2 min lesson
The AI-authenticity bar
Use "The AI-authenticity bar" to tell the two cases apart, then say what tips the choice.
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Cursor lets you use AI tools in the coding screens. That permission is also the test. They are watching whether you drive the model or the model drives you.
The stated bar is blunt: candidates must understand every line, reject poor suggestions and explain their debugging decisions. Pasting raw model output you can't defend is treated as an instant rejection. The interviewer is hiring a senior IC who owns correctness, not someone who outsources it.
Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.
diagram: compare
Same tools, opposite signals - the difference is who owns correctness.