Your switch The interviews · Step 6 of 13
The coding round, with or without AI
Pick the right pattern, run the checklist, and have your answer ready for "may I use AI?".
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- Lesson · 54 minThe coding roundRecognise the pattern, type it, say the cost: the minute-by-minute moves, what to ask and say when stuck, a 19-row pattern selector with Java 21 template lines, a Big-O table, two first problems, eight verified solutions, eight templates, the DP families, one senior transcript, coding at Staff and Principal with two code-reading screens, a timed drill set and online-assessment pacing.
- Going deeper · 90 minThe coding round: going deeperLonger explanations and more worked problems for lesson 6, the coding round.
- Lesson · 27 minThe AI-allowed roundWhat companies say about interviews where AI is allowed, the first ten minutes in an unfamiliar tool, one worked 60-minute round with a planted bug, a rubric for the round, a practice loop you can run alone, the AI concepts a design round probes, one LLM feature designed with numbers, one Staff situation on assistants, a Principal AI vision, and the answer to "How do you use AI at work?"
Cheat sheet C2: Coding round (lesson 6) Template T9: The AI-use answer and the AI-assisted round (AI lesson)
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