MockVerse

User Manual

A complete guide to the Placement Officer & Candidate Dashboards

Version 1.0  |  May 2026

Prepared for end users (Placement Officers and Candidates)

Table of Contents

Part 1 — Introduction

1.1  About MockVerse

1.2  About this Manual

1.3  Who Should Use This Manual

1.4  Understanding AI Score Scales

1.5  Conventions Used

Part 2 — Placement Officer Dashboard

2.1  Getting Started

2.1.1  Signing In

2.1.2  Dashboard Anatomy

2.2  The Dashboard (Home View)

2.2.1  Welcome Banner

2.2.2  Stat Cards

2.2.3  My Events List

2.2.4  Recent Activity

2.2.5  Quick Actions

2.3  My Events

2.3.1  Searching Events

2.3.2  Filtering Events

2.3.3  Event Card Anatomy

2.3.4  Opening an Event

2.4  Creating a New Event

2.4.1  How to Open the Modal

2.4.2  Field Reference

2.4.3  Candidate Report Access

2.4.4  The Auto-Generated Event Code

2.5  Event Lifecycle

2.5.1  DRAFT

2.5.2  ENABLED

2.5.3  ACTIVE

2.5.4  COMPLETED

2.6  Payments & Credits

2.6.1  How Credits Work

2.6.2  Calculating Credits for Your Event

2.6.3  Setting Up a Payment Method

2.6.4  One-Time Payment (No Saved Method)

2.6.5  T-2 Day Automatic Payment

2.6.6  Payment Status Reference

2.6.7  Cancellations & Refunds

2.7  Adding Candidates (Participants)

2.7.1  Selecting an Event

2.7.2  Searching Participants

2.7.3  Three Ways to Add Candidates

2.8  Participant Management

2.8.1  Searching and Filtering

2.8.2  Sending Reminders

2.8.3  Exporting

2.8.4  Opening an AI Analysis

2.9  Event Lifecycle Summary

2.10  Event Results & Performance Dashboard

2.10.1  Event Selector & Stat Strip

2.10.2  Top 3 Performers

2.10.3  All Results Table

2.10.4  Score Distribution

2.10.5  Recommendations Overview

2.10.6  Event Summary

2.11  The AI Analysis Side Panel (Deep Dive)

2.11.1  Recommendation

2.11.2  Score Breakdown

2.11.3  AI Insights

2.11.4  Q&A Breakdown

2.11.5  Downloading or Sharing

2.12  Reports & Downloads

2.12.1  Available Report Options

2.12.2  Generating Reports

2.12.3  Email History

2.12.4  Scheduled Reports

2.13  Emailing Event Reports

2.13.1  Step-by-Step

2.14  Settings

2.14.1  Institution Profile

2.14.2  My Profile

2.14.3  MockVerse Integration

Part 3 — Candidate Dashboard

3.1  Getting Started

3.2  The Dashboard (Home View)

3.3  My Interviews

3.3.1  Interview History

3.3.2  Recruiter Requests

3.3.3  Recruiter Request Modal

3.4  Event Invitations vs. Recruiter Invitations

3.5  Invitation-Based vs. Self-Initiated Interviews

3.6  The Live Interview Experience

3.7  The Interview Review Panel

3.8  Interview Insights

3.9  AI Coach

3.10  Profile & Settings

Part 4 — Appendix

4.1  Glossary

4.2  Troubleshooting

4.3  Best Practices

4.4  Need Help?

Part 1 — Introduction

1.1  About MockVerse

MockVerse is an AI-powered campus placement and interview-readiness platform. It connects three audiences inside a single workflow:

• Placement Officers (at colleges and universities) who organise placement events, manage participating students, and review AI-generated performance reports.
• Candidates (students and job seekers) who attend invited interview events, practise interviews on their own, and track their readiness over time.
• Recruiters (at hiring companies) who invite candidates to assessment rounds based on MockVerse profile scores. (Recruiter capabilities are documented separately — see the MockVerse Recruiter Dashboard Manual available from your MockVerse administrator.)

This manual covers the two dashboards highlighted in the title — the Placement Officer Dashboard and the Candidate Dashboard. Both share the same MockVerse design language (red/pink accents, left navigation bar, white content area) but expose different features tailored to each role.

1.2  About this Manual

This manual is a comprehensive, step-by-step walkthrough. It explains every screen, every control, and every workflow the two dashboards expose. It is written for end users — Placement Officers running a placement office, and Candidates preparing for and attending interviews — so the language stays practical and focused on what to click, when to click it, and what to expect afterwards.

