--- title: Using /grill-me for interviews?! | daily.dev description: A user discovered an unexpected use case for GrillMe, an AI coding tool, as a technical interview instrument. By having candidates use GrillMe in a live coding... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/using-grill-me-for-interviews--hpnitddtk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Using /grill-me for interviews?! | daily.dev og:description: A user discovered an unexpected use case for GrillMe, an AI coding tool, as a technical interview instrument. By having candidates use GrillMe in a live coding... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-grill-me-for-interviews--hpnitddtk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hpnItDdTK.png og:image:alt: Using /grill-me for interviews?! og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using /grill-me for interviews?! **[Matt Pocock](https://daily.dev/sources/mattpocock)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A user discovered an unexpected use case for GrillMe, an AI coding tool, as a technical interview instrument. By having candidates use GrillMe in a live coding session to add a feature to a codebase, interviewers can assess how well candidates think strategically, articulate their intent, and work effectively with AI tools. GrillMe's design demands clear problem description and challenges users with probing questions, making it a natural fit for evaluating AI-era engineering skills. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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