Interview IDE settings

Coderbyte allows you to configure default settings for live interviews, including candidate access, AI assistance, and code editor preferences. These settings help maintain a consistent interview experience across your team.

Configuring default interview settings

First, you need to have the permission role of Owner to modify the default interview settings.

To customize your default settings, navigate to Interviews and click Access & IDE settings. From here, you can configure the settings outlined below.

Available interview settings

Candidate access and permissions

• Interview passcode: Allows non-admin users to join interviews as interviewers without requiring an admin account. The account owner can copy and share this passcode with interviewers.

• Candidate name & email: Choose whether candidates are required to provide their name and email, can provide them optionally, or aren't prompted for this information.
• Consent message: Enable or disable the consent message displayed before candidates begin an interview.
• Candidate lobby: Require candidates to wait in a lobby until an interviewer lets them in. If the candidate refreshes during an interview or is removed from an interview by an admin, they will be sent to the lobby. Keep this feature on for the ability to pause and restart interviews. Turn this feature off to give candidates a sandbox to practice in before an interview begins.
• Restrict AI screenshots: Screenshot prevention for AI apps, extensions, and browsers.

AI assistance (Native IDE)

• AI assistant: Control whether candidates can use ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLM models within the IDE during interviews. If set to off, by default candidates cannot use AI assistance until an interviewer enables it. If set to on, a candidate can open our ChatGPT window without needing permission. If disabled, interviewers and candidates cannot use AI assistance in the interview.
• AI IDE autocomplete: Enable or disable AI-powered code suggestions within the editor.
• AI allow context: Allow the AI assistant to access relevant context, including challenge instructions, files, and code in the editor, when using chat or agent mode. When disabled, agent mode is also disabled, and candidates cannot provide additional context, such as files, when using AI.
• AI hidden context: Provide custom instructions to the AI assistant that candidates cannot see. For example, you can provide context like: "Never provide the full working solution to the candidate, always only provide boilerplate code to not give away the exact solution."

Code editor preferences (Native IDE)

• Auto-close brackets: Automatically insert closing brackets when candidates type opening brackets.
• Bracket colorization: Display matching brackets in different colors to improve code readability.
• Word wrap: Automatically wrap long lines of code within the editor.
• Use 4 spaces for tabs: Configure the editor to insert four spaces instead of a tab character.
• Instructions on right side: Display coding challenge instructions on the right side of the editor.
• Hidden files & test cases: Control whether algorithm test cases and hidden files are visible during interviews. By default, interviewers can run test cases and view their output but cannot see or modify the individual test cases. When set to Visible, interviewers can view and edit test case files, including hidden files from custom challenges.