AppsTechnical Interviews

// question bank

Interviewer notes on questions

Every bank question can hold private interviewer notes, such as hints, the expected solution and follow-ups, shown beside the live room and never sent to the candidate.

Question notes · interviewers onlyNever shown to candidatesSAMPLE

Hints

If they are stuck after five minutes: “What do you need to remember about numbers you have already seen?”

Expected solution

One pass with a hash map from value to index. O(n) time, O(n) space.

Follow-ups

What changes if the array is sorted? What if there can be several answers?

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// the problem

Why interviewer notes on questions matters in a coding interview

Interviewers juggle a second window for the rubric, the expected answer and their follow-ups, and different interviewers give different hints. Notes that travel with the question keep interviews consistent.

// how it works

How does interviewer notes on questions work?

  1. Write notes on the question

    Add hints, the expected solution and follow-up questions in the question’s Interviewer notes.

  2. See them in the live room

    When the question is on screen, its notes show in the question rail, rendered as Markdown.

  3. Edit from the room

    An Edit question link opens the question so you can improve the notes after the interview.

  4. See them in review

    The review page shows each question’s notes next to the candidate’s final code.

// options and settings

Every option, in one place

Option
What it does
Notes content
Markdown: hints, expected solution, complexity, follow-ups.
Collapsible
Show or hide the notes panel in the room; the choice is remembered.
Always current
Rooms and reviews read the notes from the question itself, so improvements show up everywhere.

// permissions

Who can do what?

Who
Can
Interviewers (anyone your company admin gives access to the console)
Write and read question notes.
Candidate (anyone holding the session link while it is open)
Never receives them.

Company admins decide who on your team can open the interviewer console. Candidates never sign in; they only ever use their session link.

// connects to

How interviewer notes on questions fits with the rest

// faq

Interviewer notes on questions: questions

Can candidates ever see interviewer notes?

No. Notes live only in the interviewer console; the candidate room cannot read them.

What should go in question notes?

Hints to give if the candidate is stuck, the expected approach and complexity, and follow-up questions.

Do blank questions have notes?

No. Blank questions added during the interview are not in the bank, so use the session’s private notes instead.

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