# Acedly AI

> Real-time AI interview copilot. Private mode, visible only to you. Under 200ms. Works on Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex, Coderpad, HackerRank.

Acedly AI is a real-time interview copilot for live video interviews. The platform delivers AI guidance during actual interviews, hidden from screen sharing, with sub-200ms latency.

## Product

- [Acedly AI homepage](https://acedly.ai/): real-time interview AI assistant overview, features, pricing.
- [Web app](https://app.acedly.ai): the in-browser product.
- [Desktop app](/download): native macOS and Windows app.

## Pillar guide

- [The Complete Guide to AI Interviews (2026)](https://acedly.ai/ai-interview): What an AI interview is, how AI is rewriting both sides of the loop, and how to choose an AI interview tool — from the team that builds Acedly.

## Reference guides

- [Blog index](https://acedly.ai/blog): all interview, hiring, and AI-assistance articles.

## Articles

- [HackerRank's Two AI Policies: A Candidate's Guide to Permitted Assistance](https://acedly.ai/blog/hackerrank-ai-policy-guide): Can you use AI on HackerRank? Yes, but it depends. This guide explains the difference between AI-Assisted IDEs and standard proctored tests to help you
- [AI for Online Assessments: A Screenshot-Based Workflow](https://acedly.ai/blog/ai-for-online-assessments-screenshot-workflow): Learn a step-by-step, screenshot-first workflow for using an AI assistant in timed coding tests, especially for image-based or non-selectable questions.
- [How to Test Your AI Coding Copilot: A Pre-Interview Checklist](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-test-ai-coding-copilot-checklist): A practical guide for software engineers to vet an AI coding assistant before a live technical interview, covering key features and performance tests.
- [How to Choose an AI Interview Copilot: A Checklist for Live Interviews](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-choose-ai-interview-copilot-checklist): Find the best AI interview assistant with our practical checklist. Compare compatibility (Zoom, Teams), features for coding vs. behavioral, and setup.
- [How to Answer “What Are Your Salary Expectations?”](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-salary-expectations): Handle salary expectations with market research, the role's level and location, total compensation, and a clear range without unnecessary early anchoring.
- [How to Answer a Conflict With a Coworker Question](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-conflict-with-a-coworker): Answer interview questions about conflict with a coworker by showing the real disagreement, your listening and decision process, and the working outcome.
- [How to Answer “Tell Me About a Time You Failed”](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-tell-me-about-a-time-you-failed): Choose a meaningful failure, own your decisions, explain the recovery, and prove what changed with a concise STAR interview answer.
- [How to Answer “Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?”](https://acedly.ai/blog/where-do-you-see-yourself-in-five-years-answer): Give a credible five-year interview answer based on capabilities, scope, and contribution without pretending to know an exact future title.
- [How to Answer “Why Are You Leaving Your Current Job?”](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-why-are-you-leaving-your-current-job): Explain why you are leaving a job with a brief factual transition, a forward-looking role criterion, and no unnecessary criticism of your employer.
- [How to Answer “What Is Your Greatest Weakness?”](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-what-is-your-greatest-weakness): Choose a real, manageable weakness and explain its impact, your corrective system, and evidence of progress without using a disguised strength.
- [How to Answer “Why Do You Want to Work Here?”](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-why-do-you-want-to-work-here): Answer why you want to work at a company with a specific connection between its work, the target role, your evidence, and your next career step.
- [How to Answer “Why Should We Hire You?” With Evidence](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-why-should-we-hire-you): Build a specific, credible answer to why should we hire you using the role's priorities, your strongest evidence, and a clear contribution statement.
- [How to Answer Remote Interview Questions (Workspace & Communication)](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-remote-interview-questions): Learn how to answer common remote-specific interview questions about your workspace, self-management, and communication to prove you're a reliable WFH
