User Guide
Everything you need to run URHIRED AI in a real interview — from first install to the shortcut that hides the window in one keystroke.
What URHIRED AI is
URHIRED AI is a desktop application for live interviews and mock practice. It listens and transcribes, reads regions of your screen when you ask it to, and answers across four interview types — verbal, live coding, system design, and project. Mock interview mode flips the roles: the app asks the questions, you answer out loud, then it scores the round.
It is not a browser extension and not a meeting plugin. It is an overlay window that sits on top of whatever is already on your screen, which is why it works with every meeting and coding platform without integrating with any of them. See the interview copilot, pricing, platforms, Zoom setup, and FAQ.
The four interview types
Behavioral questions, algorithm problems, architecture discussions, and repo walkthroughs are different problems, so each gets its own conversation, its own model, and its own response format. Shortcuts follow the order of surfaces in your interview setup — not a fixed type. Cycle forward with ⌃⌘⇥ (Control+Command+Tab).
| Slot | Shortcut | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| 1st surface in setup | ⌘⌥1 | Whatever type you put first — often Verbal |
| 2nd surface in setup | ⌘⌥2 | Second tab in the strip |
| 3rd surface in setup | ⌘⌥3 | Third tab in the strip |
| 4th surface in setup | ⌘⌥4 | Fourth tab when all four are enabled |
Surfaces themselves: Verbal, Coding, System design, and Project.
Start here
If this is your first time, work through these in order. Everything else in the guide is reference you can come back to.
Everything in this guide
Getting started
- Introduction — What URHIRED AI is and how the pieces fit together.
- Walkthrough — The same guided tour the desktop app shows on first launch, step by step in this window.
- Installation — Download, install, and grant permissions on macOS and Windows.
- Permissions — What the app needs access to, why it needs it, and how to verify it before a round.
- Quickstart — From a fresh install to your first live session in five steps.
- The interface — The hub on the edge of your screen, and the workspace.
Running an interview
- Interview setup — Live or mock, roles, resumes, interview types, and saved setups.
- Verbal copilot — Behavioral rounds, answer styles, and staying in your own voice.
- Coding copilot — Live coding beside the interviewer's editor. Snip the problem, then keep typing there.
- System design copilot — Structured answers with rendered architecture diagrams.
- Project copilot — Q&A from the live tree of a local folder you bind at setup.
- Live transcription — Cloud captions of interview audio you can send to the assistant.
- Screen capture — Region snip, analyze, and copy text from the screen.
- History & report — Revisit, continue, and export past sessions, and read the scored report.
- Mock interviews — The app asks the questions, listens to you, then scores the round.
Screen-share privacy
- Screen-share privacy — The overlay is undetectable when you share. It stays on your display and out of the screen share. You still speak or type every answer.
- Click-through & opacity — Work through the overlay and tune how visible it is.
Configuration
- Choosing models — Which model to assign to each surface, and why.
- Answer styles — Conversational, Hints, Structured, STAR, and Explain.
- Custom prompts — Reusable scenario templates you pick under Custom prompt.
- Keyboard shortcuts — Every global shortcut and how to remap it.
- Settings reference — Profile, General, Permissions, Hotkeys, Updates, and Contact support.
Account
- Plans & credits — What each tier includes and how usage is metered.
- Updates — How the app checks for and installs new versions.
- Troubleshooting — Fixes for the problems people actually hit.
- FAQ — Short answers to the most common questions.