AI and Coding Interviews: Practicing for Internships

Coding interviews test how you think, not just whether you get the right answer. AI is a great practice partner — as long as you solve the problem first and then ask for feedback.

Some examples

• Solve a LeetCode problem on paper, then ask AI to grade your approach.
• Have AI ask you follow-up questions like a real interviewer would.
• Ask AI to suggest one cleaner way to solve it, then explain why.
• Practice talking through your code out loud while AI listens via voice.

Try it!

Pick one interview problem. Solve it without AI. Then paste your solution and ask AI for one specific improvement.

Practice this safely

Try this with a school, hobby, or family example where the stakes are low. Use the AI output as a draft you can question, not as the final answer.

1. 1Ask AI to explain interviews in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
2. 2Give it one detail from "AI and Coding Interviews: Practicing for Internships" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
3. 3Check practice against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.