Anthropic manager says the coding interview is dead; Google asks for AI proficiency
An Anthropic manager wrote on October 27–28 that the coding interview no longer gives a useful signal on their team, and that for junior engineers they rate hunger above professional experience. According to internal documents, Google expects AI proficiency and is piloting Gemini-assisted interviews.
Who is affected and how
- junior developer
- Prepare for interviews by practising how to evaluate and critically check AI output, not only algorithm problems.
- tech lead
- In the hiring process, consider a task that measures how candidates judge work done with AI.
- senior developer
- When assessing candidates, judgement should matter more than code generation.
Sources
- Anthropic manager scraps coding interviews, says Claude makes it pointlessfirstpost · Oct 28, 2026
- Anthropic manager drops coding interviews because Claude is better at them - The Next Webthenextweb.com · Oct 28, 2026
- Anthropic Manager Says AI Has Made Coding Interviews Obsolete - Business Insiderbusinessinsider.com · Oct 28, 2026
- Anthropic manager stops coding interviews due to Claude AI's capabilitiestechgig · Oct 30, 2026
- Anthropic manager says the 'coding interview is dead' — here's his advice for junior developersbusiness insider · Oct 28, 2026
- “Action trumps experience.” Anthropic engineering manager says “technical coding interviews are dead,” and gives advice to juniorsdev.ua · Oct 29, 2026
- Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineersfelixrieseberg.com · Oct 27, 2026 · magyar
- Anthropic hiring manager says he stopped giving coding interviews because Claude is better at them — and tells junior engineers that 'hunger beats tenure' | TechRadartechradar.com · Oct 31, 2026
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