Each major section starts with a short overview, walks through the screen anatomy with a labelled screenshot, and then lists the workflow steps. Tip boxes, Note boxes, and Warning boxes are interleaved throughout to highlight things that are easy to miss the first time around.

1.3  Who Should Use This Manual

Read Part 2 if you are a Placement Officer, Training & Placement (T&P) cell member, Head of Department (HOD), or anyone in a college who needs to organise an interview event, add students to it, and review their performance afterwards.

Read Part 3 if you are a Candidate — a student or fresh graduate — using MockVerse to practise interviews on your own or to attend interview events created by your college or a recruiter.

Part 4 is a shared appendix with a glossary, troubleshooting tips, and best practices that apply to both roles.

1.4  Understanding AI Score Scales

(This section is reserved for future content and will be completed in a subsequent revision.)

1.5  Conventions Used

Part 2 — Placement Officer Dashboard

The Placement Officer Dashboard is the cockpit for everything you do in MockVerse as a Placement Officer. From a single dashboard you can create new placement events, invite candidates, monitor live progress, review AI-generated performance reports, and share results with department heads and deans — without ever leaving the application.

2.1  Getting Started

2.1.1  Signing In

• Open your browser and navigate to your MockVerse institution URL (provided by your MockVerse administrator).
• On first login you will be taken directly to the Dashboard. You can identify your role in the left navigation bar — the role badge under MockVerse will read PLACEMENT OFFICER.

2.1.2  Dashboard Anatomy

The Placement Officer Dashboard uses a familiar three-region layout:

• Left navigation bar: Primary navigation. Groups are Main (Dashboard, My Events, Participants), Analysis (Event Results, Reports) and Account (Settings). A footer card at the bottom shows your institution and your name.
• Top bar (white): Shows the title of the current view, a global search field (type to search events and students), a quick-create button (+), and your user avatar.
• Content area: The main canvas. Switches based on the left navigation bar item selected. Toasts (transient success messages) appear in the bottom-right of this region.

2.2  The Dashboard (Home View)

The Dashboard is your at-a-glance situational awareness page. It shows you what you most need to know about your events and candidates today.

2.2.1  Welcome Banner

A dark banner sits at the top of the Dashboard. It greets you by name (for example, "Welcome back, Dr. Rekha Menon!"), names your institution and department, and surfaces the most important thing requiring your attention — typically an ACTIVE or ENABLED event. Two quick-launch buttons live in the banner:

• + Create New Event — opens the New Event wizard (covered in Section 2.4).
• View My Events — jumps you to the My Events grid.

2.2.2  Stat Cards

Below the banner, four colour-coded stat cards summarise your portfolio:

2.2.3  My Events List

A vertical list of every event you own — across all statuses — appears in the left column. Each row shows the event name, department, date range, completion progress, status badge, and (for COMPLETED events) the average AI score. Click any row to jump to that event in the My Events view.

2.2.4  Recent Activity

The right column shows the five most recent platform events related to your portfolio (e.g., an event completion, a batch of reports generated, students who have not yet started). Use this feed to confirm that recent actions you took have been picked up by the system.

2.2.5  Quick Actions

Below Recent Activity, four short-cut buttons let you launch the most common workflows from any Dashboard visit:

• + Create New Event — same as the banner button.
• Manage Participants — opens the Participants view.
• View Event Results — opens the Event Results view.
• Email Latest Report — opens the Email Report modal pre-filled with your most recent completed event.

2.3  My Events

My Events shows every event you own as a clickable card. This is the right place to start when you want to inspect a single event in detail.

2.3.1  Searching Events

A search text field sits at the top of the My Events page. Results update as you type — enter any part of the event name to filter the cards shown.

2.3.2  Filtering Events

Use the status tabs at the top of the screen to narrow the grid: All, Draft, Enabled, Active, and Completed. The count beside each tab updates to reflect how many events match that filter.

2.3.3  Event Card Anatomy

Each event card carries the following:

• Coloured bar across the top: Helps you visually distinguish events at a glance. The colour is automatically assigned when the event is created.
• Event name and ID: The friendly name you gave the event and the system-generated identifier (for example, EVT-2026-002).
• Status badge: DRAFT, ENABLED, ACTIVE, or COMPLETED.
• Meta line: Department, date range, and the Event Code (which you share with candidates to let them enrol via the MockVerse app).
• Progress bar: Shows completed interviews against enrolled candidates, and enrolled against the maximum allowed.
• Average AI Score: Visible only for completed events.
• Footer actions: Participants (always visible), Results (COMPLETED events only), Email (COMPLETED events only), and Edit (DRAFT only).