- [How AI Is Changing the Way Candidates Prepare for Interviews](https://acedly.ai/blog/ai-interview-preparation): Learn how AI mock interviews, role-specific feedback, and responsible coaching are making interview preparation more structured and measurable.
- [How to Analyze a Job Description for an Interview: An AI-Powered Guide](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-analyze-job-description-ai): Stop just matching keywords. Learn a modern, AI-powered workflow to decode a job description, uncover a company's real problems, and ace your interview.
- [The Interview OS: How to Build a Personal AI Knowledge Base for Your Job Search](https://acedly.ai/blog/the-interview-os-personal-ai-knowledge-base): Stop giving your AI amnesia. Learn to build a reusable knowledge base with your stories and projects for truly personalized interview preparation.
- [The Problem-Solving Monologue: A Framework for GCA & Hypothetical Questions](https://acedly.ai/blog/problem-solving-monologue-gca-interview-framework): Master GCA and hypothetical questions by learning to narrate your thought process. This guide provides a step-by-step framework for making your
- [Beyond Generic Prompts: How to Train an AI for Elite Interview Prep](https://acedly.ai/blog/train-ai-for-interview-prep-beyond-generic-prompts): Stop getting generic advice. This guide provides a step-by-step framework for briefing an AI with your personal context to build an elite interview prep
- [Can Interviewers Detect an AI Assistant? A Technical Guide](https://acedly.ai/blog/can-interviewers-detect-ai-interview-assistant): Learn the technical difference between visible AI bots and browser-based assistants and understand why modern tools are not detectable by interviewers.
- [How to Structure Your Answers for the Interviewer's AI Assistant](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-structure-answers-for-interview-ai-assistant): Your interviewer is using an AI to transcribe and analyze your answers. Learn a 3-step framework to structure your responses for both the human and the
- [How to Answer Estimation Questions: A Step-by-Step Framework](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-estimation-interview-questions): Learn a simple 4-step framework to confidently answer any estimation or 'guesstimate' interview question by focusing on your problem-solving process.
- [The Google Interview Scorecard: 5 Signals They're Actually Grading You On](https://acedly.ai/blog/google-interview-scorecard-signals): Decode the unwritten Google interview scorecard. Learn the 5 key signals interviewers are trained to look for beyond just a correct answer.
- [Beyond the Right Answer: A Signal-Based Guide to the Google Coding Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/google-coding-interview-signaling-guide): Learn how to pass the Google coding interview by focusing on the 4 key signals they evaluate: problem-solving, communication, code quality, and edge cases.
- [The 4 Types of Google Interview Questions: A Strategic Prep Guide for 2026](https://acedly.ai/blog/google-interview-questions-prep-guide-2026): Master the Google interview by understanding the four core question types: behavioral, coding, system design, and product. This guide offers a strategic
- [Beyond 'Think Aloud': How to Collaborate in a Google Coding Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/beyond-think-aloud-google-coding-interview-collaboration): Move past just narrating your code. Learn how to collaborate with your Google interviewer to demonstrate the communication and problem-solving skills they
- [The Google Coding Interview Protocol: 5 Steps to Demonstrate Hireable Thinking](https://acedly.ai/blog/google-coding-interview-protocol): Ace your Google interview by showing how you think. Learn the 5-step communication protocol that demonstrates the structured problem-solving Google values.
- [How to Answer 'Why Google?': A Guide to Stand Out in Your Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-answer-why-google-interview-question): Learn to answer 'Why Google?' by connecting your personal goals to Google's specific products, teams, and engineering culture to impress recruiters.
- [Show Googleyness in a Coding Interview: A Think-Aloud Guide](https://acedly.ai/blog/show-googleyness-in-coding-interview-think-aloud-guide): Learn how to demonstrate key Googleyness traits like collaboration and ownership during your coding interview by thinking aloud with data structure
- [The Coding Interview Script: How to Think Out Loud Using Patterns](https://acedly.ai/blog/coding-interview-script-think-out-loud): Learn a concrete framework to articulate your thought process in coding interviews by using common algorithm patterns as a script to go from brute-force
