Key Takeaways Google is piloting a software engineering interview format that explicitly lets candidates use an AI assistant during the interview process. The pilot program starts with select junior and mid-level roles in the U.S., with the potential to expand later. Interviewers will explicitly evaluate “AI fluency,” including prompt engineering and debugging skills. Applying to Google as a software engineer ? Don’t leave your AI tools behind. According to an internal document seen by Business Insider this week, Google is experimenting with a new recruiting process for software engineers that will allow them to tap into AI during the interview.  Beginning in the second half of this year, Google plans to allow candidates to use an AI assistant during its code comprehension interview. In that round, applicants will analyze an existing codebase — identifying bugs, improving performance and demonstrating how well they understand and refine real-world code.…