8.7Interview Talking Point

"I treat AI-generated tests as first drafts from a prolific but imprecise junior engineer. My workflow is: feed structured context into the LLM using prompt templates that specify coverage targets, framework conventions, and output format. I then apply the 10x Review pattern -- 10% generation time, 90% curation. I check every assertion against the spec to catch hallucinations, I grep the codebase for any method the AI references to verify it exists, and I mentally mutation-test each assertion: would this test actually fail if the feature broke? The result is a suite produced in a fraction of the time that matches hand-written quality after curation, with broader coverage because the AI systematically explores more input permutations than a human would."