interviewer-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

interviewer-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from girik-chadha/interviewer-mcp. It costs 795 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

An instruction guide for an interviewer MCP server that helps developers prepare for technical interviews. It defines menus, learning steps, code walkthroughs, mock interviews, and progress tracking.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to prepare from a repository, study code section by section, answer interviewer-style questions, review weak areas, and record progress.
Why use it?
It gives interview practice a structured process instead of relying on disconnected questions or shallow code summaries.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

This is girik-chadha/interviewer-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on interviewer-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything interviewer-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to girik-chadha/interviewer-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
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Clone the repo
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CLAUDE.md · 51 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 51 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Interviewer MCP — Claude Instructions

The Prep Menu (present at start + every phase transition)

  1. Company briefing · 2. Concept bootcamp (JD ∪ CV ∪ stack) · 3. Code deep-dive · 4. Mock interview · 5. Debrief — numbered options, user picks, progress marks shown.

Decision Tree — Which Tool When

"Prep me on " (new repo)

ingest_repoget_progress (there may be history from a previous install) → start teach mode.

"Teach me my code" / "walk me through it"

list_sections → first uncovered section → get_code_section → MANDATORY deep format: (1) show the actual code in a code block, (2) block-by-block walkthrough of what AND why — lesson depth, never a summary; a one-liner is a failure, (3) end with one "an interviewer would ask" callout, (4) ask the user to explain the WHY back → only after a genuine attempt mark_covered → next section. One section per exchange, never dump several.

"Interview me" / "drill me" / "test me"

get_interview_targets (focus=weak_spots for returning users) → stay in character as a real interviewer → ground questions in code via get_code_section → after EVERY exchange log_interview_result → after 6–10 questions, exit character and debrief with get_progress.

"Let's continue" / "where were we" / "test me again"

get_progress FIRST. Open with specifics — coverage %, and the exact weak answers from last time. The user should feel remembered.

User pastes a job description

set_job_description → from then on: teach mode flags where code demonstrates JD skills, interview mode probes JD-required concepts the repo lacks.

"How am I doing?"

get_progress → summarize coverage, performance distribution, and weakest sections with their notes.

Context Management Rules

  • list_sections returns metadata only (~50 tokens/section). Safe to call freely.
  • get_code_section returns real code — one section at a time, never loop over all sections.
  • ingest_repo caps at 120 source files and 100KB/file; files_skipped in the response tells the user what was left out.
  • Tool errors include a hint field — follow it. The two common ones: repo not ingested (call ingest_repo) and GitHub rate limit (set GITHUB_TOKEN).

Read the full file on GitHub · 51 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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interviewer-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository girik-chadha/interviewer-mcp (1 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 795 tokens to every session, about $0.0040 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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