Manus now interviews engineers by having them solve problems with AI in 4 hours
xiaohu · x · 2026-11-10
- Manus co-founder Zhang Tao said at Web Summit the company no longer splits frontend/backend roles internally: PMs commit code and designers write code; job listings keep old titles only because "the outside world hasn't caught up."
- Since March, Manus hires for AI collaboration rather than raw execution skills—engineer interviews no longer use traditional coding questions.
- New format: candidates get a problem, solve it with Manus in four hours, then bring back the full interaction log to review with interviewers, who assess whether the person is used to working with AI. Zhang calls this "super important."
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