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AI Tools for Interview

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Using AI Assist

✅ AI Assist is available on all pads by default — no org-wide setting is required to use it. The Organization Setting ‘Enable AI Assist for your organization’s pads by default’ controls only whether AI Assist is ON or OFF by default on new pads; it does not gate availability.


ℹ️ Interviewers can enable or disable AI Assist for an individual pad from the Pad Settings. Once inside the pad, click the ⚙️ Settings icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen to access the Pad Settings, where you can toggle AI Assist on or off.

You and your candidates now have access to current large language models to utilize as a tool in your interviews, including:

  • GPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Llama

To use it, simply click on the AI Assist tab, select your language model, and enter your prompt.

Screenshot of the CoderPad interface showing a Java project open in the editor. The file tree on the left displays folders for src, test, and files like pom.xml and README.md. The main editor is open to the README.md file with setup instructions for running Java on CoderPad. On the right, the AI Assist panel shows a chat between Ken Swearengen and the AI Assistant discussing an example of using Lodash in JavaScript. At the bottom right, a red-outlined area highlights the AI Assist input box with “Add Context,” “Files,” and “Terminals” buttons, along with a dropdown menu showing model options — including GPT-4o mini (selected), GPT-5, Claude Haiku 3.5, Claude Sonnet 4, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Llama 4 Maverick.

Some ways you can use the integration:

  • Have candidates showcase their prompt engineering skills
  • Review AI answers to technical questions with candidates to assess their critical thinking processes
  • Allow candidates to use AI like they would any other tool to solve your questions
  • Generate test data
  • Create starter code in different programming languages

✅ All pad users’ prompts and AI output will be saved for review in playback mode.

ℹ️ Want more information on how to use the integration? Checkout the demonstration video on YouTube.

AI modes

✅ The AI Assistant will automatically detect the proper context of your question, no matter what mode you’re in.

Screenshot of the CoderPad interface running a Next.js project. The left sidebar shows a file tree (app, api, db, lib, public, and files like page.tsx, layout.tsx, package.json, and README.md). The main editor displays a README titled “Running Next.js on CoderPad” with PostgreSQL database credentials listed below. At the top, a banner says the waiting room is enabled with a button labeled “Open Pad To Everyone.” On the right, the “AI Assist” panel is open with a ChatGPT interface. Two red callout boxes highlight a dropdown menu with options “Ask” (selected) and “Edit,” shown both enlarged and in the input area near the prompt field. The bottom bar includes controls such as Invite, Start Call, Start Transcription, What’s New, Feedback, and a red “End Interview” button.

Ask mode will allow you to prompt the AI assistant to answer your requests, but won’t allow the assistant any write-access to the code.

To allow the AI assistant the ability to change the code (including the file structure), you’ll need to enable Edit mode.

AI Plan mode is when the AI first outlines a clear step-by-step approach to a task instead of jumping straight to the answer. This helps ensure better results by making the process more structured, transparent, and easier to review before execution.

Private vs Shared AI Assist

You have two ways to utilize AI Assist in an Interview.

Shared AI Assist: Is AI that is available to both you and the candidate. You’ll both be able to see the prompt history here and utilize all modes.

Private AI Assist: Is an “Ask” only mode that assists you in the interview by analyzing candidate code, generating follow-up questions, and more. This mode is not visible to the candidate.

CoderPad AI Assist panel showing the empty "Ask ChatGPT…" state in Shared AI Assist, with Ask mode and GPT-5 mini selected.

Add other AI tools

✅ Claude Code and Codex are currently only available for Enterprise plans. Regular Claude models are still available to non-Enterprise plans.

In multi-file languages, you’ll also have access to Claude Code and Codex. In the AI Assist you’ll be able to see it from the drop down menu:

CoderPad Shared AI Assist panel with a red arrow highlighting an open "Chat" dropdown in the top right, showing Chat, Claude Code, and Codex as selectable agent options.