2.3.4  Opening an Event

Click any card to drill in. For DRAFT events the most common follow-up is adding participants and then enabling the event. For COMPLETED events it is viewing Results and downloading Reports.

2.4  Creating a New Event

2.4.1  How to Open the Modal

You can launch the Create New Event modal from four places — use whichever is closest:

• + Create New Event button on the Dashboard welcome banner.
• Quick Actions card on the Dashboard.
• + Create Event button at the top of the My Events page.
• + button in the top bar (available on every view).

2.4.2  Field Reference

2.4.3  Candidate Report Access

The Allow Candidate Report Access checkbox controls whether candidates can see their own AI Analysis once they complete the interview. When ticked, candidates will find their score breakdown, AI insights, and Q&A review in their Candidate Dashboard automatically after the event closes. When unticked, the report is visible to the Placement Officer only.

2.4.4  The Auto-Generated Event Code

The moment you click Create Event, MockVerse generates a short Event Code (e.g., SEB-MAR-26). Share this with candidates — it is what they type in the MockVerse app to register against your event. It also appears on every event card for quick copying.

2.5  Event Lifecycle

Every MockVerse event moves through four statuses. Understanding each stage tells you exactly what you can do — and what happens automatically — at each point.

2.5.1  DRAFT

The event is invisible to candidates. While in Draft you can freely edit any field and add or remove participants.

When you are satisfied that all event details and the participant list are complete, click Enable Event. This is your confirmation that the event is ready to run. The status changes from DRAFT to ENABLED.

2.5.2  ENABLED

The event is confirmed and locked for editing. Candidates will receive their invitations and can prepare for the interview window.

Payment Status is shown on the event card and can be one of:

• SCHEDULED — Payment will be processed automatically two days before the event Start Date (T-2). This applies to both one-time payments and payments using a saved card.
• PAID — Payment has been successfully collected. The event is confirmed to run.
• UNPAID — The 24-hour grace period after a T-2 payment failure expired without a successful payment. The event status has reverted to DRAFT and the payment status is now UNPAID. Note: the payment status transitions to UNPAID only after the event status moves to DRAFT.
• FAILED — The T-2 payment attempt failed. A 24-hour grace period is provided, during which a Make Payment button is available to retry the payment until T-1 Day. The reason for the payment failure will be displayed.

Actions available in ENABLED status:

• Cancel Event — cancels the scheduled T-2 payment and returns the event to DRAFT. If payment has already been collected and the event has not yet started, a full refund will be processed automatically.

2.5.3  ACTIVE

The Start Date has arrived and candidates can now take their interviews. No edits are permitted once an event is Active.

Actions available in ACTIVE status:

• Cancel Event — the event is closed immediately. Any unused credits or unspent interview budget are returned automatically. Candidates who are mid-interview at the moment of cancellation are allowed to complete their current session; no credit is returned for those completed sessions.

2.5.4  COMPLETED

The End Date has passed. All AI scores are finalised, the Average AI Score is computed, and Reports become available for download and sharing. No edits are possible in this status.

2.6  Payments & Credits

Every MockVerse interview session is billed using a credit-based system. Credits are consumed when candidates take interviews. This section explains how credits are calculated, how payment is collected, and what happens when payment succeeds, fails, or an event is cancelled.

2.6.1  How Credits Work

A credit is the base unit of billing in MockVerse. One credit equals one 15-minute interview slot. The number of credits consumed per interview scales directly with the duration you choose when creating the event:

2.6.2  Calculating Credits for Your Event

The total credits required for an event is calculated as:

Example — 100 participants, 15-minute duration, 3 attempts each:

If the same event used a 30-minute duration instead, the total would be 100 × 3 × 2 = 600 credits. At 45 minutes it would be 100 × 3 × 3 = 900 credits.

2.6.3  Setting Up a Payment Method

MockVerse strongly recommends saving a payment method at the institution level so that event payments process automatically without any manual action on the day. To set up or update your payment method:

• Go to Settings in the left navigation bar.
• Open the MockVerse Integration section.
• Click Add Payment Method and follow the prompts to save your institution's payment details.

