AeroPrep - AI Interview Coach

AeroPrep

Master Your Technical Interviews with AI-Powered Precision

Key Features • Tech Stack • Getting Started • Contributing

🚀 Overview

AeroPrep is a next-generation interview preparation platform designed to help software engineers, data scientists, and product managers ace their technical interviews. By leveraging advanced AI, AeroPrep simulates real-world interview scenarios and delivers detailed, actionable feedback on your performance.

Unlike generic question banks, AeroPrep creates a personalized interview experience based on your resume and target job role, acting as a dedicated 24/7 career mentor.

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✨ Key Features

• 🤖 AI-Driven Simulations: Adaptive interview scenarios tailored to your role.

• 📄 Resume Analysis: Upload your PDF resume to generate tailored questions that match your actual experience.

• 💻 Coding Challenges: Integrated code editor with live execution and AI evaluation for technical rounds.

• 📊 Detailed Feedback: Comprehensive performance reports including:

  • communication clarity scores
  • technical accuracy
  • strengths & weaknesses analysis
  • "hire/no-hire" probablity

• 📱 Responsive Design: Fully optimized experience across desktop and mobile devices.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• Framework: Next.js 14 (App Router)
• Language: TypeScript
• Styling: Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion (Animations), Lucide React (Icons)
• State Management: React Hooks & Context
• Utilities: pdf-parse (client-side text extraction)

Backend

• Runtime: Node.js
• Framework: Express.js
• AI Integration: Google Gemini / OpenAI (configurable)
• Storage: PostgreSQL (via Prisma ORM) or local storage for demo mode
• Security: JWT Authentication

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🚀 Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up the project locally.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or higher)
• npm or yarn
• PostgreSQL database (optional, for full persistence)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/aeroprep.git
   cd aeroprep

2. Frontend Setup

   cd frontend
   npm install
   # Create .env.local file
   cp .env.example .env.local
   npm run dev

3. Backend Setup Open a new terminal:

   cd backend
   npm install
   # Create .env file with your API keys
   npm start

4. Access the App Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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