Viva

Let students show what they’ve learned.

Live voice interviews and oral exams, assessed by AI on what was actually said — instead of another written test.

See how it works

Built by the Disruption Lab · University of Illinois

Sample interview

BADM 395 · Customer Discovery · Interview 2 — Problem discovery

Dana Whitfield · VP Materials Management, Cardinal Ridge Health

Live

/100

On the call

Dana Whitfield

· · ·

Transcript

Scored · every dimension of the rubric

begin_introduction

avoid_early_pitch

listen_more_than_talk

focus_past_behavior

request_permission_to_record

Hover a dimension to see the lines it was scored on.

How it works

01

2 min

Open the assignment

Your instructor sets the persona and the hidden backstory, or writes the question bank you will be examined from.

02

15 min

Hold the call

A live voice conversation. They hedge, they change the subject, they make you work for it.

03

under a minute

Get scored

Every dimension of your instructor’s rubric — each with the line of transcript that earned it.

Two kinds of assignment

Discovery interview

Practice or graded · attempts set by you

A customer who makes them work for it

You set the persona and a hidden backstory only good probing uncovers. The student has to earn the information — what the customer hedges on, what they volunteer, and what they only say when asked a second time.

Oral defense

One attempt · no retakes · timed by the platform

An examiner that every student meets alone

Each student is asked their own draw from your question bank, so async sections cannot trade answers. Roughly 30 seconds to think and a few minutes to answer per question, timed by the platform — starting the round consumes the single attempt. You then post one personalised follow-up question, answered within 48 hours.

For instructors

Assign it, watch where the cohort is weak, release grades when you are ready.

Every attempt is graded against your rubric before you see it. You review the draft, override anything you disagree with, and nothing reaches a student until you release it.

StudentInterviewsAverageWeakest dimensionLast active
Amara Rivera374listen_more_than_talk2 days ago
Wen Li481crisp_summariesyesterday
Jonah Okonkwo268avoid_early_pitch4 days ago
Tomás Delgado152avoid_early_pitch6 days ago

Sample cohort

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