2.6.4  One-Time Payment (No Saved Method)

If your institution has not saved a payment method, you can still enable an event by making a one-time payment. When you click Enable Event and no payment method is on file, MockVerse shows a payment prompt with two options:

• Set Up Payment Method — saves your details for this and all future events (recommended).
• Make a One-Time Payment — pays for this event only without saving any details.

Either option must be completed before the event moves from DRAFT to ENABLED. The one-time payment must be made before T-2 Day to ensure the event starts on time.

2.6.5  T-2 Day Automatic Payment

Once an event is ENABLED, MockVerse automatically processes the payment two calendar days before the event Start Date (T-2 Day). This applies to both one-time payments and payments using a saved card. You do not need to take any action.

After successful payment the event card shows Payment Status: PAID and the event is confirmed to run. The timeline looks like this:

2.6.6  Payment Status Reference

2.6.7  Cancellations & Refunds

What happens to credits when an event is cancelled depends on which status the event is in at the time of cancellation:

2.7  Adding Candidates (Participants)

Once your event exists, you need to enrol candidates against it. The Participants view is where you do this.

2.7.1  Selecting an Event

The page opens with the most recent event selected. Use the Select Event drop-down to switch to any other event you own. The stat boxes (Enrolled, Completed, Pending) update immediately.

When an event is in DRAFT status, an Enable Event button appears at the top of the Participants screen. Click it once you have confirmed the participant list is complete — this triggers the status change from DRAFT to ENABLED.

2.7.2  Searching Participants

Use the search box to find a candidate by student name or email address. Search applies only within the currently selected event — it does not search across events.

2.7.3  Three Ways to Add Candidates

Click + Add Participants. The modal that opens has three tabs, covering three different ways of bringing candidates in:

Manual Entry

Use this when you want to add one or two candidates by hand. Fill in First Name, Last Name, Email, Roll Number, and Branch, then click + Add Participants.

Bulk Email Paste

Use this when you have a list of student email addresses copied from elsewhere — a spreadsheet, an email thread, or your LMS. Paste one email per line (or separated by commas). MockVerse displays a live count of detected addresses so you can confirm the parse before clicking + Add Participants.

Upload CSV

Use this for large cohorts where you want to import additional data alongside the email address. Click the Browse File button to select your CSV file — it will be validated automatically.

Your CSV file must follow this exact format — one row per candidate, with these four columns in this order:

2.8  Participant Management

Once candidates are enrolled the Participants table tracks them through the lifecycle of the event. Each row shows the candidate's name and email, roll number, branch, the date the invitation was sent, the date they completed their interview, their AI Score, and a status badge (Pending, Completed, or DNA — Did Not Appear).

2.8.1  Searching and Filtering

Use the search box to find a candidate by name or roll number. Use the status tabs (All, Completed, Pending, Did Not Appear) to filter the table.

2.8.2  Sending Reminders

To nudge candidates who have not yet started, you have two options:

• Click Send Reminder in the table header to email every pending candidate at once.
• Click the small envelope icon on a single row to remind just that candidate.

2.8.3  Exporting

Click Export CSV in the table header to download the current view of the table (after filters are applied). The download contains every column visible on screen plus the candidate's email address.

2.8.4  Opening an AI Analysis

For candidates whose status is Completed and whose AI Score is calculated, an Analysis button appears on the row. Click it to open the full AI Analysis side panel for that candidate — covered in detail in Section 2.11.

2.9  Event Lifecycle Summary

For a full description of each event status and what happens automatically at each stage, see Section 2.5. The table below is a quick reference.

2.10  Event Results & Performance Dashboard

Once an event is COMPLETED, Event Results gives you a deep view into how your cohort performed. Switch to it from the Event Results item in the left navigation bar, or from the Results button on a completed event card.

2.10.1  Event Selector & Stat Strip

Pick the event to inspect from the Select Event drop-down. The stat strip immediately updates with Enrolled, Completed, Completion %, and Average Score.

2.10.2  Top 3 Performers

The three best AI scores in the event are highlighted at the top of the left column. Click any of them to open their AI Analysis side panel.

2.10.3  All Results Table

Every completed candidate appears in the All Results table, sorted by AI Score by default. Click the Score column header to toggle ascending or descending order. Each row contains:

• Rank within the event.
• Candidate name and roll number.
• Branch.
• AI Score with a coloured progress bar (green ≥ 85, blue 70–84, amber < 70).
• Recommendation badge — Hire, On Hold, or Review.
• Deep Dive button, which opens the AI Analysis side panel.

