Interview knowledge

Coding interview when AI is allowed

Establishedest.Started 9 Sept 20261 min read#ai#interviewing#engineering

Tips

  • make adr folder
  • make agents.md and tell claude.md to read that to be ai agnostic
  • write preferences to agents.md, ie testing pure functions or disallow running certain commands
    • but keep it light to not eat tokens, deeper docs should be separate. same for readme
  • find good ways to spend time while it's doing things
    • plan other features
  • use it as pair programmer or architect duck
  • keep a log of what i did and what i plan to do
  • own the architecture

Structure

  • Understanding
    • Write down requirements, assumptions, edge cases and definition of done (mvp, nice to haves)
    • Design and document the approach (architecture, data model, interface, alternatives)
    • Build (get end to end happy path working asap), then add as many features as time allows
    • Prepare presentation