“When you use Final Round AI, you find a job in less than 30 days.”
This is what Kaivan “KD” Dave says when asked about Final Round AI’s mission to transform traditional interview prep with scalable, interactive AI.
KD joined Final Round AI in September 2024 as Chief Marketing Officer, with a vision of making the job-seeking experience better across the board. Since then, Final Round AI has leveraged the Tavus Conversational Video Interface (CVI) to deliver lifelike, face-to-face mock interviews that help job-seekers build skills and confidence.
“Some of the old players in the job-seeking space like LinkedIn and Monster don’t have a lot of innovation that actually helps users,” KD explains. “One of the coolest things I saw in Final Round AI is that they were building tools that have a massive impact on users. Big companies don’t seem to be able to build these without subtracting from their main focus.”
Final Round AI meets Tavus
From his first days at the company, KD had already identified the need for realistic AI human conversation: “Initially, Final Round AI was very text-based. There was a lot of reading and writing involved, and we had this thought, ‘It would be really cool to have AI humans that users can talk to.’”
He describes a natural alignment between Final Round AI and Tavus, even before a partnership officially began. "From day one, we figured out that both companies are trying to do good, and trying to improve the ecosystem and the market for our users.” That shared mission laid the foundation for a collaboration destined to deliver results.
Implementation
KD is quick to praise the Tavus support system; it’s essential to back great technology with a great team. “One of the biggest things about Tavus was the team’s flexibility,” he explains. “I mean this in terms of making things easy to integrate, but also in the ongoing support they offer. There have been a lot of updates to the Tavus product, and the team always reaches out in Slack to let us know.”
He continues, naming a few more reasons why Tavus stands out. “The speed and quality have been critical. Tavus has speed, reliability, flexibility, and the best product on the market.” He adds, “The technology is very unique. If you wanted to deploy thousands of lifelike conversations, you would have to build so many different things, and it still wouldn’t be as good as Tavus.”
Why conversational video AI?
The use case for Tavus and Final Round AI is an obvious one. Some might say it’s a perfect fit.
KD breaks it all down simply: “With conversational video AI in the Final Round AI product, we’re putting our users in the proper environment for true interview success. Having someone on the other screen is a critical component of the interview process, and Tavus helps us simulate that at scale.”
With Tavus, Final Round AI’s mock interview feature gives every user an always-online interview study buddy, giving job-seekers flexible, on-demand practice to sharpen their skills with a mentorlike AI with all the context it needs. The result? A measurable boost in platform effectiveness and user outcomes.
“Now, users can participate in mock interviews with Tavus-powered CVIs, and receive a comprehensive breakdown (known as a scorecard) with grading on things like communication effectiveness,” KD says.
Tavus’ AI humans combine proprietary models into a single, powerful “Tavus brain” purpose-built for real-time conversation. With market-leading turn-taking and a perception engine that sees both the user and shared media, Tavus enables responsive, human-like interactions that adapt on the fly.
For companies like Final Round AI, this technology unlocks new insights traditionally limited to human interviewers. AI humans capture data like whether a candidate was searching for answers mid-interview, interrupting, or presenting themselves in a professional (or unprofessional) manner.
Real feedback. Real results.
When asked what made him want to join Final Round AI, KD smiles.
“I’ve been on both sides of the equation: job-seeker and employer,” he admits. “When I tell people I couldn’t speak a word of English 15 years ago, they don’t believe me. But because of my experience I truly understand how important communication is—being confident, being able to make your point succinctly, being able to express your thoughts in real-time. All of these are important, and Final Round AI helps people do just that.”
Clearly, KD has a passion for building tools that empower others. And with mock interviews powered by Tavus, Final Round AI delivers exactly that.
In Q2 2025 alone, over 100,000 users have actively used the Final Round AI mock interview product. And those aren’t vanity metrics. The average session time clocks in at 12 minutes, a clear sign that users are finding real value.
On sites like Trustpilot, users praise the powerful feature, with one stating, “Mock interviews are solid for practicing under pressure, and the instant feedback helps pinpoint where I’m losing focus. I used it for a tech role interview and the role-specific question bank was spot-on for coding and system design prep.”
Another Trustpilot reviewer noted how practicing with AI-driven mock interviews made them “feel more prepared and natural in real interview scenarios,” which is the exact goal Final Round AI is striving towards.
The future of job seeking
“In the near future, Final Round AI is where people will go to find their next opportunity instantly,” KD predicts, and considering how quickly the platform is evolving, that future seems closer than ever.
Currently, Final Round AI offers advanced, AI-powered capabilities like resume builders, career coaching, a real-time interview copilot, and the aforementioned mock interviews. But it’s more than a toolkit, it’s real-time, personalized, AI-driven support, transforming how people prepare and succeed in the job market.
When asked about his end goal, KD smiles. “For now, we’re just working on becoming a household name for anyone thinking about finding a job, or improving their career.”
The final word
With plenty of experience in today’s fast-moving AI market, KD offers a simple mantra: “Just ship it. Ship fast, and get it into the market as quickly as you can.”
It’s the reality of our new AI world: speed wins. “Once you ship something, you get data and you’ll know what to polish,” he says. “I used to be a perfectionist, but now I perfect my craft with feedback from data rather than upfront.”
That same mindset powers Final Round AI’s partnership with Tavus: using the Conversational Video Interface to drive rapid iteration, real-time learning, and scalable human-like mock interviews.
KD then brings it back to a simple truth: real users shape real products. “At the end of the day, nobody sees or uses your product the way you envision it anyway. Everyone is different, and brings a different perspective to the table in how they use your product. Like a rock tumbler, this is what ultimately turns your product from a great, niche idea into an app that is beloved by all.”
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