Anthropic scraps coding tests, prioritizes entrepreneurial thinking
anthropic no longer uses coding tests for new hires, instead focusing on entrepreneurial thinking and problem-solving skills, as ai can now handle coding tasks better than candidates.
anthropic's engineering manager felix rieseberg has eliminated traditional coding tests for new hires, citing that ai can now handle coding tasks better than candidates. instead, he looks for entrepreneurial thinking and problem-solving skills. newcomers have a structural advantage in spotting problems that veterans have accepted as givens. rieseberg advises new hires to understand the company's goals, pick ambitious ideas, and build working prototypes quickly.