Feature Guide & How to Use

How to Use Interview Cracked

Everything you need to know about the features and how to use them during live coding rounds and interviews. No technical fluff.

⚡ Quick Start in 3 Easy Steps

Open the App

Launch the app on your Mac or Windows PC and log in. The floating overlay appears on your screen.

Join Your Meeting

Join Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams as normal. Share your screen or code editor with confidence.

Press Cmd / Ctrl + Enter

Whenever you need an answer or code solution, press the shortcut. The AI reads your screen and answers instantly.

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100% Invisible on Screen Share

Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and Discord cannot see this window

Always Active

What it does:Even if you share your entire desktop or record your screen during an interview, the assistant is completely hidden from the video feed. Interviewers only see your wallpaper or IDE behind it.

👻 Ghost Mode (Click-Through)

Press Cmd/Ctrl + M. Mouse clicks will pass straight through the window so you can type in your code editor without stealing focus.

👁️ Quick Hide / Restore

Press Cmd/Ctrl + \ anytime to instantly hide the app from view, and press it again to bring it back.

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Screen Vision & Instant Code Solver

Solves LeetCode, HackerRank, online exams, and MCQs directly from your display

Cmd/Ctrl + Enter

How to use it:Have the coding problem or question visible on your monitor. Press Cmd + Enter (Mac) or Ctrl + Enter (Windows). The app analyzes the question, identifies your programming language, and writes the complete working solution with complexity analysis.

What you get in coding questions:

✓ Approach Name: e.g. Two-Pointer, Sliding Window, DP
✓ Clean Code: No comments inside, preserving exact signature
✓ Complexity: Exact O(Time) and O(Space) values
✓ Line-by-Line: Explanation of what each key line does

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Live Voice Assistant (Listen & Answer)

Listens to the interviewer through your headphones and gives instant answers

Real-Time

Human-Sounding Answers:For verbal questions, answers are strictly limited to 3 to 5 sentences. It skips robotic AI preambles (never says "Sure!" or "As an AI") so you can glance at the text and speak it naturally.

Automatic Mode (Default)

Leave the mic running. When the interviewer finishes asking a question and pauses for 1.5 seconds, the app generates the answer automatically.

Push-to-Talk (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + M)

For interviewers who pause frequently or take long breaths. Press when they start talking, press again when they stop to get one clean answer.

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Smart Code Copying

Cmd / Ctrl + Shift + C

When you press the copy shortcut, it extracts only the clean code from the answer. It filters out headers and text, so you can paste straight into your editor with zero cleanup.

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Personalized with Your Resume

Profile Tab in App

Drop your resume (.pdf or .docx) into the Profile tab once. The app uses your real company names, projects, and metrics to answer background and behavioral questions.

Tailored Modes for Any Situation

Select the right mode in the app sidebar based on what you are doing:

Job Interview ModeMost Popular

For technical coding rounds, LeetCode assessments, system design, and behavioral questions.

How it behaves:

✓Keeps answers short (3 to 5 sentences) so you sound natural when speaking out loud.

✓Detects code editors on screen and automatically generates clean, working code.

✓Includes approach intuition, complexity O(Time) and O(Space), and line-by-line explanation.

Example Answer Preview:

Approach: Two-Pointer Sliding Window
Intuition: We expand the right pointer to include characters in our window. When a duplicate is seen, we skip the left pointer directly past it using a hash map.
Time: O(N) | Space: O(min(N, M))

Complete Keyboard Shortcuts Master List

All 16 global shortcuts functional even while typing inside VS Code or browser

Take Screenshot & Solve / StartPrimary

Grabs your screen, extracts the question or code on display, and generates the solution.

Cmd+Enter

Ghost Mode (Click-Through)Stealth

Passes mouse clicks directly through the window to your IDE so your mouse never gets stuck.

Cmd+M

Hide / Show App WindowStealth

Instantly conceals the assistant or brings it back to your screen.

Cmd+\

Push-to-Talk Mic ToggleAudio

Press when interviewer starts speaking, press again when they stop. Accumulates audio across pauses.

Cmd+Shift+M

Copy Pure Code (No Fluff)Speed

Copies only clean code ready to paste into LeetCode or your IDE, skipping all conversational text.

Cmd+Shift+C

Previous ResponseHistory

Cycles back to the previous AI answer in your session history.

Cmd+[

Next ResponseHistory

Cycles forward to the next AI answer in your session history.

Cmd+]

Jump to Latest ResponseHistory

Instantly jumps to the newest incoming streaming answer.

Cmd+Shift+]

Scroll Answer UpScroll

Scrolls the active answer card upward by 30% without touching the mouse.

Cmd+Shift+↑

Scroll Answer DownScroll

Scrolls the active answer card downward by 30% without touching the mouse.

Cmd+Shift+↓

Move Window UpNudge

Nudges the floating window upward by 10% of screen height.

Alt+↑

Move Window DownNudge

Nudges the floating window downward by 10% of screen height.

Alt+↓

Move Window LeftNudge

Nudges the floating window to the left by 10% of screen width.

Alt+←

Move Window RightNudge

Nudges the floating window to the right by 10% of screen width.

Alt+→

Clear & Restart SessionReboot

Clears current conversation history and reboots session state fresh.

Cmd+Alt+R

Emergency Panic Quit & EraseEmergency

Immediately wipes memory buffers and closes the app if asked to share full desktop.

Cmd+Shift+E

💡 All keyboard shortcuts can be customized to your preference in the app settings.Open Shortcut Practice Page →

Common Questions & Quick Fixes

Can the interviewer see this app when I share my screen?

No. The application uses hardware-level window protection. Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Discord completely ignore the window. They will only see the background or code editor behind it.

Why is the window not responding to mouse clicks?

Click-Through Mode (Ghost Mode) is probably active. Press Cmd + M (Mac) or Ctrl + M (Windows) to regain interactive control.

Audio is not picking up the interviewer's voice (Mac)?

Go to macOS System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording and make sure HD Audio Process is toggled ON. Also grant Microphone access.

Need help or a device reset?

If you moved to a new laptop and see a "Locked to different device" error, contact support via WhatsApp at +91 91373 31922 for an instant reset.

Download Desktop App

Available for macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel) and Windows 10/11