InterviewGPT

AI leetcode interviewer that assesses tech applicants. Built on Langchain and OpenAI APIs. Recruiter-focused and tracks progress and submits analysis to email.

Final features:

Interview content

• AI interviewer: provides focused and structured interviews, asking one question at a time and ensuring comprehension by asking follow-up questions before moving to the next question
• Two question types: code-based and concept questions
• AI interacts beyond simply asking the question; it follows up and asks you to elaborate depending on your answer.
• CLI with context: user-friendly experience with relevant information and instructions
  • "Please enter a valid file path"
  • "You can type in the chat for this question"
• Records transcript with code: - enables detailed review of candidate's coding abilities and problem-solving techniques - gives insight into what the candidate codes like
• Variable interview length: adjusts based on context, usually around 45 minutes.
• I only have access to GPT 3.5 API so outputs will be greatly improved when I get the new API

Backend

• Key validation on Firestore: enhances security, only registered candidates can access
• Generate new keys
• reference candidate emails

Candidate Results

• MIM-formatted email that prettifies the outputs so recruiters can read them easier
• Email notification: prompt feedback, improves candidate communication
• For the email text, I used langchain to summarize the transcript and provide scores, stats, and give verdict on candidate
• timestamps to measure speed; you can see how long the candidate took for each question, possible flagging if they answer too fast

Prompting

• cut down Ack's original prompt to save tokens- AI interviewer: provides focused and structured interviews, asking one question at a time and ensuring comprehension by asking follow-up questions before moving to the next question

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How to set up CLI

You need Python and Git installed on your system.

1. Clone the repository:

• git clone https://github.com/r-chong/InterviewGPT.git
• cd interviewgpt-cli

2. Install the dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Setup your OpenAI api key and Google cloud api key

   Openai:

   • Sign up for a developer account on OpenAI, they have $19 free credit you can use.
   • Go to API keys and generate new
   • Copy and paste into openai_api-key in config.yaml

   Google cloud api key: Turn on 2FA on your google account, go to account/security/2fa/app passwords.

   • Generate a new key for Gmail on your chosen device
   • Copy and paste into google_cloud_pass in config.yaml

4. Setup FireStore database like this Download and reference serviceAccountKey.json

5. Run python interviewgpt.py --context context.txt