23 Live US Phone Call, Tech Job Screen &amp; USCIS Interview Simulators

Caller Asks: “Good morning. I am Officer Reynolds with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Please remain standing and raise your right hand: do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Once you confirm, state your full legal name and the last four digits of your A-Number.”

USCIS Citizenship Interview Practice (Form N-400) & Civics

Practice your USCIS citizenship interview out loud. Verify your N-400 application, answer trip questions, and pass the U.S. Civics speaking test.

You Say (Step 1): “Yes, I do. My full legal name is Alex Morgan. The last four digits of my A-Number are one-three-three-zero.”

USCIS 100 Civics Questions Audio Test (US Government)

Practice all 100 official USCIS civics questions out loud. Test your answers on the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Congress, and U.S. History.

Caller Asks: “Welcome to the US civics oral test. Let's start with Question One. What is the supreme law of the land? And what do we call its first ten changes?”

You Say (Step 1): “The supreme law of the land is the United States Constitution. We call the first ten amendments the Bill of Rights.”

Officer Morales (Simulated)

Score: 58→98/100

Los Angeles, CA

130 WPM

US Citizenship History Audio Test — 1776 & Civil War

Practice speaking your answers for the U.S. History section of the citizenship test: 1776, Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Caller Asks: “Hello, I am Officer Morales. Let's start the U.S. History part of your civics test. Question One: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted, and what land did the United States buy from France in 1803?”

You Say (Step 1): “The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France.”

U.S. Consular Post (Window #4)

Score: 50→98/100

Consul Davis (Simulated)

Caller Asks: “Good morning, pass me your passport and Form I-20 under the glass please. So you're heading to Georgia Tech for a Master's in Computer Science—how many universities did you apply to, and why did you pick Georgia Tech specifically?”

US Embassy F-1 Student Visa Interview Practice & Q&A

Practice the 2-minute F-1 student visa interview at the US Embassy. Explain why you picked your school, how you will pay for it, and your job plans back home.

You Say (Step 1): “Good morning, Officer. I applied to four schools and got into Georgia Tech and UT Austin. I chose Georgia Tech for its Systems and Machine Learning Lab, which matches my backend work.”

Officer Brooks (Simulated)

Score: 45→96/100

Chicago, IL

Caller Asks: “Good morning, I am Officer Brooks. We are checking your Form I-130 and I-485 green card application today. First, please give your current home address, the exact date you got married, and tell me how the two of you met.”

USCIS Marriage Green Card Interview Practice (I-130/I-485)

Prepare for your marriage green card interview with a simulated USCIS officer. Practice questions on how you met, your wedding date, and your shared bank account.

You Say (Step 1): “Good morning, Officer Brooks. We live at 1420 North Clark Street, Apt 6C, in Chicago, ZIP 60610. We got married on August 19, 2025. We first met on May 12, 2023 at a coffee shop in Chicago.”

Consul Carter (Simulated)

Score: 54→97/100

U.S. Embassy Consular Section

Caller Asks: “Next in line, passport please. Why are you traveling to the United States, where specifically are you going, and how long will you stay?”

US Embassy B1/B2 Visitor & Business Visa Interview Practice

Practice the 2-minute B1/B2 visitor visa interview at the US Embassy. Explain the purpose of your trip, how long you will stay, and your job back home.

You Say (Step 1): “Good morning, Officer. I am flying to Austin, Texas for seven days to attend the CloudCon summit. I will also hold planning meetings with our U.S. partners.”

Score: 44→97/100

Real-Life US Phone Calls & B2B Negotiation Practice (300-3400Hz)

Protect $300–$3,840/Call

Agent Miller (Simulated)

Austin, TX

Caller Asks: “IRS, Agent Miller speaking, ID 740912. Do you have a letter in front of you today? Give me the notice number, the tax year, and the last four digits of your SSN.”

How to Call the IRS for a Payment Plan & Notice CP2000

Practice calling the IRS on the phone. Confirm your Social Security number, explain Notice CP2000, and ask for a 180-day payment plan.

You Say (Step 1): “Hello Agent Miller. I am calling about Notice CP2000 for tax year 2024. The last four digits of my SSN are 8841.”

US Freight Broker Rate Negotiation Call — Atlanta to Dallas

Practice calling a US freight broker. Give your MC number, confirm your empty truck location, and negotiate a $1,650 load up to $2,150 all-in.

Caller Asks: “Midwest Freight, Dave speaking! You calling on a load? Give me the lane and your MC number real quick, I got three lines blinking.”

You Say (Step 1): “Hey Dave, I am calling on your Atlanta to Dallas reefer load. Our MC number is 1184920.”

Calling US Bank Fraud Alert Line to Unfreeze a Blocked Card

Call your bank after a fraud alert blocks your Visa card. Pass the security check, confirm your recent charges, and unfreeze your card right away.

