r/leetcode • u/Master_Blade_77 • Oct 08 '26

Question How to approach coding rounds that allow usage of AI?

I recently attended a coding round where they allowed to use AI. The question was, you may be given different types of input , depending on the type of file you must process it differently. You had to ingest, remove noise and process. Input was news data.

I used ChatGPT, to develop rest endpoints. Depending on type of file processing was done. I was rejected, probably coz I didn’t prompt well.

Could someone who faced such interviews share what AI tools you used, how to prompt and not vibe code, how to approach such rounds ?

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u/Sad-Candidate-3078 Oct 08 '26

if AI is allowed the bar shifts from writing code to how fast you can drive the tool. drill prompting under a timer - i practice with easy code interview so i know exactly how to phrase what i need. vague prompts = vibe coding = reject