Failed AI interview task exposes how candidates navigate AI, not just results
jimmykoppel · x · 2026-09-10
jimmykoppel shares a hiring case: asked to "build a website to evaluate deals using AI," a candidate delivered a static landing page—and then argued it was what was asked. The failure wasn't the wrong task, but refusing to admit the misunderstanding. Quoting mitchellh: explicitly asking candidates to use AI in interviews and watching how they navigate it is one of the most effective ways to expose weak engineers—the process matters more than the result.
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