2.10.4  Score Distribution

The right column visualises how the cohort is distributed across the four score bands — Excellent (90+), Good (80–89), Average (70–79), and Needs Work (< 70). This is the fastest way to spot whether the cohort skews high or low.

2.10.5  Recommendations Overview

MockVerse maps every candidate to one of three recruiter-ready recommendations based on their score:

2.10.6  Event Summary

The Event Summary card surfaces four hard numbers at a glance — Event Code, Average Duration, Highest Score, and Lowest Score. Useful when you need to quote the headline numbers in a meeting.

2.11  The AI Analysis Side Panel (Deep Dive)

The AI Analysis panel is the single most important screen in MockVerse for evaluating a candidate. Open it by clicking Deep Dive on any row of the All Results table, by clicking a Top 3 card, or by clicking Analysis on a Completed row in the Participants table.

2.11.1  Recommendation

At the top, a coloured recommendation box summarises the verdict — Recommended to Hire, On Hold, or Not Recommended — with a short rationale.

2.11.2  Score Breakdown

Four sub-scores break down where the candidate's overall score came from:

• Communication — Clarity, articulation, and structure of spoken responses.
• Technical Skills — Depth of domain knowledge in the round's subject area.
• Problem Solving — Approach to multi-step or open-ended questions.
• Confidence — Tone, hesitancy, and assertiveness throughout the session.

2.11.3  AI Insights

The AI surfaces specific observations from the interview transcript, grouped into three colour-coded buckets — Positive Signals, Areas to Improve, and Notes.

2.11.4  Q&A Breakdown

Each individual question the AI Interviewer asked is captured here, alongside the candidate's transcribed answer and the score the AI awarded for that answer. This is the most defensible artefact you can take to a hiring conversation — it shows exactly what was asked, exactly what was said, and exactly how it was rated.

2.11.5  Downloading or Sharing

Two buttons sit at the bottom of the panel:

• Download PDF produces a single-candidate PDF report containing every section visible in the panel. Use this to attach to internal HR records or to share with a hiring manager.
• Email Report opens the Email Report modal (Section 2.13) scoped to just this candidate.

2.12  Reports & Downloads

Reports is the dedicated workspace for exporting and sharing event-level deliverables. Open it from the Reports item in the left navigation bar.

2.12.1  Available Report Options

2.12.2  Generating Reports

Select one or both report checkboxes — Include Overview Report and / or Include Detailed Report — then click Generate Reports. Both selected reports will be prepared together. The Overview Report downloads as an Excel file; the Detailed Report downloads as a PDF.

2.12.3  Email History

The right column of the Reports view shows every report email you have sent in the past — who it went to, which event, when, and whether delivery succeeded.

2.12.4  Scheduled Reports

Click Set Up Schedule under Scheduled Reports to configure MockVerse to automatically email reports to a list of recipients as soon as an event reaches COMPLETED status. This is the easiest way to keep your HOD and Dean informed without manual sends.

2.13  Emailing Event Reports

The Email Report modal is the same regardless of where you launched it — Quick Actions, an event card, the Reports view, or the AI Analysis panel.

2.13.1  Step-by-Step

• Confirm the event banner at the top of the modal — it shows the event name and completed-of-enrolled count to prevent sending the wrong report.
• Edit the To field to add or remove recipients. By default MockVerse pre-fills it with the placement officer email and the HOD of the department on the event.
• Add anyone who should receive a copy (but not be a primary recipient) to the CC field — for example, the Dean of Academics.
• Edit the Subject if you want to override the auto-generated subject MockVerse Event Report — <Event Name>.
• Tweak the Message body. It is pre-filled with a polite, institution-aware template that you can use as-is.
• Use the Include in Report checkboxes to decide what to attach: Overview Report (Excel) and / or Detailed Report (PDF).
• Click Send Report when you are ready to send.

2.14  Settings

Use the Settings page to keep your institution profile current and to manage platform authorisations. The view is split into three cards.

2.14.1  Institution Profile

Edit your college name, department, city/state, and the contact email used as the From address on outbound MockVerse emails. Click Save Changes to commit.

2.14.2  My Profile

Update your display name, designation, and contact phone. Click Update Profile to save.

