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Anthropic hiring shifts as manager drops coding interviews and IPO questions probe candidate motives

An Anthropic engineering manager says he has stopped giving candidates coding interviews because AI can handle small coding challenges, while the company reportedly asks candidates how they would respond if IPO stock fell to zero.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-11-01 14:15 · Fortune AI
    Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO could turn staff into millionaires—but the AI firm is asking candidates what they’d do if stock fell to zero
  2. 2026-11-01 14:15 · Fortune AI
    Anthropic’s $2T IPO could create millionaires—but it’s asking candidates what they’d do if stock hit zero
  3. 2026-10-31 23:05 · TechRadar AI
    Anthropic hiring manager says he stopped giving coding interviews because Claude is better at them — and tells junior engineers that 'hunger beats tenure'
  4. 2026-10-31 13:01 · DEV Community — AI
    What an Anthropic hiring manager stopped asking candidates to do

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