Free interview tools for non-native English speakers

Free tools for people preparing for a job interview in English as a second language. Each one does one job — check a CV, decode a job advert, find the grammar habits of your first language — and none needs a card.

Who it is for

Everyone preparing for a job interview in English as a second language, at any level. If your English is at an early level, start with the CEFR self-check; if your interview is soon, start with the job description decoder and then practise out loud.

What it checks

Your CV and the job advert, before you apply.
Your English: a CEFR level estimate, the grammar habits of your first language, and the sounds that may cost you clarity.
Your preparation: a day-by-day plan to your interview date, and a quick check of how your English holds up under pressure.

How to use it

If you have an advert, start with the job description decoder to see the likely questions.
Check your CV against the same advert.
Then practise a real answer out loud in the free readiness check.

What it cannot do

Each tool gives feedback to help you prepare. None can tell you what a particular employer will decide.
The tools are separate: what you enter in one is not shared with the others.

Common questions

Are these tools really free?

Yes. Every tool on this page is free to use and needs no card.

Which tool should I use first?

If you have a job advert, the job description decoder. If you do not yet, the CEFR self-check or the fluency score.

The free tools

Fluency Score
Accent Detector — Record a short answer and see which sounds are most likely to make an interviewer ask you to repeat yourself.
Interview Prep Calendar — Tell it your interview date and it builds a day-by-day plan back from it.
CV Grader — Paste your CV and see what a recruiter is likely to notice first, what is missing, and which lines read as vague.
CEFR Self-Check — A short self-assessment against the CEFR levels that estimates where your English is, from A1 to C1, so you can describe it with a reference employers already understand instead of guessing..
Job Description Decoder — Paste a job advert and see what it is actually asking for, which requirements are firm and which are hopeful, and the words worth reusing in your answers..
Grammar Detector — Paste an answer and see the grammar habits carried over from your first language — the ones that rarely stop an interviewer understanding you, but do make an answer sound less certain than the person giving it..
Explain Your Overseas Experience — Turn a job you did in another country into local job titles, CV points and a short answer to 'Do you have local experience?'.

Free interview guides

STAR method examples — The STAR method in plain English, with example answers written at three English levels (B1, B2, C1).
Interview English phrases — Phrases for each moment of an interview — starting, pausing, asking to repeat, structuring, recovering and ending — from simple to advanced.
Questions to ask in an interview — What to ask the interviewer at each stage, what each answer tells you, and which question to keep for later.
Comparisons with other tools — Sourced, dated comparisons of EnglishJobReady with other interview and English practice tools. No competitor prices; no claims we cannot check.

Practise in your own language

Daily practice

Interview question of the day — one real interview question each day, for any job and country, with a simple answer shape. No account needed.

Data report

Common English interview mistakes — which area is weakest most often in completed practice interviews (published only with enough data).

Check your interview readiness for free

All free tools · Example answers · Prepare by language and country · Practice by background and role