Anthropic drops traditional coding interviews in hiring shift
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On October 28, 2026, Latent Space reported that Anthropic hiring manager Felix Reiseberg said the company stopped requiring candidates to take a traditional coding interview this month. He argued Claude now performs better on React challenges and assembly problems, and that the team's strongest contributors don't rely on such test scores. He said drive matters more than seniority, and advised junior engineers to create business value first: take one bold idea, build a working prototype over a weekend, and lean on a fresh perspective and empathy for users.
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- Latent Space[AINews] Anthropic ends Coding Interviews: "Hunger beats tenure"
Anthropic 招聘经理 Felix Reiseberg 表示，本月已停止要求候选人参加传统编程面试。他认为 Claude 在 React 挑战和汇编题上已表现更好，而团队中贡献突出的开发者并不依赖这类测试成绩。他建议初级工程师优先创造业务价值，围绕一个大胆想法在周末做出可运行原型，并发挥新鲜视角和对用户的同理心。
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