Teen Walks Out of No-AI Coding Interview, Igniting Debate on Outdated Hiring
arthurcolle · x · 2026-09-03
A 15-year-old developer recounted walking out of a coding interview that banned AI: after hand-writing code he said out loud he wanted to use AI. The interviewer agreed everyone uses AI at work, but company policy hasn't evolved — so he left. A reply joking about screenshots "for the investor deck" highlights how the anecdote resonates in AI circles amid the ongoing debate over whether hiring processes are outdated.
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