Ex-Googler: AI agents can't write prod code yet, but what else fits a 60-minute interview?
prajdabre · x · 2026-09-30
A former Google engineer clarifies his take on AI-era technical interviews: he does think testing coding skills matters — production demands correct, clean, scalable code, and contributing to Google's codebase convinced him AI agents aren't there yet. His real point is that leetcode-maxxing isn't ideal, but he asks: in a 60-minute interview, what else can you test?
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