Notifications and practice reminders
See which notifications the iPhone and Android apps send, turn each kind on or off, and fix notifications that are blocked or don’t arrive.
The iPhone and Android apps can remind you before your interviews and send you questions to practice. Choose which ones you get in Profile › Notifications.
What each notification does
| Notification | What you get |
|---|---|
| Interview Reminders | Reminders before each interview in your Scheduler: one to prepare, and one shortly before it starts. Needs an Interview Pilot account. Schedule interviews. |
| Practice Reminders | A Question of the Day from the Question Bank, up to twice a week. Tap it to open the question in the Practice tab. |
| App Reminders | Occasional reminders to practice or try a feature, and news about Pro. Only on the Free plan. |
Practice Reminders and App Reminders together send at most three notifications a week. On iPhone, you also get a notification when an interview you forwarded by email is added to your Scheduler.
Turn notifications on or off
Open Notifications
Open the Profile tab and tap Notifications under App Settings.
Turn on Enable Notifications
This switch controls every notification from Interview Pilot. If your phone hasn’t asked before, it asks whether to allow notifications. Allow them.
Choose the kinds you want
Turn Interview Reminders, Practice Reminders and App Reminders on or off. App Reminders appears only on the Free plan. When Interview Reminders is on, you can also choose when each interview reminder arrives.
All of them start on. To stop every notification from Interview Pilot, turn off Enable Notifications.
If notifications are blocked
If you didn’t allow notifications, or turned them off in your phone’s settings, Interview Pilot can’t send any. The Notifications page shows Notifications are disabled in device settings. Tap to open Settings. Tap it, then allow notifications.
Open Interview Pilot’s settings
Tap the message on the Notifications page. You can also open the Settings app and find Interview Pilot in the list of apps. On newer versions of iOS, it may be under Apps.
Tap Notifications
It’s on Interview Pilot’s page in the Settings app.
Turn on Allow Notifications
Then go back to Interview Pilot.
Tap the message on the Notifications page
Interview Pilot’s app info page opens in Android settings. You can also find it in the Settings app under Apps, then Interview Pilot.
Tap Notifications
Names and menus may vary by phone maker and Android version.
Allow notifications
Turn on notifications for Interview Pilot, then go back to the app.
If reminders don’t arrive
- Check the switches. In Profile › Notifications, make sure Enable Notifications and the kind you expect are on, and that no reminder is set to Off.
- Check that you’re signed in. Interview reminders need an account, and only cover interviews in your Scheduler.
- Open the Scheduler on iPhone. The iPhone app sets an interview’s reminders when you open the Scheduler, so open it after you add an interview by email or on another phone.
- Check Focus or Do Not Disturb. These modes can silence notifications from Interview Pilot.
- On Android, allow alarms. If reminders arrive late, look for Alarms & reminders on Interview Pilot’s app info page and allow it. Not every Android version has this setting.
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Schedule interviews and get reminders
Add upcoming interviews to the Scheduler on iPhone or Android by forwarding the invitation email or entering them yourself, and choose when you get reminded.
Find questions in the Question Bank
Browse real interview questions on your phone or on the web, practice any of them in an AI mock interview, and save the ones you want to come back to.
Get the iPhone and Android apps
Download Interview Pilot from the App Store or Google Play, go through the first-time setup and allow the microphone. No account needed to start.
Still need help?
Email our support team with your device, what you were doing and any message you saw.
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