How do you use AI for coding?
Company: Expedia
Role: Software Engineer
Category: Behavioral & Leadership
Difficulty: medium
Interview Round: Technical Screen
An interviewer asks about your day-to-day use of AI coding assistants.
Answer the following:
1) Do you use AI to write code at work? If yes, for what tasks and how often?
2) Describe your typical workflow (e.g., prompting, validating outputs, integrating into PRs, testing).
3) What benefits have you seen (productivity, quality, learning, onboarding, etc.)?
4) What risks or downsides do you watch for (hallucinations, security/privacy, IP, bias, maintainability, over-reliance)?
5) How do you mitigate those risks in practice?
6) If you could improve AI coding tools, what would you change (product, process, guardrails, evaluation)?
Overview: This question evaluates a candidate's practical experience and judgment in using AI coding assistants, covering workflow integration, productivity and quality impacts, risk awareness (security, privacy, IP, hallucinations), and mitigation strategies within software engineering.