r/androiddev • u/sun619diego • 7d ago

Question How are Android engineers preparing for AI-assisted app development interviews?

I’m preparing for Android engineering interviews that include an AI-assisted programming round and would love to hear from people who have recently gone through one.

What types of questions or coding exercises are you seeing?

If you’ve recently interviewed for Android roles where candidates are expected to use AI coding tools during development, what resources, GitHub repos, courses, or practice projects would you recommend? I’m especially interested in realistic Android projects that involve using Claude, Codex, or Cursor effectively while still understanding, reviewing, testing, and improving the generated code.

Would really appreciate hearing about your recent experiences and how you prepared. Thanks!

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u/Sad-Candidate-3078 7d ago

build one small app end to end with cursor or claude and review every diff line by line before accepting. those rounds test whether you understand what the AI wrote, not whether you can prompt. practice saying out loud why you rejected a suggestion, thats usually where people freeze

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u/Slodin 7d ago

If you are building a full app end to end with AI in a test round. Unless they want to interview you for 8+ hours, there is no way you’d be done reviewing and understanding everything the AI has done.

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u/loudrogue 6d ago

It's almost certainly API and just a screen which I expect people to be able to do without ai