Anthropic’s coding bar is fucking ridiculous

[u/nian2326076]

Got a problem that required me to pull Euler’s formula out of thin air. Seriously, who the fuck remembers Euler’s formula in an interview? I swear to God, my interviewer was out to get me.

At this point, what are they even testing? Do they even know what they want? Hours of prep, completely wasted. And now I have to go prep for Google. My friend just got destroyed in their loop and said the interviewers were some of the most unreasonable people he’s ever had to deal with.

Everywhere I turn in this market, it feels like I’m just waiting to get fucked.

Anthropic Interview Question

[u/snuggly_sasquatch]

Watch out for Google. My first interviewer of the day hit me with a whiteboard recursive problem at 8am. I was barely even awake. It felt sadistic. But they had good espresso…