2.14.3  MockVerse Integration

This section shows all authorisation and integration settings for your account. The following items are managed here:

• Institute Code — Used in all MockVerse correspondence and event codes. Read-only.
• API Access — Allows institution-side systems to connect to MockVerse programmatically.
• Bulk Enrollment — Authorisation for CSV-based mass participant import.
• Report Export — Permission to generate and download event reports.
• Payment Method — View or update the payment details used for event billing.

Contact your MockVerse administrator if any authorisation item shows as disabled or if you need to update payment details.

Part 3 — Candidate Dashboard

The Candidate Dashboard is your personal interview-readiness workspace. From a single screen you can practise mock interviews on your own, accept (or decline) invitations sent to you by colleges and recruiters, and track exactly how your readiness is changing over time.

3.1  Getting Started

3.1.1  Signing In

• Open the MockVerse app (web or mobile) and sign in with the email address that received your invitation, or sign up using the Event Code your college shared with you.
• On first login, complete the short on-boarding flow — confirm your college, your preferred interview role (for example, Software Engineer (Fresher)), and your subscription plan.
• You will land on the Dashboard. The left navigation bar is your primary navigation. Your name and a PRO badge (if you are on a paid plan) appear at the bottom of the navigation bar.

3.1.2  Dashboard Anatomy

The Candidate Dashboard follows the same three-region layout as the Placement Officer Dashboard:

• Left navigation bar: Primary navigation — Dashboard, My Interviews, Insights, AI Coach, and Profile — plus Quick Actions to start a practice session and jump straight to Recruiter Requests.
• Top header (white): View title, search field, and a Play button that instantly launches a practice session.
• Content area: Changes based on the left navigation bar item you select. Modals appear in the centre; side panels slide in from the right.

3.2  The Dashboard (Home View)

The Dashboard is the place to begin every session. It tells you how you are doing today and what is waiting for you.

3.2.1  Hero Banner

A pink banner greets you by name and counts your pending recruiter invitations. A Start Practice Session button on the right launches a self-initiated interview in one click.

3.2.2  Stat Cards

3.2.3  Overall Readiness Gauge

A large circular gauge visualises your current readiness percentage and is accompanied by a short, AI-written prompt telling you which dimensions to focus on next.

3.2.4  Recruiter Invitations Snapshot

The most recent three recruiter invitations appear here with company logo, role, date, and current status (pending, accepted, or declined). Click View All to jump to the full Recruiter Requests tab.

3.2.5  Skills & Competency Snapshot

Eight competency bars — Overall Competency, Technical Depth, Communication, Problem Solving, Clarity & Structure, Authenticity, Behaviour & Attitude, and Confidence — are aggregated across your last 8 sessions. The percentage and a Needs Focus / Improving / Strong label tell you where to invest practice time.

3.2.6  Recent Activity

Your most recent interviews, accepted invitations, and milestone wins (for example, hitting a 5-day streak) appear in chronological order.

3.3  My Interviews

My Interviews is where everything related to interview sessions lives. Two tabs separate the two halves of your life as a candidate:

• Interview History — Every session you have completed, regardless of whether it was self-initiated or invitation-based.
• Recruiter Requests — Every invitation you have ever received, with its current status.

3.3.1  Interview History

Each completed interview gets a card showing the title, date, type (Solo Practice, Recruiter Invite, or Campus Drive), readiness bar, score, short description, and an AI-suggested Next Step. Scores are on the 0–10 scale for self-initiated sessions and the 0–100 scale for event-based sessions (see Section 1.4 for the scoring scale reference). Click anywhere on the card to open the full Review Panel covered in Section 3.7.

3.3.2  Recruiter Requests

Each invitation gets a status-coloured card with the company name, the role, a quoted message from the recruiter, the proposed date, duration and interview type, the recruiter's name, and the skills that will be assessed. The left border is amber for pending invitations, green for accepted, and grey for declined.

On a pending invitation three actions are available:

• Accept Interview — Adds the interview to your schedule. The card turns green and the row count on the left navigation bar badge decreases by one.
• Decline — Politely declines the invitation. The card turns grey and is removed from your active list.
• View Full Details — Opens a modal with the full recruiter message and a structured breakdown of the round.

3.3.3  Recruiter Request Modal

The modal repeats the company name, role, and recruiter signature, then breaks the meta information into three boxes: Interview Type, Duration, and Scheduled (date and time). Skills Assessed is shown as a list of tags. The Accept and Decline actions are also available at the bottom of the modal.

