How to prepare for AI-assisted coding interviews?

## Scenario You’re invited to an onsite interview labeled **“AI Code Craft Challenge”**. - You will receive **starter code** (an existing small codebase). - You are **allowed and encouraged** to use an **AI coding assistant** in your local IDE. - The goal is to complete a practical engineering task while demonstrating how you use AI to **build / test / debug / iterate**. ## Question 1. **What should you prioritize when preparing** for an AI-assisted, starter-code-based coding interview? 2. **Which tools/workflows** (IDE setup, testing, debugging, linters/formatters, AI assistants) are most useful to have ready? 3. In practice, do tasks tend to be closer to **feature implementation**, **debugging**, **refactoring**, or **improving test coverage**—and how should you prepare for each? ## Constraints / Expectations (implicit) - Time-boxed interview environment. - You must ship a correct, maintainable change and communicate tradeoffs. - You should use AI effectively but still demonstrate strong engineering judgment and verification.