Charged USD 350, No Service, No Refund, Repeated Generic Responses
Paid USD 350 for Final Round AI. Payment succeeded, but my subscription was never activated. Support admitted I’m eligible for a refund and confirmed the problem is their own backend/payment processor. After repeated follow-ups, I still have neither the service nor my refund. Very disappointing customer support and refund experience.
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Sandeep B.
Core Paid Feature Never Worked, Support Failed to Resolve It, and Refund Was Denied
I strongly recommend that prospective customers think twice before purchasing an annual subscription from Final Round AI.
I bought the annual plan primarily for the spoken-answer analysis feature because I had used it successfully on another account. On this paid account, the feature never worked.
The failure was consistent: speech-to-text worked, but clicking “Finish” caused the analysis to fail. I went far beyond what any paying customer should have to do and identified the backend issue myself: the /api/mock-interview endpoint was returning a 500 Internal Server Error.
I provided screenshots, timestamps, reproduction steps, the failing endpoint, and the exact error response. Instead of real technical support, I received a stream of repetitive, generic, AI-style replies asking whether the issue was resolved or requesting information I had already provided. There was no clear explanation of what had actually been investigated, fixed, deployed, or tested.
My original request was not for a refund. I simply wanted the feature I paid for to work. I requested a refund only after the issue remained unresolved and support failed to provide any meaningful progress.
The refund was then denied using a rigid 3-day policy and session-count rules, even though support admitted they could not determine whether those sessions were successful use or repeated attempts to troubleshoot the broken feature. They also refused to escalate the matter to a human billing manager and treated the decision as final.
So the outcome was simple: the core feature never worked, the issue was not fixed, meaningful human support was unavailable, and the refund was denied.
In my experience, this felt like being trapped in an annual subscription while dealing with automated responses instead of accountable customer support.
My advice: do not commit to an annual plan unless you are completely certain the product works for your use case. There are other interview-preparation tools available, and I would strongly recommend choosing one with transparent support, real human escalation, and a fair approach when a core paid feature fails.
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cogitatek C.
“Disappointed — the service was not as promised or advertised, and the customer support felt dishonest."
“Disappointed — the service was not as promised or advertised, and the customer support felt dishonest.” Is it a SCAM , with fabricated info 10M+ job seekers using Final Round AI; 10k+ jobs secured; 4.9★ on Product Hunt- Crack Every Interview with Real-Time AI Assistant ; Land Your Next Offer — Run mock rounds on your resume and role, get structured feedback, and join 10M+ users - finalroundai.com
==> Signed up for Yearly Plan $300.00 to Final Round AI on 06/29/2026 ( 3 - day money back - cancel any time!). Tried the Interview Copilot , many times, and it appears stuck always …, just shows always as ' Ready' for question. Never picked up any question and not a single word of drafting ,,,no answer !!!… ….always appears as ' Ready' for question. JUST USELESS!!! Emailed 3 times to : hi at finalroundai.com ( on the day itself - Mon, Jun 29, 4:19 PM , Tue, Jun 30, 9:08 PM, Sat, Jul 4, 9:36 AM ) -- CANCELLED and Requested for REFUND : 3 - day money back ) No RESPONSE YET!
Final Round AI - resulted in overall experience very disappointing, frustrated, and the felt the whole experience, very dishonest with no service/ response as well to my emails!!!
BEWARE OF THIS PRODUCT IT AND KEEP AWAY FROM FINAL ROUND AI !!!
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Daniel R.
I really wanted this service to work
I really wanted this service to work, but unfortunately it wasn't the right fit for me.
I subscribed to Final Round AI to help prepare for interviews, but after trying it I wasn't satisfied with the quality of the responses or the overall experience. I decided I didn't want to continue using the service and cancelled my subscription.
Unfortunately, my subscription renewed before I realised it, and I was charged £111.39. I contacted customer support immediately, explained that I had no intention of using the renewed subscription, and asked whether they could make a one-time goodwill exception.
While support responded quickly, every reply felt very similar and simply referred back to the refund policy. I was told there was no possibility of any exception or escalation, even though I cancelled immediately and won't be using the service during the renewed period.
I understand that companies have policies, but I was disappointed by the complete lack of flexibility for a genuine customer request. Customer service isn't just about following a policy it's also about showing goodwill where appropriate.
This experience has left me with a negative impression of the company. I won't be using Final Round AI again, and I hope the company considers introducing a more customer-friendly approach to renewal refunds in genuine cases.
Update:
I wanted to provide an update to my original review.
Following my review and further communication with Final Round AI, a member of their customer support team contacted me personally to explain that my refund request had initially been declined due to a bug in their support tooling, rather than their actual refund policy.
They acknowledged the mistake, apologised, confirmed that the issue has now been fixed to prevent it happening to other customers, and processed a full refund of £111.39, which I have now received in my bank account.
While the initial experience was frustrating and required more effort than it should have, I appreciate that the company ultimately took responsibility, admitted their error, and resolved the issue.
Thank you to the team for making things right.
Response from Final Round AIJun 30, 2026
Hi Daniel
Thank you for the detailed feedback, and I owe you an apology. You correctly noticed the inconsistency between your conversation and another customer's public refund — the difference wasn't intent, it was a bug in how our support system classified your renewal. Our 3-day money-back guarantee was supposed to cover your situation (immediate cancellation after a renewal, no usage on the new billing period), and the "repeat purchaser" denial you received was wrong. We've now corrected the underlying policy in our tooling so future requests like yours are handled correctly the first time. I've processed your full £111.39 refund to the original payment method — it should appear within 5–10 business days. Your point about goodwill and flexibility is a fair one and I've shared it internally. Sorry again for the round-trip to get here.
