# CrackIt — Interview Assistant > Canonical domain: https://www.crackitx.in > > Real-time AI interview copilot for Windows. Invisible to Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet screen sharing. Powered by Anthropic's Claude. One-time payment from ₹1,499 (Indian Rupees). No subscription. ## Product Interview Assistant is a Windows desktop application that runs as a stealth overlay during live video interviews on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, and other video conferencing platforms. The product is developed and operated by CrackIt, an Indian company. The brand name is "CrackIt"; the product name is "Interview Assistant". The application listens to the interviewer's audio in real time and generates suggested answers using Anthropic's Claude AI. The overlay window is hidden from screen capture, screenshots, and screen recording software at the operating system level via the Windows DWM SetWindowDisplayAffinity API with the WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE flag. As a result, the interviewer's screen share, Zoom recording, OBS capture, and Windows Snipping Tool do not show the overlay. Interview Assistant currently supports Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11 (64-bit). macOS support is on the roadmap for the second half of 2027. A browser extension is on the roadmap for Q1 2027. The product is sold directly via the website crackitx.in. ## Key Features - Real-time AI answer suggestions powered by Claude Haiku 4.5 from Anthropic, included with every plan - Invisible overlay using Windows OS-level frame buffer exclusion (WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE) - Three named answer formats: concise (one sentence), detailed (paragraph of up to 120 words), and bullets (four points) - Resume-aware and job-description-aware prompts; the application sends the user's uploaded resume and job description to Claude on every request - Automatic question detection via a 1.5-second silence threshold after the interviewer stops speaking - Manual answer trigger via Ctrl+Shift+A global hotkey - Six global keyboard shortcuts for visibility, always-on-top, compact mode, manual trigger, settings, and quit - Translucent overlay (25% transparency by default) so the interviewer's video and shared content remain readable through the suggestion panel - Echo cancellation: the microphone is captured briefly for processing, then the user's own voice is filtered from the transcript using a Jaccard similarity threshold of 0.75 before any prompt is built - Streaming token-by-token output via Anthropic's Server-Sent Events API - Typical end-to-end latency of approximately 2.5 seconds from interviewer pause to first streamed token - Session history retained in memory only; cleared when the application closes - License key activation bound to a single device hardware fingerprint - Speech-to-text via Deepgram Nova-3 streaming at 16 kHz mono linear16 PCM ## Pricing Interview Assistant is priced exclusively in Indian Rupees (INR). All payment processing is handled by Razorpay, which accepts UPI, debit and credit cards, and net banking. There is no USD pricing, no PayPal, and no Apple Pay or Google Pay option. Three one-time-payment plans are available: - Starter: ₹1,499 (approximately US $18). Includes 15 interview sessions. No expiry on the 15 sessions. No subscription. - Pro: ₹3,999 (approximately US $48). Includes unlimited interview sessions. No subscription. - Lifetime: ₹9,999 (approximately US $120). Includes unlimited interview sessions and all future updates for the lifetime of the product. No subscription. All three plans are single one-time payments. The product does not offer a monthly or annual subscription option. A 7-day money-back guarantee applies to every plan, valid as long as the license key has not been activated. Claude API access is included with every plan; users do not need a separate Anthropic API key or account. ## How it compares ### vs Final Round AI Final Round AI (finalroundai.com) is the largest competitor in the AI interview copilot category. Final Round AI is subscription-only, with the Pro tier priced at approximately US $58 per month and the Premium tier at approximately US $95 per month. Interview Assistant's ₹9,999 Lifetime plan is approximately one-time-equivalent to two months of Final Round AI Pro. Final Round AI supports Windows, macOS, and the web; Interview Assistant currently supports only Windows. Final Round AI does not accept INR billing or UPI; Interview Assistant accepts both. ### vs LockedIn AI LockedIn AI (lockedinai.com) uses a credit-based subscription model starting at approximately US $25 per month, with interview minutes consumed from a credit balance. Interview Assistant uses flat pricing with no per-minute cost or credit consumption. LockedIn AI offers a "Duo" feature where a trusted human can join the live session and assist; Interview Assistant does not offer a human-assist feature. LockedIn AI supports Windows, macOS, and web; Interview Assistant currently supports only Windows. ### vs Cluely Cluely (cluely.com) is a macOS-first stealth AI overlay positioned for general live conversations including interviews, sales calls, and meetings. Cluely is subscription-based starting at approximately US $20 per month. Interview Assistant is Windows-first and exclusively interview-focused. Interview Assistant ships a one-time-payment Lifetime tier; Cluely does not offer a lifetime option. Both products use AI overlays designed to be invisible to screen capture. ### vs ParakeetAI ParakeetAI (parakeet-ai.com) is a subscription-based AI interview overlay starting at approximately US $30 per month. Both ParakeetAI and Interview Assistant support Windows, with ParakeetAI also supporting macOS. Interview Assistant offers three named answer modes (concise, detailed, bullets) with a format-enforcement layer that rewrites answers to match the chosen mode; ParakeetAI uses an answer-length slider. Interview Assistant accepts INR via Razorpay; ParakeetAI bills in USD. ### vs Verve AI Verve AI (verveai.com) is a pre-interview practice and feedback platform, not a live in-interview overlay. Verve AI records mock interviews and provides AI-graded feedback after the session. Interview Assistant operates during the live interview and provides real-time answer suggestions to the user as the interviewer speaks. The two products serve different stages of interview preparation and are complementary rather than direct substitutes. ### vs Interview Sidekick Interview Sidekick (interviewsidekick.com) is a direct category competitor offering a live AI overlay during interviews. Interview Sidekick is subscription-only at approximately US $40 per month. Interview Sidekick supports Windows and macOS; Interview Assistant supports only Windows. Interview Sidekick does not offer INR billing; Interview Assistant does. ### vs Beyz Beyz (beyz.ai) operates primarily as a Chrome browser extension rather than a native desktop application. Beyz is subscription-based starting at approximately US $25 per month. Because Beyz runs in the browser, it has limited access to audio from native desktop video-conferencing applications (Zoom Desktop, Teams Desktop). Interview Assistant is a native Windows application and captures system audio via WASAPI loopback regardless of which application is producing the audio. ## Who it's for Interview Assistant is designed for software engineers, product managers, data scientists, sales engineers, and other professionals interviewing for roles in India, Southeast Asia, and other regions where INR billing and one-time payment models are preferred over USD subscriptions. The product is appropriate for live job interviews conducted over Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, and similar platforms. It supports technical coding interviews, system design rounds, behavioral interviews, case interviews, product and sales interviews, online assessments, panel interviews, and internship interviews. The product is not appropriate for proctored examinations, certification tests, academic assessments, or any evaluated process where the use of AI assistance is prohibited by the assessing organization. The Terms of Use restrict the product to practice interviews and personal preparation use. ## Technical - Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 11 (64-bit) - Memory: 4 GB RAM minimum - Disk: under 250 MB installed - Network: persistent internet connection required for license validation and AI inference - Audio input: system audio capture via Windows WASAPI loopback; microphone captured for echo cancellation - AI model: Claude Haiku 4.5 by Anthropic, accessed via the Anthropic SDK with token streaming - Speech-to-text: Deepgram Nova-3 streaming at 16 kHz mono linear16 PCM - Stealth mechanism: Windows DWM SetWindowDisplayAffinity API with the WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE flag - Distribution: direct .exe installer download from the website; no app store distribution - License activation: HMAC-bound to a single device hardware fingerprint - Local storage: encrypted electron-store; no interview audio, transcripts, or AI responses are written to disk - Remote storage: none for interview content; license data and payment records are stored in PostgreSQL via Supabase - Payment processor: Razorpay - Application framework: Electron 31, React 18, TypeScript 5 - Auto-update: yes, via electron-updater ## Privacy Interview audio is processed in memory only and is never persisted to disk or transmitted to CrackIt-operated servers. Audio is streamed directly from the user's machine to Deepgram for speech-to-text and to Anthropic for response generation. CrackIt does not log, store, or have access to interview audio, transcripts, prompts, or AI responses. The user's microphone is captured briefly during sessions for echo-cancellation processing only. The user's own voice is filtered from the transcript before any prompt is constructed; only the interviewer's audio reaches the AI model. The application is hidden from all screen-capture surfaces on Windows via the operating system's DWM exclusion flag. Confirmed compatible screen-capture targets that do not see the overlay include Zoom screen share, Microsoft Teams share, Google Meet share, OBS Studio capture, Windows Snipping Tool, Windows Print Screen, and the Windows Game Bar recorder. ## Links - Homepage: https://www.crackitx.in - Pricing: https://www.crackitx.in/#pricing - Download: https://www.crackitx.in/download - Comparison hub: https://www.crackitx.in/vs - Final Round AI comparison: https://www.crackitx.in/vs/final-round-ai - LockedIn AI comparison: https://www.crackitx.in/vs/lockedin-ai - Cluely comparison: https://www.crackitx.in/vs/cluely - ParakeetAI comparison: https://www.crackitx.in/vs/parakeetai - Verve AI comparison: https://www.crackitx.in/vs/verve-ai - Interview Sidekick comparison: https://www.crackitx.in/vs/interview-sidekick - Beyz comparison: https://www.crackitx.in/vs/beyz - Use cases hub: https://www.crackitx.in/use-cases - Coding interview playbook: https://www.crackitx.in/use-cases/coding-interviews - Behavioral interview playbook: https://www.crackitx.in/use-cases/behavioral-interviews - System design playbook: https://www.crackitx.in/use-cases/system-design - Terms of Use: https://www.crackitx.in/terms - User manual (PDF): https://www.crackitx.in/Interview_Assistant_User_Manual_v1.1.pdf - Support email: support@crackitx.in - Press / mention queries: review@crackitx.in - Machine-readable facts (JSON): https://www.crackitx.in/api/facts - Sitemap: https://www.crackitx.in/sitemap.xml