Responsible Use of AI Coding Assistants in a Live Coding Interview

Context

In a live technical screen where AI coding assistants are allowed, you are expected to use them responsibly while demonstrating your own problem-solving, code quality, and judgment.

Prompt

Describe your end-to-end strategy, including:

1. Scaffolding prompts: How you will prompt the assistant to generate minimal scaffolding/boilerplate without outsourcing the core logic.
2. Verification and refactoring: How you will check correctness, complexity, and design; then refactor safely.
3. Secret and data safety: How you will avoid leaking credentials, proprietary information, or other sensitive content.
4. Attribution and licensing: When and how you will attribute sources or snippets, if relevant.
5. Time-boxing and fallbacks: How you will time-box tool usage, recover from bad suggestions, and ensure steady progress.
6. Maintaining understanding and code quality: How you will ensure you fully understand and can explain the code you present.