— Final Round AI Support
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Alexandra
Confusing Platform, Unclear Billing, and No Refund
I rarely leave negative reviews, but I feel compelled to share my experience with Final Round AI.
This was my first time ever using the service. From the beginning, I found the platform confusing and difficult to use during real interviews. The live interview assistance generated extremely long responses that were impossible to read while actively participating in a phone or Zoom interview. Instead of helping me, it often added stress and distraction.
The mock interviews did provide some useful insights, but the suggested answers sounded heavily AI-generated and unnatural. They did not resemble the way real professionals speak in interviews, making them difficult to use in practice.
What has been most disappointing is the customer service experience. After being charged for an automatic renewal, I contacted support to request a refund. I explained that I had only used the platform briefly during my first week and that I am currently unemployed. Despite this, I was told that my account reflected a “repurchase” of the service.
The problem is that this was not a repurchase. This was my first time ever using Final Round AI. When I asked for clarification regarding what they meant by “repurchase,” I received what appeared to be automated AI responses rather than clear answers from a real person.
I paid approximately $150 for a service I barely used, found confusing, and tried to cancel. As a job seeker, that is a significant amount of money. My request was simple: a fair review of my situation and a refund of the renewal charge. ( now 300 dollars in total !)
Potential customers should carefully review the subscription terms and cancellation process before signing up.
Based on my experience, I cannot recommend this service.
Response from Final Round AIJun 30, 2026
Hi Alexandra
Thank you for taking the time to write this, and I'm sorry for how the refund conversation went. You were right to push back: our 3-day money-back guarantee is meant to protect first-time refund requests like yours, and we incorrectly treated the auto-renewal as a "repurchase." That's a policy gap we've now fixed across our support tooling. I've personally processed your full $150 refund and cancelled the subscription. Your feedback on Copilot's response length and the mock-interview tone has also been shared with our product team.
— Final Round AI Support
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A.B.
Borderline scam and absolutely useless.
Borderline scam and absolutely useless.
The tool is very robotic and laggy, absolutely not even the worst LinkedIn influencer talks like that.
Also beware, they make it basically impossible for you to cancel the subscription, the cancellation button on the website refreshes without proceeding and if you click “delete account”, you do not receive a cancellation confirmation.
I have been charged more than 300 euro for 3 months in a row despite multiple attempts to cancel.
DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!
If you have been scammed by them, initiate immediately a chargeback with your bank and report them to the consumer rights organisation in your country (gather evidence, such as screen recordings of you trying to delete your account and correspondence with their customer support).
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Yifeng T.
Bad product and dishonest customer service
Honestly, I had a really bad experience with Final Round AI.
I signed up hoping the tool would actually help with live, conversational interview answers, but the responses were slow and often very generic. It did not feel like something that could understand the flow of a real interview or help me give strong, personalized answers in the moment.
The biggest issue is that you cannot really train the AI beforehand. You can upload your resume and the job description, but that is basically it. There is no real back-and-forth where you can teach the AI your background, your past experience, your preferred answer style, or the specific points you want to emphasize. For serious interview preparation, that is a major limitation.
The customer support experience made it even worse. I requested cancellation and a refund within their stated three-day trial policy, but instead of simply canceling it immediately, the support team kept steering the conversation toward canceling at renewal. The emails went back and forth multiple times, and it felt like they were using confusing wording to avoid processing the refund right away.
Overall, the product was disappointing, the support process was frustrating, and the whole experience felt very dishonest.
Keep away from it!
Response from Final Round AIJun 30, 2026
Hi Yifeng
Thank you for the honest feedback, and I'm sorry the cancellation experience felt drawn-out. I can confirm we processed your full $450 refund and cancelled the subscription the same day you confirmed, but you shouldn't have had to push twice to get there.
Your notes on Copilot's tailoring and latency have been shared with the product team. If anything is still unresolved on your account, please email [email protected] and I'll handle it personally.
— Final Round AI Support
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M K.
I strongly recommend against purchasing Final Round AI
I purchased Final Round AI (they might also go by Every Round AI) on June 10, 2026 and requested cancellation within an hour or so because I couldn’t figure out their clunky interface and when I finally did the practice bot simply re-read the job description out loud.
The company denied my refund request based on what it characterized as “substantial use” of the platform.
My primary criticism is not even the refund denial itself. It is the cancellation and support process. I received an immediate purchase confirmation, but no cancellation confirmation. Customer support repeatedly asked whether I wanted to cancel after I had already requested cancellation, leaving me with no clear proof of when my request was received or processed.
What makes this especially frustrating is that the company later acknowledged many of the same concerns I had raised. In a lengthy response, support conceded that missing cancellation confirmations create an “information asymmetry,” that customers should receive clear, timestamped proof of both charges and cancellations, and that repeatedly asking customers whether they want to cancel after they have already requested cancellation is not how the process should work.
In other words, the company appears to recognize the shortcomings in its own process while still denying relief to customers affected by those shortcomings.
Your mileage may vary, but my experience was a confusing platform, a refund policy that proved far less straightforward in practice than in theory, and a customer-service process that generated far more emails than answers.
Prospective customers should read the refund policy carefully, document every interaction, and save screenshots of everything.