Anthropic engineer kills the coding interview: 'It no longer provides signal'
trq212 · x · 2026-10-28
An Anthropic engineer says the coding interview is dead for his team — it no longer provides signal, and he removed it from hiring loops this month. His spicy, optimistic take: this shift may actually create an opportunity for junior engineers.
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