Caller Asks: “Card Security Desk, this is Marcus. Please give me the last four digits of your card and your billing ZIP code. Then spell your account codeword.”

You Say (Step 1): “Hi Marcus. My Visa card ends in four-nine-two-zero, and my billing ZIP code is three-three-one-three-one. My passcode is Keller—spelled K as in Kilo, E, L, L, E, R as in Romeo.”

How to Call Health Insurance to Dispute a Medical or ER Bill

Call your health insurance plan to fix a $3,840 surprise emergency room bill. Give your Member ID and Claim Number, and ask for in-network reprocessing.

Caller Asks: “Member Claims Services, this is Brenda. To get started, please give me your Member ID number, the date of service, and the claim number from your Explanation of Benefits.”

You Say (Step 1): “Hi Brenda. My Member ID is UHC-904812, and my Group is 77410. The service date was October 4, 2026. The claim number is CL-2026-8841.”

Calling a US Apartment Leasing Office — Tour & Rent Rules

Rent an apartment in the US even if you are new to the country. Ask about open units, show your job offer letter for the 3x rent rule, and book a tour.

Caller Asks: “Thank you for calling Camden Park Leasing, this is Tiffany! Which floor plan or unit number are you looking at today, and when are you hoping to move in?”

You Say (Step 1): “Hi Tiffany! I am calling about the two-bedroom, two-bath floor plan, Unit four-twelve, listed at twenty-two fifty a month. I want to move in on November fifteenth. Is Unit four-twelve still open?”

How to Report a Car Accident to US Auto Insurance by Phone

Call your car insurance company after an accident. Give your policy number and police report number, state that your car was stopped, and ask for a rental car.

Caller Asks: “Claims Department First Notice of Loss, this is Kevyn. First of all, is everyone safe and do you need emergency medical assistance? Whenever you're ready, give me your policy number and tell me what happened.”

You Say (Step 1): “Hi Kevyn, everyone is safe and no one is hurt. My policy is AU-774910 for my 2024 Toyota Camry. Twenty minutes ago on I-95 North at Exit 8 in Stamford, I was at a full stop when a Ford F-150 hit my rear bumper.”

Caller Asks: “Hi there! This is Sarah calling from Vanguard Cloud in San Francisco for our 15-minute phone screen. Let's jump right in. Could you give me a 60-second summary of what you are building now and your biggest win this past year?”

Score: 51→98/100

US Job & Tech Recruiter Phone Screen Simulators

+$15K–$20K Base Offer

Sarah Jenkins

San Francisco, CA

145 WPM

15-Minute US Recruiter Phone Screen: Tell Me About Yourself

Pass your first 15-minute call with a US recruiter. Give a clear 60-second summary of your work, explain why you are looking, and state your salary range.

You Say (Step 1): “Hi Sarah, thanks for calling! For the past six years, I have built high-volume backend systems. Recently, I redesigned our core API pipeline. That cut P99 latency by forty-two percent and saved eighteen thousand dollars a month in cloud costs.”

US Job Interview Practice — STAR Method Questions & Answers

Answer 'Tell me about a time you solved a hard problem' in under 90 seconds. Use the American STAR method ('I did X', not 'We did X') with clear numbers.

Caller Asks: “Hi, this is David Chen calling from Seattle. In this part of the interview, I'm looking for specific examples from your past work. Tell me about a time when a critical project or production system was at risk, and you had to make a fast engineering trade-off under pressure. What did you personally do, and what was the measurable outcome?”

You Say (Step 1): “Right before Black Friday, our checkout database hit 98% CPU and put $1.2 million at risk. I found the top three slow N-plus-one queries and shipped a Redis cache in 48 hours. That cut load by 68% with zero downtime.”

How to Negotiate Salary & Counter a Job Offer on the Phone

Practice asking for higher pay after you get a job offer. Thank the recruiter, ask for $165,000 base salary plus a $15,000 sign-on bonus, and lock in your offer.

Caller Asks: “Hi! Calling with exciting news from New York—the hiring committee loved your system design round, and we're thrilled to extend a verbal offer! We're coming in at one hundred fifty thousand base salary plus a ten-thousand-dollar sign-on bonus. How does that package sound to you?”

You Say (Step 1): “Thank you so much, Lauren—Stratos is my top choice! Given the senior scope of this role and the eighteen-thousand-dollar Q4 bonus I am leaving behind, can we move the base salary to one hundred sixty-five thousand and the sign-on bonus to fifteen thousand?”

US Daily Standup & Live Incident Call Practice for Engineers

Give a clear 30-second update on a US engineering standup or live outage call. State the customer impact, how you are fixing it, and how many minutes until it is done.