3.4  Event Invitations vs. Recruiter Invitations

MockVerse uses one inbox for invitations, but invitations can come from two different sources:

From your point of view both kinds of invitation behave the same — accept or decline, then attend the interview from your dashboard. The only practical difference is the scoring scale: event-based interviews use 0–100 (visible to your college and recruiters), while self-initiated practice sessions use 0–10 for personal improvement. See Section 1.4 for a full reference.

3.5  Invitation-Based vs. Self-Initiated Interviews

3.5.1  Starting a Self-Initiated Interview

You have four entry points into a practice session. They all lead to the same Live Interview screen:

• Click Start Practice Session in the Dashboard hero banner.
• Click the Play button in the top header (available on every view).
• Click Start Practice in the left navigation bar's Quick Actions group.
• Open AI Coach, pick a topic and a difficulty, then click Start Coached Session.

3.5.2  Starting an Invitation-Based Interview

For an invitation-based interview, MockVerse will email you a reminder when the scheduled time approaches. From the dashboard, accepted invitations move to your Schedule (still visible on the Recruiter Requests tab). When the time comes, open the invitation card and click Join Interview — you will be taken to the same Live Interview screen.

3.6  The Live Interview Experience

Whichever path you took to get here, the Live Interview screen is identical. It is intentionally minimalist so you can focus on speaking, not on UI controls.

3.6.1  What You See

• Top bar: MockVerse logo, a pulsing LIVE indicator, the remaining-time timer (counts down from the round's duration), and the End Session button.
• Left card: The AI Interviewer. Its status flips between Speaking and Listening to You so you always know whose turn it is.
• Right card: Your own avatar. Status reads Standby until you start talking, then Speaking, then Paused if you tap Pause.
• Question strip: Displays the current question in plain English so you have a written cue in case you missed it.
• Waveform: Pulses with your microphone input. If you see no movement, end the session and run an Audio Check from your Profile screen before retrying.

3.6.2  In-Session Controls

3.6.3  After Submission

Once you submit, the AI takes a few seconds to score your transcript. A success toast ("Session ended. Results saved.") confirms the save, and the session immediately appears at the top of your Interview History.

3.7  The Interview Review Panel

Whenever you open a completed session (from Interview History, Insights, or the Recent Sessions table), the Review Panel slides in from the right. It is identical in layout regardless of session type — but the data inside it differs based on whether the session was self-initiated or invitation-based.

3.7.1  Hero

The dark hero strip shows the session title, the date and time, your overall score in a circular ring (out of 10 for self-initiated, out of 100 for event-based), and the four category bars (Technical, Communication, Competency, Clarity).

3.7.2  Overview Tab

The default tab. It contains:

• AI Evaluation — A short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarising your performance.
• Category Scores — The same four categories as the hero, but as colour-coded tiles with a status label (Needs Improvement, Developing, Strong).
• Next Focus Area — A single, actionable focus for your next session. This is the most important sentence in the panel.

3.7.3  AI Insights Tab

Insights are grouped into three buckets:

• Positive Signals (green): Things the AI specifically liked in your interview.
• Areas to Improve (red): Specific gaps the AI observed.
• Notes (blue): Neutral observations — typically about time utilisation, length of answers, or session pacing.

3.7.4  Q & A Tab

Every question the AI asked is captured here verbatim, alongside your transcribed answer and a score out of 10 for that specific exchange. Use this to identify exactly which answer hurt your score the most — and then practise it in AI Coach.

3.8  Interview Insights

3.8.1  For Self-Initiated Interviews

Insights are aimed at your personal growth. They are detailed and always private — only you see them:

• The score is on the 0–10 scale, making week-over-week improvements feel visible and motivating.
• The Next Focus Area names a single concrete change to try in your next session — for example, "Structure behavioural answers using STAR" or "Add specific personal-project examples".
• No hire recommendation is shown — practice sessions are not pass/fail.

3.8.2  For Event-Based and Recruiter-Based Interviews

Insights for invitation-based interviews are written so the same panel can be safely shown to recruiters and your placement officer:

• The score is on the 0–100 scale, with the same Hire / On Hold / Review recommendation that recruiters see.
• Insights focus on the candidate's overall readiness for the specific role rather than on practice growth.
• The Q & A tab is identical to what your placement officer sees in the Placement Officer Dashboard.
• A new section may appear at the top of the panel showing the company / event next steps (e.g., "Proceed to behavioural round").

