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Cursor bans AI in the coding screens

Use the lesson to explain "How should you actually prepare for the no-AI coding screen and why is it easy to underestimate?" Then make the next move clear.

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The no-AI screen is the trap most candidates walk into

Cursor bans AI in the coding screens - autocomplete only. It's a deliberate, time-boxed test of raw skill and it's the exact tool the company sells, so the irony cuts both ways. If your daily workflow leans on an assistant to write the loop or recall the API, you'll feel the gap under time pressure. Spend real prep coding by hand: data structures, async, DOM, CSS layout, no prompt window open.

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My core is strong on TypeScript, React and CSS and I've spent the last weeks getting fluent in SolidJS specifically - I can walk through why signals avoid the re-render cost React pays, which fits a desktop editor that has to stay 60fps. My thinnest area was unassisted coding, since I usually pair with an assistant, so I drilled mediums by hand to be sharp without it.