Caller Asks: “Hey everyone, Matt here on the P1 bridge. Support is seeing checkout webhook timeouts spiking across US merchants. Backend on-call—give me the thirty-second bottom line: what's the customer impact, are we rolling back right now, and what's our ETA to green?”

You Say (Step 1): “Matt, bottom line up front: we are rolling back release v4.18 to v4.17 right now. Our ETA to green is four minutes. Eight percent of US card webhooks timed out over the last twelve minutes because the new retry worker used up the database connection pool.”

US Client Call — How to Push Back on Extra Work Politely

Learn how to say 'no' politely to a US client on the phone. Protect Friday's launch date while offering two clear options for their extra feature request.

Caller Asks: “Hey, glad I caught you. Look, ahead of Friday's November first launch, our sales team just promised a big enterprise prospect that custom SAML role mapping will be live on day one. Can your team just squeeze that into Friday's build?”

You Say (Step 1): “Congrats on the enterprise deal, Bradley—custom SAML role mapping makes total sense. Because it touches core login security and needs five days of testing, adding it now would risk Friday's November first launch. Let's look at two options to protect your Friday release.”

Score: 50→98/100

American English Phone Clarity, Spelling & Numbers Gym

Zero-Stress Daily Fluency

Claire Benton

Boston, MA

Caller Asks: “US Check Desk, this is Claire. The phone line has static today, so please speak clearly. Spell the last name Vandenberg with word letters, and give me your email.”

How to Spell Your Name, Email & Address on a US Phone

Never get asked to repeat your name again. Practice spelling your last name, email address, date of birth, and street address clearly on a US phone call.

You Say (Step 1): “The last name is Vandenberg. V as in Victor, A as in Alpha, N as in November, D as in Delta, E as in Echo, N as in November, B as in Bravo, E as in Echo, R as in Romeo, G as in Golf. The email is alex dot v at apex hyphen systems dot io.”

American Phone Small Talk, Greetings & Polite Interruption

Sound natural in the first 15 seconds of any US call. Practice warm greetings, ask a fast speaker to repeat dates without saying sorry, and set the next call.

Caller Asks: “Hey there! Ryan Mitchell here calling from Denver—how's your week going so far?”

You Say (Step 1): “Doing great, Ryan—thanks for making time today! The week is off to a strong start on my end. How are things going over in Denver?”

Fast American English Numbers, Prices & Dates Phone Practice

Stop mixing up 'fifteen' ($15) and 'fifty' ($50) on the phone. Practice saying dollar amounts, routing numbers, and US dates clearly.

Caller Asks: “Liberty Wire Desk, this is Hannah. Before I send today's wire, please read back the dollar amount, the 9-digit routing number, and the wire date.”

You Say (Step 1): “Hi Hannah. The wire amount is $15,480.50. That is 1-5-4-8-0 point 5-0. The ABA routing number is 021000021. The date is March 15, 2027.”

Automated US Voicemail & Live Operator

Score: 54→99/100

San Diego, CA

Caller Asks: “You have reached the desk of Jordan Taylor at Pacific Coast Operations. I'm away from my desk or on another line. At the tone, please leave your name, reference number, a brief message, and your callback number repeated twice. Beep.”

How to Leave a 25-Second Voicemail & Callback Number

Most US phone calls go to voicemail. Learn how to leave a clear 25-second message and say your callback number twice so people call you back.

You Say (Step 1): “Hi Jordan, this is Alex Morgan calling about Account AC-4092. My number is 415-555-0189. I am calling to confirm our signed Q4 packet is ready to go live. Again, my number is 415-555-0189. Thank you!”

Dispatcher Evans (Simulated)

Score: 48→98/100

Orange County, FL

Caller Asks: “911 Highway Dispatch Training. What is the exact location of your emergency? Give me the highway, direction, and nearest exit or mile marker first.”

How to Call 911 & US Highway Roadside Help (Practice)

Know what to say first in a US emergency or highway breakdown. Give your highway, direction, and mile marker first, then describe your car.

You Say (Step 1): “We are on I-4 East at Mile Marker 72, just past Exit 71 in Orlando. Our front right tire blew out, and we are parked on the right shoulder.”

Jake Miller (Your American Friend)

Score: 46→99/100

Austin, TX

120 WPM

Daily American Phone Chat with a Friend — Morning Coffee

Practice casual American English without stress. Chat with Jake or Chloe about your morning coffee, your plans for today, and your weekend.

Caller Asks: “Hey! It's Jake calling from Austin for our scheduled check-in! Hope your morning is off to a good start—did you grab your coffee or tea yet, and how are you feeling today?”

You Say (Step 1): “Hey Jake! So good to hear from you. I just grabbed my morning coffee and I'm feeling great today. How's your morning going in Austin?”