Tutorials
Learn How to Use ARIA
Step-by-step guides covering everything from first launch to advanced stealth techniques.
Getting Real-Time AI Answers During Your Interview
ARIA listens to both your interviewer and you simultaneously via WASAPI audio capture. The moment a question is detected, it generates a tailored answer in under 1 second — right on your screen, invisible to everyone else.
Launch ARIA and sign in. The overlay appears as a transparent, click-through window above your video call.
Upload your resume in Settings → Profile. ARIA memorizes your projects, metrics, and achievements to ground every answer in your real story.
Start your interview as normal. ARIA detects when a question is asked and displays a suggested answer on your overlay.
Press Ctrl+Alt+A to refresh or regenerate an answer if you want a different angle. The shortcut works silently with no visual flash to the interviewer.
Speak naturally — ARIA's answer is a guide, not a script. Add your own tone and delivery on top of the structured content it provides.
ARIA uses the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) by default for behavioral questions. Enable coaching mode in Settings for inline STAR structure hints alongside each answer.
Using ARIA During Live Coding & Technical Interviews
Technical rounds — whether on HackerRank, CoderPad, or a shared IDE — are where candidates freeze most often. ARIA's coding assistant analyzes the problem, explains the approach, and hints at edge cases without ever appearing on a screen share.
When a coding question appears, ARIA automatically detects it from the audio transcript — no copy-pasting needed.
The ARIA panel shows the problem decomposed: time complexity guidance, a suggested algorithmic approach, and language-specific starter logic.
As you type, ARIA highlights potential edge cases (empty arrays, overflow, off-by-one) and reminds you to handle them before the interviewer asks.
If you get stuck or the interviewer gives a follow-up ("can you optimize it?"), press Ctrl+Alt+A to re-analyze with the new constraint.
After submitting, ARIA summarizes what went well and what to revisit — useful if the interviewer asks you to walk through your solution.
Tell ARIA your preferred language in Profile settings (Python, JavaScript, Go, etc.) and it will format code hints in that language by default.
Setting Up WASAPI for Perfect Dual-Stream Audio
ARIA uses Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI) loopback to capture system audio — your interviewer's voice — and your microphone simultaneously. No extra software, no virtual cables, no latency.
Open ARIA → Settings → Audio. Select your default playback device (speakers or headphones) as the "Loopback Source" — this captures everything your interviewer says.
Select your microphone as the "Microphone Source." ARIA will merge both streams into a single timestamped transcript.
Run the Audio Test (Settings → Audio → Test Capture). Speak a few words and play a YouTube video — both should appear in the live waveform preview.
If the loopback source shows silence, make sure your default playback device matches what your video call is outputting to. Check Windows Sound → Playback tab.
For Bluetooth headsets: use WASAPI Shared Mode instead of Exclusive Mode to avoid audio dropouts. Toggle this in Settings → Audio → Advanced.
Using a virtual meeting with a friend is the best way to verify both streams before your real interview. Run the ARIA audio test while on a call and confirm both voices appear in the transcript.
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