Coding Interviews in 2026 : What’s Changing and How to Prepare ?
What the session covers 1.What's actually changing — the new interview formats and what companies are really screening for 2.What hasn't changed — the fundamentals that still matter as much as ever (DSA, debugging, problem-solving under pressure) 3.A practical preparation framework — how to restructure practice around explaining and defending your reasoning, not just solving problems 4.How to get deliberately fluent with AI tools before walking into an interview, not during one 5.Real proof — a placement success story showing the framework in action
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60 Minutes
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About This Workshop
Everything you need to know about this live event
Coding interviews are undergoing their biggest shift since the LeetCode era began. AI adoption in hiring has crossed the tipping point — the vast majority of companies now use AI somewhere in their recruitment process, and a meaningful share of candidates are using AI tools live during interviews themselves. The result: interviewers are no longer just testing whether you can produce correct code. They're testing whether you can reason about it, defend it, and work alongside AI the way you actually would on the job.
For candidates still preparing the old way — pure pattern memorization, solo whiteboard grinding — this shift creates a real risk of being technically capable but format-unprepared.
Why this matters now
AI-assisted coding rounds, take-home-plus-live-defense formats, and direct AI-literacy checks are becoming standard rather than exceptions
System design-style questions are increasingly showing up in junior and mid-level interviews, not just senior ones
"Trust but verify" interview formats are emerging — candidates get AI assistance for part of the round, then must explain and modify their solution live without it
Communication and reasoning have become the primary differentiator, since AI has made code production itself less of a bottleneck
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