2 min lesson
Coding with AI - the judgment test
Use the lesson to respond to this: "In an AI-allowed Cursor coding round, what behavior is an explicit rejection trigger?" Keep the answer plain.
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Cursor's loop has two coding modes. First technical screens allow only autocomplete - no AI assistance beyond that. The 8-hour onsite lets you use AI tools and even Slack questions. The same person should be strong in both.
When AI is allowed, the interviewer is not grading the model's output. They're grading your judgment about it. The whole point is that you can tell good suggestions from bad ones and act on the difference visibly.
Pasting raw model output you can't explain is an explicit rejection trigger. The interviewer will ask "why does this line work?" - if you can't answer, the AI wrote it, not you. Read every suggestion before you accept it and be ready to defend each line as your own.
Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.
Same model, same prompt - the difference the panel grades is your judgment over it.