AI Pre-CAS Mock Interview

Practise Your UK Pre-CAS Interview

Practice with an AI interviewer that asks real pre-CAS interview questions, scores every answer, and flags the weak spots a university interviewer would pick up on. Built for Nepali students.

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The stakes

What is the pre-CAS interview?

Before a UK university issues your CAS, it may run a pre-CAS interview to confirm you are a genuine student. Each university runs its own, and it typically covers your course choice, how well you researched the university, who is funding you, and your plans after graduating. Our pre-CAS interview guide explains how it works, and you can see 50 real pre-CAS interview questions grouped by category in our free guide.

If your answers do not satisfy the university, it can decline to issue your CAS, and without a CAS there is no Student visa application. Our UK student visa guide covers the rest of the process.

The pre-CAS interview is not the UKVI interview, which the Home Office may hold later, as part of your visa application. See the pre-CAS interview vs the UKVI interview, and when you have your CAS, practise your UKVI interview.

How it works

How the AI mock interview works

1
Choose your target university and course

Tell the AI where you applied. Your feedback is tailored to that university and course, using real UK course and fee data.

2
Answer 18 realistic questions

Questions play in professional audio and you answer by speaking, against a timer, the same pressure as the real interview.

3
AI scores every answer and detects red flags

Each answer gets a score out of 10, plus red flags on the vague or inconsistent parts an interviewer would pick apart.

4
Get your overall score and per-question feedback

Finish with an overall score, a category-by-category breakdown, your top strengths, and exactly what to fix before the real thing.

What you get

Built like the real interview, not a quiz

Real question bank

400+ real pre-CAS interview questions across 13 categories, from course choice and funding to agent involvement and post-study plans. Every session draws a fresh 18.

Per-question AI feedback

Every answer gets a score out of 10, specific strengths and improvements, and an example strong answer to compare against.

Red flag detection

Vague funding answers, memorized lines, contradictions: the AI flags the same things a pre-CAS interviewer picks up on, while you can still fix them.

University and course aware

Feedback is tailored to your target using real course and fee data for 159 UK institutions, covering more than 34,500 courses.

Resume anytime

Power cut or bad connection mid-session? Standard sessions save your progress, so you can pick up exactly where you stopped.

Instant overall score

The moment you finish, you see your overall score out of 10 with a breakdown by category, so you know if you are ready or what to drill next.

Pricing

Simple pricing

One credit is one full 18-question mock interview with complete AI feedback. Buy what you need, practice when you want.

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Who it is for

Made for the students who cannot afford to fail this

You have a UK offer and pre-CAS is next

Your university will interview you before issuing the CAS. Walk in having already answered the hard questions out loud.

Your consultancy told you to prepare

Counselors know which students get refused. If yours told you to practice your interview, this is the fastest way to do it properly.

Your pre-CAS interview did not go well

A second attempt, where your university offers one, only helps if your answers are genuinely different. Find out exactly what fell short before you go again.

Run a consultancy? Run mock interviews for your own students with a white-label portal, like 60+ consultancies already do.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is a pre-CAS interview?
Before a UK university issues your CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies), it may interview you to confirm you are a genuine student. An interviewer asks about your course choice, university research, funding, and post-study plans. If your answers do not satisfy the university, it can decline to issue your CAS, and without a CAS you cannot apply for the Student visa.
Is this the same as the UKVI interview?
No. The pre-CAS interview is run by your university before it issues your CAS. The UKVI interview is one the Home Office may hold as part of your visa application, after the CAS. This mock interview practises the pre-CAS interview. For the UKVI interview, finduni.ai has a separate spoken practice at finduni.ai/ukvi-interview-practice.
How many questions does the mock interview have?
Each session asks 18 realistic questions, drawn from a bank of 400+ real pre-CAS interview questions across 13 categories, including course choice, funding, agent involvement, immigration rules, and post-study plans. Every session pulls a different mix, so you can practice repeatedly without seeing the same interview twice.
How much does it cost?
A single mock interview costs NPR 199. Bundles start at NPR 799 for 5 mock interviews plus practice sessions, and go up to 14 mocks with the Pro plan. Credits never expire, so you can buy once and practice until your real interview.
Is the interview voice or typed?
Voice. Each question plays in professional audio and you answer by speaking, against a timer, like the real interview. The AI transcribes your answer and lets you review the transcript before submitting. If your microphone is not working, you can switch to typed answers.
What feedback do I get?
Every answer gets a score out of 10, a short summary, specific strengths and improvements, red flags where an answer would worry an interviewer, and an example strong answer. At the end you get an overall score with a category-by-category breakdown, plus your top strengths and areas to improve.
Can consultancies use this for their students?
Yes. finduni.ai runs a white-label portal that education consultancies use to give their own students mock interview practice under their own brand. 60+ consultancies already use it. Message us on WhatsApp to set it up for yours.
Which universities does it cover?
Any UK university. Each university runs its own pre-CAS interview, but the ground it covers is much the same: genuine intention, funding, course fit. When you pick your target university and course at the start of a session, the AI also tailors feedback using real course and fee data for 159 UK institutions, covering more than 34,500 courses.
How is this different from practicing with question lists?
Question lists show you what might be asked. The mock interview makes you answer out loud, under time pressure, and then tells you what an interviewer would flag in your specific answer. Most students only discover their weak answers in the real interview, when it is too late to fix them.

Your CAS can depend on this interview.
Practice before it counts.

A full mock interview costs NPR 199. A weak pre-CAS interview can cost you your CAS and your intake.

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