- [How to Think Out Loud in a Coding Interview: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-think-out-loud-coding-interview): Learn the step-by-step framework to effectively 'think out loud' in a Google coding interview, turning vague advice into a powerful communication tool.
- [Real Interview or Scam? 7 Red Flags in a Teams Chat Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/microsoft-teams-chat-interview-scam-red-flags): Learn to spot the warning signs of a job scam conducted over Microsoft Teams chat. This guide contrasts a real interview with common red flags.
- [The 5-Story Portfolio: Answer Any Interview Question](https://acedly.ai/blog/5-story-portfolio-answer-any-interview-question): Stop memorizing answers. Learn to build a versatile portfolio of 5 core career stories you can adapt to answer any behavioral or situational question.
- [Strategic Note-Taking for Zoom Interviews: Look Prepared, Not Scripted](https://acedly.ai/blog/strategic-note-taking-zoom-interviews): Learn how to use notes in a Zoom interview effectively. This guide covers cue-based prompts, physical setup, and key info to include so you sound
- [The STAR Story Bank: Answer Any Behavioral Question Without Memorizing](https://acedly.ai/blog/star-story-bank-behavioral-interview-questions): Stop memorizing answers. Learn to build a STAR 'story bank' of 3-5 core career experiences to confidently answer any behavioral interview question.
- [How to Use an AI Interview Assistant Without Sounding Robotic](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-to-use-ai-interview-assistant-naturally): Learn practical techniques to use an AI interview assistant naturally. This guide helps you integrate suggestions authentically so you sound confident
- [Why Interviewers Ask 'How Do You Use AI?' (And How to Answer)](https://acedly.ai/blog/interview-question-how-do-you-use-ai): Learn the real reason hiring managers ask about your AI usage and get a step-by-step framework for giving a perfect answer that showcases your skills.
- [Mastering the STAR Method for Behavioral Interviews](https://acedly.ai/blog/mastering-the-star-method-for-behavioral-interviews): A complete guide to structuring memorable answers using Situation, Task, Action, and Result — with examples from engineering, design, and product roles.
- [ATS Resume Keywords by Industry: A Practical Guide](https://acedly.ai/blog/ats-resume-keywords-by-industry-guide): Modern ATS resume scoring is semantic, not literal. Here's the keyword playbook by industry — software, product, design, finance, and more.
- [Salary Negotiation: The Conversation After 'Yes'](https://acedly.ai/blog/salary-negotiation-after-the-offer): Most candidates leave 10-25% on the table because they treat the offer as a conclusion. Here's how to treat it as the start of a negotiation.
- [Beating the ATS Without Sounding Like a Robot](https://acedly.ai/blog/ats-resume-optimization-2026): Applicant tracking systems get the first read on your résumé. Here's how to optimize for the parser without writing for a machine.
- [Answering 'Tell Me About Yourself' Without Reciting Your Résumé](https://acedly.ai/blog/answering-tell-me-about-yourself): The classic opener is also the most wasted minute in the interview. Here's a three-beat structure that turns it into a hook.
- [Reference Checks: How They Really Work and How to Prepare](https://acedly.ai/blog/reference-check-how-it-really-works): Reference checks aren't a formality. Here's what recruiters actually ask, how back-channels work, and how to prep references to close the offer.
- [How to Research a Company Without Memorizing the About Page](https://acedly.ai/blog/researching-a-company-before-the-interview): Five hours of focused research will outperform fifty hours of generic prep. Here's where to look and what to take notes on.
- [The Behavioral Questions Software Engineers Actually Get](https://acedly.ai/blog/behavioral-questions-software-engineers-actually-get): A focused list of the behavioral questions that show up in real engineering loops, and what each one is really probing.
- [Handling Rejection Without Losing the Next Loop](https://acedly.ai/blog/handling-rejection-and-the-next-loop): Rejection in the interview process is mostly noise, not signal. Here's how to extract the signal that exists and protect your energy for the next round.
- [Explaining a Gap or a Pivot on Your Résumé](https://acedly.ai/blog/explaining-a-gap-or-a-pivot-on-your-resume): Career gaps and pivots aren't disqualifying — they're just unexplained. Here's how to make them legible without apologizing.