3.8.3  The Insights View (Aggregate)

Open the Insights item from the left navigation bar to see all of your interviews aggregated together. The view contains three pieces:

• Skills & Competency Snapshot — Eight competency bars with extra horizontal space for detail.
• Readiness Trend — A bar chart of your last seven sessions, plus three summary tiles (Avg Score, Score Growth, Sessions Done).
• Recent Interview Sessions — A table of every session with a Review button on each row that opens the Review Panel.

3.9  AI Coach

AI Coach is where you turn practice into deliberate practice. Instead of starting a generic mock, you pick the topic you want to work on and the difficulty level you want to attempt.

3.9.1  Picking a Topic

Nine topic cards cover the most common interview competencies — Java Fundamentals, Python Basics, SQL & Databases, Behavioural (STAR), Data Structures, System Design, Problem Solving, HR & Soft Skills, and Web Fundamentals. Each card shows how many questions the AI can draw from. Tap any topic to select it (it will turn pink); tap a different one to switch.

3.9.2  Picking a Difficulty

Use the Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced toggles in the dark AI Coach hero card. Difficulty controls the depth and follow-up aggressiveness — Beginner uses friendly, scaffolded questions; Advanced uses senior-level probes and challenges your assumptions.

3.9.3  Starting the Session

Click Start Coached Session to launch the live interview using the selected topic and difficulty. The flow from here is identical to Section 3.6.

3.9.4  Coaching Tips Card

The right column of AI Coach lists short, evergreen interview tips — using STAR, managing your time, pausing before answering, and speaking with clarity. These tips are always available regardless of your plan.

3.10  Profile & Settings

Use the Profile tab to keep your information up to date and to verify your hardware before your next session.

3.10.1  Profile Card

Your avatar (initials), name, email, college, plan badge, and three lifetime stats (Interviews, Readiness, Day Streak) are displayed at the top of the page.

3.10.2  Subscription Status

Shows your active plan and renewal date. If you are on Pro, an Auto-Renew Active badge appears. Click Cancel Subscription to turn auto-renew off (your access continues until the end of the paid period).

3.10.3  Microphone & Audio Check

Click Run Audio Check before your first ever session — and every time you switch headphones. The button turns into Audio OK when MockVerse has confirmed both your microphone and speakers are working.

3.10.4  Account Settings Menu

Part 4 — Appendix

4.1  Glossary

4.2  Troubleshooting

4.3  Best Practices

4.3.1  For Placement Officers

• Create events in DRAFT first, finalise the participant list, then click Enable Event — this ensures all candidates receive their invitations at the same time.
• Set up your payment method in Settings → MockVerse Integration before you need it. Trying to enable an event without a payment method on file will block you at the worst possible time.
• Use department-specific events rather than one big drive. Smaller cohorts produce better AI Score distributions and easier-to-defend recommendations.
• Tick Allow Candidate Report Access if you want candidates to self-debrief after the event — it reduces the volume of individual score queries you will receive.
• Use Evaluation Prompt and Custom Prompt when you have specific criteria beyond MockVerse defaults — for example, a particular tech stack or a company-specific scoring rubric.
• Schedule the auto-email report so your HOD and Dean see results without having to ask.
• Archive completed events older than one semester to keep your My Events grid focused on what is current.
• Export the Overview Report (Excel) for any event whose results you intend to discuss in a faculty meeting — the raw data lets you analyse it any way the meeting requires.

4.3.2  For Candidates

• Practise daily. The Day Streak metric is the single best predictor of readiness improvement over the next month.
• Always run an Audio Check before any invitation-based interview — a silent microphone is irrecoverable.
• Read the AI's Next Focus Area suggestion immediately after every session. It is the single most valuable sentence MockVerse generates for you.
• Use AI Coach with a specific topic when you have less than 30 minutes — it is more efficient than a generic mock.
• Review your Q & A tab carefully. The exact wording the AI used is often the wording a real recruiter will use.
• Accept invitations promptly. Recruiters notice acceptance times — slow responses can be read as low interest.

4.4  Need Help?

• Placement Officers — Contact your MockVerse administrator at the email shown in Settings → MockVerse Integration.
• Candidates — Use the Feedback item in Profile → Account Settings, or email support@mockverse.com directly.

Thank you for using MockVerse. Good luck — and keep practising.