4 parts

SSituation42% of the answerStrong

"last year I was in a group project for my marketing module, and one of my teammates wanted to change our whole topic two weeks before the deadline"

Specific: the module, the change and "two weeks before the deadline" set the stakes.

TTask16% of the answerWeak

"I didn't agree, because we'd already done most of the research"

Says you disagreed, but not what you needed to achieve.

StrongerMy goal was to [what you needed: hand in on time, keep the team together] without throwing away the research.

AAction33% of the answerWeak

"we had a meeting and we talked it through, and we decided to keep the topic but add some of his ideas"

Told as "we". An interviewer cannot tell what you did.

StrongerI asked him to walk me through why he wanted the change, then I [what you proposed]. I suggested we keep the topic and use [which of his ideas].

RResult9% of the answerWeak

"it worked out in the end"

"It worked out" is not an outcome. What happened to the project?

StrongerWe handed it in [on time or not], and the project got [grade or feedback]. I learned [one lesson about disagreeing well].

Your action was told mostly as "we". Say what you did.

How an interviewer hears it

This question tests: how you handle disagreement. Your answer did not prove it yet.

You come across as reasonable, but the story hides what you did behind "we". An interviewer is left unsure whether you led the conversation or went along with it.

Be ready for

What exactly did you say to your teammate?
How did the project turn out?
What would you have done if he had refused?

Your answer, rebuilt

Last year I was in a group project for my marketing module. Two weeks before the deadline, one of my teammates wanted to change our whole topic. I disagreed, because we had already done most of the research, and my goal was to [what you needed to protect]. I asked him to talk it through and [what you said or proposed]. I suggested we keep the topic and fold in [which of his ideas], and then I [what you personally did next]. We handed it in [on time or not], and the project got [grade or feedback]. What I learned was [one lesson about handling disagreement].

Next time:tell the action as "I", and finish on what happened to the project.

Notice what the rebuilt answer does not do. It never claims the project got a good grade or that the teammate agreed, because the speaker never said so. The coach keeps your facts, and anything an interviewer needs that you left out becomes a blank in brackets. Filling those blanks with the real details is the practice.

What is free and what Pro adds

Without Pro, an interview answer's report shows the STAR split: how much of your answer each part took, and a grade for each part (strong, okay, weak or missing). Pro adds everything else in the example above: the notes on each part, each part said stronger, what the question tests, how a hiring manager would hear you, the follow-up questions, your answer rebuilt, and the one thing to do next time. A single report can also be unlocked with a one-time purchase.

Answering the interview questions is part of Pro, like the rest of solo practice. Free accounts get their first speech, one daily prompt a day and one ranked duel, which can be an interview duel: two real players answer the same interview question and the AI judges whose answer would get the job. Prices and the free trial are on the pricing page. To keep costs fair, scoring has a daily limit per account (15 speeches in 24 hours free, 60 with Pro); a speech over the limit is saved, not lost.

Who it is for

Graduates and students

Internship and graduate scheme interviews lean heavily on behavioural questions, and most students have never said a STAR answer out loud before the day.

People changing jobs

You have the stories. The work is choosing one, cutting the setup and ending on a result, which is easier to fix after you hear yourself.

Anyone who freezes on "Tell me about a time"

Short daily reps on questions you have not seen build the habit of finding an example quickly, which is most of the battle.

What it does not do

No AI interviewer talks to you and nothing is live. You record, then read a report.
No video. It does not judge eye contact, posture or what you wear.
No question sets for specific fields such as finance or software engineering. The questions are general behavioural and classic interview questions.
No Android app and no web version. It runs on iPhone.
A score is practice feedback, not a prediction of how your interview will go.

Frequently asked questions

Can I practise interview answers out loud with RankedSpeak?

Yes. RankedSpeak is an iPhone app with an interview prep section of 60 job interview questions. You read the question, get a short countdown to think, and answer out loud. Behavioural questions give you 90 seconds and classic questions such as "Why should we hire you?" give you 60.

What is the STAR check?

For behavioural questions ("Tell me about a time..."), the report splits your answer into Situation, Task, Action and Result. It shows how much of your answer each part took and gives each part a grade: strong, okay, weak or missing. If your action was told mostly as "we", it says so.

Does the coach make up results for my answer?

No. When the coach rewrites a part of your answer, it uses only the facts you said. Anything an interviewer would need that you left out, such as the outcome or a number, appears as a blank in brackets, like [what happened to the deadline], for you to fill in with the real detail.

What does Pro add for interview practice?

Pro adds the full STAR coaching on each behavioural answer: what the question is really testing and whether you proved it, how a hiring manager would hear your answer, each part said stronger, the follow-up questions to expect, your answer rebuilt as a strong STAR answer, and one thing to do differently next time. Without Pro you see the STAR split and the grade for each part. A single report can also be unlocked with a one-time purchase.

Is interview practice free?

Answering the interview questions is part of RankedSpeak Pro, like other solo practice. Free accounts get their first speech, one daily prompt a day and one ranked duel, which can be an interview duel. Current prices and the free trial are on the pricing page.

Does an AI interviewer talk to me?

No. Nothing in RankedSpeak speaks to you and there is no live roleplay. You record your answer, then read a written report a few seconds later. The follow-up questions an interviewer might ask are listed in the report so you can practise them next.

Can I practise a question I expect to be asked?

Yes, with custom prompts in Pro. Type the question you are worried about and answer it. If it is a behavioural question ("Tell me about a time...", "Describe a situation where..."), it gets the STAR check too.

Is RankedSpeak on Android or the web?

No. RankedSpeak is an iPhone app on the App Store. There is no Android app and no web version.

Say your next answer out loud

Pick a question, answer it in 90 seconds, and see which part of your STAR needs work.

iPhone app. No Android or web version. What is free and what Pro costs