An invisible desktop application that will help you pass your technical interviews.

https://www.interviewcoder.co

The application is invisible to:

• Zoom versions below 6.1.6 (inclusive)
• All browser-based screen recording software
• All versions of Discord
• Mac OS screenshot functionality (Command + Shift + 3/4)

Note: The application is NOT invisible to:

• Zoom versions 6.1.6 and above
  • https://zoom.en.uptodown.com/mac/versions (link to downgrade Zoom if needed)
• Mac OS native screen recording (Command + Shift + 5)

• 🎯 99% Invisibility: Undetectable window that bypasses most screen capture methods
• 📸 Smart Screenshot Capture: Capture both question text and code separately for better analysis
• 🤖 AI-Powered Analysis: Automatically extracts and analyzes coding problems
• 💡 Solution Generation: Get detailed explanations and solutions
• 🔧 Real-time Debugging: Debug your code with AI assistance
• 🎨 Window Management: Freely move and position the window anywhere on screen

The application uses unidentifiable global keyboard shortcuts that won't be detected by browsers or other applications:

• Toggle Window Visibility: [Control or Cmd + b]
• Move Window: [Control or Cmd + arrows]
• Take Screenshot: [Control or Cmd + H]
• Process Screenshots: [Control or Cmd + Enter]
• Reset View: [Control or Cmd + R]
• Quit: [Control or Cmd + Q]

1. Initial Setup

   • Launch the invisible window
   • Login and subscribe

2. Capturing Problem

   • Use global shortcut [Control or Cmd + H] to take screenshots
   • Screenshots are automatically added to the queue of up to 2.

3. Processing

   • AI analyzes the screenshots to extract:
     • Problem requirements
     • Code context
   • System generates optimal solution strategy

4. Solution & Debugging

   • View generated solutions
   • Use debugging feature to:
     • Test different approaches
     • Fix errors in your code
     • Get line-by-line explanations
   • Toggle between solutions and queue views

5. Window Management

   • Move window freely using global shortcut
   • Toggle visibility as needed
   • Window remains invisible to specified applications
   • Reset view using Command + R

• Node.js (v16 or higher)
• npm or bun package manager
• Subscription on https://www.interviewcoder.co/settings
• Screen Recording Permission for Terminal/IDE
  • On macOS:
    1. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Screen Recording
    2. Ensure that Interview Coder has screen recording permission enabled
    3. Restart Interview Coder after enabling permissions
  • On Windows:
    • No additional permissions needed
  • On Linux:
    • May require xhost access depending on your distribution

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ibttf/interview-coder.git
cd interview-coder

2. Install dependencies:

npm install
# or if using bun
bun install

1. Start the development server:

npm run dev

This will:

• Start the Vite development server
• Launch the Electron application
• Enable hot-reloading for development

• Electron
• React
• TypeScript
• Vite
• Tailwind CSS
• Radix UI Components
• OpenAI API

1. On first launch, you'll need to provide your OpenAI API key
2. The application will store your settings locally using electron-store

after npm run build, hit:

node scripts/manual-notarize.js "release/Interview-Coder-x64.dmg" && xcrun stapler staple "release/Interview-Coder-x64.dmg"
node scripts/manual-notarize.js "release/Interview-Coder-arm64.dmg" && xcrun stapler staple "release/Interview-Coder-arm64.dmg"

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.