Callback

The rehearsal room for Canadian university admissions

Rehearse the interview that decides your offer.

Callback runs your target school’s real supplementary interview, with the exact timed video and written format, then scores you on that school’s own rubric.

No card required. It records exactly like the real thing.

UT
UofT EngineeringMock · Question 2 of 4
REC
VIDEO · PERSONAL
Describe a time you had to rethink your approach to a problem. What changed your mind?
2:54
Prep timeStructure your answer
Scored on UofT’s rubric4 / 5
Program fit4/5
Narrative5/5
Specificity4/5
Built on each school’s published admissions standardUofT EngineeringMcMasterQueen’s CommerceRotmanIvey AEOWaterloo
One recording. A three-minute clock. The supplementary interview is where a strong file becomes an offer, or doesn’t.
You get one take, on the clock

Prep counts down, then you record. No retries on the real thing, so rehearse it until it is muscle memory.

Video and written, in English

Most applicants have never spoken an admissions answer out loud. The gap between a written draft and a live take is huge.

Every school judges different things

UofT weighs program fit. McMaster weighs self-awareness. A generic answer scores generically.

How Callback works

Three steps from cold to callback-ready.

No generic “interview tips.” You sit the actual format your school uses and leave with a scored, specific plan.

01

Pick your school

Choose your program and Callback loads its exact interview: question mix, prep time, answer windows, and word caps, straight from the admissions standard.

02

Sit the real thing

A written prompt, then video questions. The clock runs, the camera records. You practise the pressure, not just the wording.

03

Get scored & specific

An AI interviewer scores each answer on that school’s own dimensions, cites your words, and hands you exact English phrasing to fix the gaps.

One rubric per school

Judged the way your school actually judges.

Three programs are live, more are in the queue. Each carries its own format and its own evaluation dimensions, never a one-size-fits-all score.

RC
University of Toronto
Rotman Commerce
SOON
IV
Western University
Ivey AEO
SOON
W
University of Waterloo
Computer Science
SOON

University of Toronto · Engineering

Broad-based review. Reviewers reward a non-forced link between a specific skill and your program, an authentic narrative, and concise delivery.

UT
1 + 31 written · 3 video
10 minwritten · 250 words
3 minprep per video
2–3 minanswer window
Scored dimensions
Program fit

A real link between your skill and your program choice.

Narrative & structure

A unique story, correct method for the question type.

Specificity

A concrete example — who, what, when — not slogans.

Reflection & delivery

Genuine growth plus clear, confident English.

McMaster University · Engineering

McMaster values resourcefulness, resilience, and above all self-awareness — applicants who reflect honestly instead of giving surface-level answers.

Mac
1 + 31 written · 3 video
10 minwritten response
1 minprep per video
2 minanswer window
Scored dimensions
Self-awareness

Honest understanding of your skills, values, and gaps.

Critical thinking

Structured reasoning; take a clear position and justify it.

Communication

Clear, concise, confident English — never scripted.

Reflection & fit

Authentic lessons aligned with what McMaster values.

Queen's University · Commerce

Queen's Smith Commerce scores written and video answers on the same standard: a specific example, initiative, awareness of your impact on others, and genuine reflection.

Q
1 + 11 written · 1 video
10 minwritten · 335 words
2 minprep for video
2 minanswer window
Scored dimensions
Specificity & challenge

A clear, authentic, specific example — not a vague generality.

Initiative

Took initiative to address the challenge or sought help appropriately.

Contribution & impact

Awareness of your role and influence, and how your actions affected others.

Reflection

Genuine reflection showing personal growth and maturity.

The AI interviewer

Feedback you can act on before Monday.

Not a vague grade. Callback’s coach reads your answer against your school’s dimensions, tells you what landed, and rewrites what didn’t, in English you can actually say.

Calibrated, not inflated

Anti-inflation scoring with anchored bands. Most answers land in the middle, and a 5 has to be earned.

It cites your own words

Every strength and every fix points at something you actually said, never generic “great job” filler.

English you can say out loud

Suggested phrasing written for the way you actually speak, ready to rehearse tomorrow.

4
Overall bandUofT Engineering · Q2 personal
Narrative
Program fit4 / 5
Narrative & structure5 / 5
Specificity4 / 5
Reflection & delivery3 / 5
STRENGTH
The robotics-competition example made the “change of approach” concrete and specific. A real story beats an abstract claim every time.
REWRITE
Add one line of reflection: how this experience shaped your choice of engineering.
“What I took away is that good engineering starts by questioning the problem, not the solution, which is exactly why I chose this program.”
The frameworks we drill

Two ways to answer. Callback teaches both.

Every question type has a shape. Use the wrong one and even a true story falls flat.

Personal questions

Narrative

Tell a story with an arc, so the interviewer feels the moment instead of hearing a summary.

HookContextConflictActionResolution
Problem & opinion

Deductive

State the conclusion first, then defend it. A clear position beats a “perfect” hedge.

PositionReason oneReason twoWhat it reveals
120+Real questions in the bank
1+3Written + video, every mock
~18minA full timed run
3Schools live · more coming
Questions

The short version.

Yes. Each school’s mock uses its published structure: the number of written and video questions, the prep countdown, the answer window, and any word cap. UofT Engineering, McMaster Engineering, and Queen’s Commerce are live today.

You answer in English, because that is what the schools evaluate. Callback’s coaching comes back in English too, always paired with a suggested sentence you can practise saying out loud.

An AI interviewer trained on the school’s own admissions standard scores every dimension on a calibrated 1–5 scale, cites specific lines from your answer, and gives concrete rewrites. Scoring is deliberately anti-inflation, so a top band has to be earned.

UofT Engineering, McMaster Engineering, and Queen’s Commerce now. Rotman, Ivey AEO, and Waterloo are being built on the same per-school-rubric engine.

Walk in already having done it.

Sit your school’s real interview tonight, get scored, and fix the gaps while there’s still time.