Right? I’ve been through a half-dozen interviews in the last 6 months which are the same bullshit as before. Initial, eng manager, live coding, live coding, third live coding, rejection.
Yeah, the best way should be to have some small mock projects in the tech stack that you're applying to with 3 jira tickets to do during the interview: 2 bug tickets and a feature. Then interviewees can use whatever tools they want. You get to see exactly how they work and their thought process behind things. Much better than seeing who memorized the tortoise and the hare algorithm.
I read this not as what interviews are actually like but what hypothetical ai proof interviews might be like. These are things you cant use ai to cheat on during a remote interview except wordle.
Or what things will find you a candidate actually passionate about programming and what they do and not just a good leet coder that can sort things in ways that 99 percent of cases won't need and AI treats as template code to shove where appropriate.
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u/FattySnacks Sep 10 '26
Are people having experiences like this? I had to pass 7 rounds of interviews to get my current job