Google Interview Warmup Alternative (Free to Start)
Google shut down Interview Warmup in April 2026. If you used it to practice answering interview questions out loud, here's what happened, what your options are now, and an honest comparison — including the tool this page belongs to.
What happened to Interview Warmup
Interview Warmup was a free Google experiment: it asked interview questions, transcribed your spoken answer, and highlighted the terms you used. Google retired it in April 2026 along with several other Grow with Google experiments. There's no official replacement — which is why you're probably here.
What made it good — and what it never did
Warmup's insight was right: saying answers out loud is the practice that actually transfers to interview day. But it stopped at transcription — it highlighted your words and left the judgment to you. It never told you whether the answer was any good, never coached the structure, and never showed you what a stronger version of your own answer would sound like.
Honest comparison of the alternatives
| Interview Warmup (retired) | Interview Quest | Yoodli | Big Interview | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice practice | Yes | Yes — the whole product | Yes | Record-and-review |
| Coaching on your answer | Word highlights only | One specific note per answer + your answer rewritten stronger, in your own words | Delivery metrics (pace, fillers) | Curriculum + AI feedback |
| Role-specific questions | Limited set | Generated for your exact role and level | General + some role packs | Large question library |
| Free tier | Fully free | 3 full sessions free, no credit card | Limited free roleplays | Paid only |
| Price after | — | $29/month | ~$8–20/month | ~$39/month |
Fair caveats: Yoodli is strong if you mainly want delivery metrics across many speaking contexts. Big Interview fits structured curriculum learners with a bigger budget. Interview Quest is built for one loop — speak a behavioral answer, get coached, hear it back stronger — at the lowest paid price of the three.
What you get instead of Warmup
The same speak-out-loud practice, plus the parts Warmup left out: questions generated for your specific role, one concrete coaching note per answer (not a wall of feedback), and your own answer played back in a stronger version — your story, your words, better structure. Delivery signals like pace and filler words are measured from your actual audio.
First question in under 3 minutes.