CookMe 🍳 - AI Interview Prep Generator

CookMe is an intelligent web application that helps you prepare for technical interviews by analyzing job descriptions and your resume to generate hyper-personalized mock questions and coding challenges.

✨ Features

• Tech Stack Extraction: Automatically identifies the core technologies from job postings.
• Personalized Questions: Generates behavioral and situational questions based on your specific experience.
• Deep Technical Drills: Stack-specific conceptual questions matching the job requirements.
• Practical Coding Challenges: Real-world tasks you might face in the role.
• Database Proficiency: Scenario-based SQL or database architecture questions.
• Export to PDF: Save your preparation guide for offline study.

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• A Google Cloud Project with Vertex AI API enabled.
• Google Cloud SDK installed and authenticated.

Environment Setup

1. Copy the example environment file:

   cp .env.local.example .env.local

2. Update .env.local with your Google Cloud Project ID and preferred location:

   GCP_PROJECT_ID="your-project-id"
   GCP_LOCATION="us-central1"

Authentication

For local development, use Application Default Credentials (ADC):

gcloud auth application-default login

Installation & Running

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the development server
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

🛠️ Built With

• Next.js 14+ (App Router)
• Google Vertex AI (Gemini 1.5 Flash)
• Tailwind CSS
• Lucide React (Icons)
• TypeScript

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Built with ❤️ for better interview prep.