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Coding a Stack Interpreter in Vim Without AI

Retell AISoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Aug 2026

A startup that works on voice AI. The first interview was handwritten Python. I used my own IDE and environment, and any AI or AI suggestion was prohibited. At the time, I did not know how to turn off AI inline suggestions in VS Code, so I had no choice but to write everything in Vim. Problem description The problem was to process a string containing numbers and operators. It included +, -, , /,…

Shared by a candidate · reported Aug 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.