InterviewForge

Turn Your Code Into Interview Readiness.
AI-powered interview assistance, right inside VS Code.

✨ Features

⚙️ Requirements

• VS Code ≥ 1.85
• Groq API Key — free at console.groq.com/keys

🚀 How to Use

1. Install InterviewForge

Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace or load it via F5 in development.

2. Configure Groq API Key

Open VS Code Settings (Ctrl+,) and search for InterviewForge.
Paste your key in interviewforge.groqApiKey.

// settings.json
{
  "interviewforge.groqApiKey": "gsk_your_key_here",
  "interviewforge.groqModel": "llama-3.3-70b-versatile"
}

3. Load Current Code

• Click the InterviewForge icon in the Activity Bar.
• Open any code file in the editor.
• Click ⬇ Load Current Code in the sidebar.

4. Click Explain Code

Click 🧠 Explain Code to get an AI-powered analysis:

• Summary
• Time & Space Complexity
• Alternative Approaches
• Interview Questions

5. Start Mock Interview (optional)

Click 🚀 Start Mock Interview to:

1. Receive 5 AI-generated questions based on your code.
2. Answer each question in the text box.
3. Get a score (0–10), feedback, and a follow-up question after each answer.
4. Review your session in 📊 Interview History.

🗂️ Project Structure

src/
├── extension.ts                      # Extension entry point
├── commands/
│   └── openPanel.ts                  # interviewforge.openPanel command
├── panels/
│   ├── InterviewPanel.ts             # Main editor WebviewPanel (singleton)
│   └── InterviewSidebarProvider.ts  # Activity Bar sidebar provider
├── services/
│   ├── codeReader.ts                 # VS Code editor content reader
│   ├── groqService.ts                # Groq AI code analysis
│   ├── interviewService.ts           # Mock interview Q&A service
│   └── historyService.ts             # Session history (globalState)
└── utils/
    └── webviewContent.ts             # Shared HTML + CSP nonce generator
media/
├── icon.png                          # Extension marketplace icon
└── icon.svg                          # Activity Bar icon

🏗️ Architecture

• InterviewPanel is a singleton — createOrShow() reveals the existing panel instead of creating duplicates.
• webviewContent is the single source of truth for all webview HTML, shared between sidebar and main panel.
• All webview scripts run with nonce-based Content Security Policy (no inline scripts, no XSS).
• historyService uses VS Code globalState — history persists across restarts, never committed to git.
• AI services are stateless — session state lives only in the providers, making resets trivial.

📄 License

MIT