Anthropic engineer kills the coding interview: "it no longer provides signal"
sull · x · 2026-10-29
felixrieseberg at Anthropic wrote: "The coding interview is dead, at least for my team. I've seen enough to know that it no longer provides signal. I removed it from loops this month." He offers a spicy, optimistic take that new opportunities exist for junior engineers. sull adds that show and tell is now about proving what you can build with AI, not solo — which only counts on big, complex projects.
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