AI assistant for technical interviews, invisible on screen

1. Open Cue before the call

Launch Cue and start your video meeting as normal. The stealth overlay sits above the meeting window without showing up in screen shares or recordings. See the supported platforms page for the meeting apps we have verified.

2. Let it transcribe both sides

Cue captures the interviewer's audio and yours in real time, including technical jargon, library names, and accents. The live transcript stays on screen so you can re-read the question instead of asking for it twice.

3. Press the shortcut when you stall

Hit the hotkey and Cue answers the most recent question, grounded in everything the interviewer has said so far. Responses begin streaming in under a second, so you can start reading while it finishes.

4. Attach a screenshot for code questions

If the question is on a shared editor, capture the screen with one keystroke. Cue reads the code, the error, and the prompt together with the live conversation, then suggests an approach. The same screenshot context works on whiteboards and architecture diagrams.

Cue lets you save a custom system prompt per scenario, so its responses are shaped to the round before the round starts. For a technical interview, the prompt sets tone, depth, and what to leave out.

Here is one you can paste in and adapt:

Act as a candidate in a technical interview for a software role.

## If Given a Coding Challenge

### 1. Problem Analysis
* a) rephrase the core problem covering some edge cases.
* b) state the simplest, but perhaps not most efficient approach. e.g. bruteforce.
* c) state the best approach. e.g. sliding window.

### 2. Implementation (Python)
* a) provide a complete and correct Python solution. (based on 1c)
* b) add a short, clear comment ABOVE each code line.

### 3. Deeper explanation.
- a) justify your approach and decisions. 
- b) explain on a high level how your code solved the problem.

**IMPORTANT!: avoid unnecessary code complications like list comprehension.**

Save it once and switch to it from the menu before the call. Every Cue response in that session follows the rules you set, grounded in what the interviewer just asked and what is on your screen.

Quick actions sit alongside the prompt: pre-saved buttons like "explain my code", "what edge case did I miss", or "give me a one-line cleanup". One click, no typing. When you do want to type, the human message box is there too. Cue answers either way.

Different rounds reward different things. Cue is built for the four most common.

Coding interview rounds

A coding interview is mostly recall under pressure. Cue suggests the right data structure when you blank, walks through complexity when the interviewer asks, and spots edge cases you'd otherwise miss. It works on LeetCode-style problems, debugging exercises, and language-specific syntax in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, C++, C#, Swift, Kotlin, Ruby, and SQL.

System design interview rounds

A system design interview rewards structure. Cue holds the constraints you and the interviewer have already discussed (scale numbers, latency targets, consistency requirements) and feeds them back into every follow-up. Ask for trade-offs between two databases, a caching strategy, or a way to handle a region failure, and the answer assumes the constraints you set five minutes earlier.

Behavioral rounds

Behavioral questions reward shape, not novelty. While the interviewer talks, Cue quietly drafts a STAR-shaped answer (situation, task, action, result) using what you've already said in the call. You read the outline, pick the right anecdote, and tell it in your own voice.

Take-home review

Some interviews end with a "walk me through this code you wrote." Screenshot the file, ask Cue what it would highlight, and you have a starting line for the conversation.

An AI assistant for technical interviews is a starting point, not a substitute. A few honest limits:

• It won't make a slow delivery sound like an expert. The prompt buys you a starting line, not a presentation. If you read it word for word, the interviewer hears it.
• It won't bypass platform-level proctoring. Cue is hidden from macOS screen capture, but environments with installed proctoring software are out of scope. Check the supported platforms page for what we have verified, and confirm what your employer or interviewer allows before relying on it.
• It won't work without an internet connection. Live transcription and AI responses both need a working network.
• It won't run on Windows or Linux. Cue is macOS only by design; the stealth overlay relies on macOS-native APIs.

What Cue does keep is yours. Transcripts and chat history are saved locally on your Mac. Nothing is stored on our servers.

• Software engineers running five interviews a week who want a safety net for the rounds that matter.
• Career switchers moving between stacks who know the concepts but stumble on unfamiliar syntax under pressure.
• Returners after a long break who need a memory jog on algorithms they last touched years ago.

The free trial covers two hours of transcription and fifty AI messages a month, enough for a handful of mock rounds before you decide. The full AI assistant for technical interviews lives on macOS; download Cue and try it on the next round, or browse other use cases to see where else it fits.