- [Mock Interview vs AI Interview Practice: Which Actually Builds the Skill?](https://acedly.ai/blog/mock-interview-vs-ai-interview-practice): Mock interviews and AI practice tools train different muscles. Here's what each is good at, where each fails, and how to mix them across a 4-week prep cycle.
- [The Questions to Ask the Interviewer (and the Ones to Skip)](https://acedly.ai/blog/questions-to-ask-the-interviewer): Your questions at the end of the round are evaluated. Here's a tier list, by round and by signal.
- [Microsoft Teams Interviews: A Candidate's Field Guide](https://acedly.ai/blog/microsoft-teams-interview-field-guide): Teams runs most enterprise interview loops in finance, consulting, and large tech. Here's how its sharing model, audio quirks, and meeting variants change your prep.
- [Salary Negotiation After the Offer: Scripts That Actually Work](https://acedly.ai/blog/salary-negotiation-after-offer-scripts): The offer call is the highest-leverage moment of your job search. Here are the scripts senior candidates use to negotiate base, equity, and sign-on.
- [Your First 90 Days — And How to Talk About Them in the Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/first-90-days-and-how-to-talk-about-them): Hiring managers ask about your 90-day plan because they're already imagining you in the role. Treat the answer like a strategy memo, not a wishlist.
- [The Eight Coding Interview Patterns That Actually Show Up](https://acedly.ai/blog/coding-interview-patterns-that-actually-show-up): You don't need to grind 500 LeetCode problems. Eight patterns cover the vast majority of interview questions — here's the working set.
- [How AI Is Quietly Rewriting the Interview Loop](https://acedly.ai/blog/how-ai-is-changing-the-interview-loop): Recruiters now screen with LLMs, candidates prepare with copilots, and the loop itself is being redesigned around what humans still do well.
- [Best AI Interview Tools in 2026: An Honest Comparison](https://acedly.ai/blog/best-ai-interview-tools-2026-honest-comparison): Most 'best AI interview tool' lists compare apples to staplers. Here's how the categories actually differ — and where each one quietly breaks.
- [How to Use an AI Assistant During a Zoom Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/ai-assistant-zoom-interview-guide): How real-time AI guidance fits into a Zoom interview without leaking through screen share, plus the etiquette and failure modes that actually matter.
- [Surviving the Panel Interview: Eyes, Pace, and Proxy Questions](https://acedly.ai/blog/panel-interview-survival-guide): Panel rounds break candidates because they invert the social cues of a one-on-one. Here's how to read the room and stay in control.
- [Final-Round Interview: What's Actually Different (and What Isn't)](https://acedly.ai/blog/final-round-interview-whats-different): The final round feels like a different beast, but most of it is the same loop with higher stakes. Here's what actually changes — and what doesn't.
- [A Practical Roadmap for the System Design Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/system-design-interview-roadmap): Skip the encyclopedic 'distributed systems' reading list. Here's how senior engineers actually run a 45-minute design round and signal seniority.
- [Negotiating the Loop Itself: Skipping Rounds, Compressing Timelines](https://acedly.ai/blog/negotiating-the-loop-itself): Most candidates accept whatever loop the recruiter proposes. Senior candidates negotiate the loop the same way they'd negotiate the offer.
- [The Take-Home Is Not Dead Yet — Here's How to Win One](https://acedly.ai/blog/the-take-home-is-not-dead-yet): Some companies still use take-homes. They're easier to game than ever, but harder to stand out on. Here's the playbook.
- [The Role of AI Assistants in Modern Interviews](https://acedly.ai/blog/the-role-of-ai-assistants-in-modern-interviews): Real-time AI assistance during interviews is no longer a fringe behavior. Here's an honest look at what it's good for, what it isn't, and the ethics in between.
- [Surviving (and Enjoying) the Live Coding Interview](https://acedly.ai/blog/live-coding-interview-tips): What to do in the first 90 seconds, when to write tests, and how to recover when your first idea is wrong.
- [Mock Interviews That Actually Help](https://acedly.ai/blog/mock-interviews-that-actually-help): Most mock interviews are theater. Here's how to set up a session that produces real, repeatable improvement.
- [Looking Present on Video: Lighting, Framing, and the First 10 Seconds](https://acedly.ai/blog/video-interview-presence): Most candidates underinvest in their video setup. The fix takes one afternoon and changes how you're perceived for the rest of your career.

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