HireMind Backend ⚙️

Lean, TypeScript-first API powering HireMind's user profile and interview experiences.

Features ⚡

• Minimal Surface: Focused endpoints for /user, /interview, and /resume.
• Strict Typing: End-to-end TypeScript safety.
• Fast: Optimized for speed with a tiny middleware stack.

API Overview 📡

Method	Path	Purpose
GET	/health	Infrastructure heartbeat
GET	/user/me	Authenticated user profile
POST	/interview/start	Initialize interview session
POST	/interview/message	Conversation turn
GET	/interview/history	User's past interviews

Getting Started 🛠️

1. Setup: Run the setup script.

   ./setup.sh
   # Sets up .env and installs dependencies

2. Run: Start the server.

   npm run dev
   # Runs on localhost:4000

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PORT	4000	Server port
MONGODB_URI	mongodb://localhost:27017/hiremind	Database connection string
CORS_ORIGIN	http://localhost:3000	Allowed frontend origin