# InterviewPad — the coding pad that takes the notes for you

Run collaborative coding and system-design interviews: real code execution, a
shared whiteboard, live transcription, and AI-written summaries. Focus on the
candidate, not your notepad.

**Site:** https://interviewpad.ai · **Start free:** https://interviewpad.ai/login ·
**Pricing:** https://interviewpad.ai/pricing.md · **Agent index:** https://interviewpad.ai/llms.txt

## What it is

InterviewPad is a reusable interview pad. You create a pad once, and its link
(`interviewpad.ai/p/<slug>`) is permanent — paste it into every calendar
invite; each interview is a *session* on that pad. Candidates join by link as
a guest or anonymously, with no account.

## What a session gives you

- **A collaborative editor with real execution.** JavaScript, TypeScript and
  Python actually run in the browser, with test cases. Java, C++, Go and Rust
  are syntax-highlighted only — the product never fabricates test results for
  languages it does not execute.
- **A system-design whiteboard** for architecture rounds, with a component
  library and a captured final snapshot.
- **A question bank** with a LeetCode importer, difficulty tags and per-pad
  question queues. Follow-ups and hidden test cases are visible only to the
  interviewer.
- **Recording and transcription** (paid tiers): the interviewer's microphone
  and the video-call audio are captured as separate tracks, transcribed with
  word-level timestamps, and merged into one attributed conversation.
- **AI summaries and scorecards** written by Claude from the transcript, the
  final code, test results and the interviewer's private notes — with an
  explicit pending state; nothing is invented for sessions without data.
- **Integrity signals**: paste and tab-switch detection, disclosed to the
  candidate in the lobby before they join. Practice sessions collect nothing.

## Consent, honestly

The lobby states — before anyone joins — whether the session is recorded and
transcribed, what integrity monitoring is on, and that joining is consent.
Text-only sessions say plainly that no audio is captured.

## Teams and pricing

Teams share pads, questions and summaries read-only; billing is per
organization, metered on sessions and never on seats. Free: 5 sessions/month,
text-only. Pro $49/mo: 25 sessions with recording, transcripts and AI notes.
Team $199/mo: 100 sessions. Extra sessions are $5 each on paid tiers. Full
details: https://interviewpad.ai/pricing.md

## Frequently asked questions

_Answers last checked against the product on 2 September 2026._

### How does InterviewPad work?

You create a pad once and get a permanent link. Paste it into every interview invite; each interview is a session on that pad. The candidate opens the link, enters a name and joins — no account, no install. You share an editor with real code execution or a system-design whiteboard, and on paid plans the session is recorded, transcribed and summarised by AI when it ends.

### Do candidates need an account to join an interview?

No. Candidates join by link as a guest (with a name) or anonymously (under a generated alias like "Amber Otter"). Nothing is installed. Before joining, the lobby states whether the session is recorded and transcribed and whether integrity monitoring is on — joining is the consent, and the link stops working for that session once it ends.

### Which programming languages actually run in InterviewPad?

Three languages execute for real, in the browser: JavaScript, TypeScript and Python, against test cases with pass/fail results. Four more — Java, C++, Go and Rust — are syntax-highlighted only and labelled as such next to the language picker. InterviewPad never fabricates test results for a language it does not run.

### How much does InterviewPad cost?

As of 2026: Free is $0 with 5 sessions a month on text-only pads. Pro is $49 a month (or $470 a year) with 25 sessions, recording, transcripts and AI summaries. Team is $199 a month (or $1,910 a year) with 100 sessions plus a shared question library and an ATS webhook. Extra sessions on paid plans are $5 each. Every plan has unlimited users.

### What counts as a session?

A session counts against your monthly allowance only when both are true: someone besides you joined it, and it ran longer than 5 minutes. A misclick or an abandoned setup is never billed. Sessions over 2 hours count one unit per 2 hours, so a 2h15m interview counts as 2. If transcription fails permanently, the unit is refunded.

### How does recording and transcription work?

InterviewPad sits beside your video call rather than replacing it. On paid plans it records two tracks — your microphone and the call's audio — so both sides of the conversation are captured, then transcribes them with word-level timestamps into one attributed transcript. The audio is kept for 365 days on paid plans; the transcript and summary are kept beyond that.

### Is the AI summary trustworthy?

It is written from the actual evidence — the transcript, the final code, real test results and your private notes — and it is honest about gaps. A session with no transcript shows a pending state, never a placeholder summary; a transcript that covers part of the session is labelled partial; and the summariser is told when only one side of the conversation was captured.

## Contact

support@interviewpad.ai · https://interviewpad.ai/contact