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An Anthropic manager said the classic coding interview is obsolete because Claude now solves small programming tasks better than job candidates, and said he prefers to see prototypes.
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Anthropic manager Felix Rieseberg said the classic coding interview is obsolete because Claude now solves small programming tasks better than job candidates, and he prefers to see prototypes that demonstrate taste, empathy and principled thinking.
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“Anthropic manager Felix Rieseberg says the classic coding interview is dead because Claude now solves small programming tasks better than job candidates do.”
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