They sent me an automated CodeSignal test before I ever spoke to a human, which consisted of 4 stages of the same problem with each stage getting progressively more complex. Did not progress beyond this stage.
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They sent me an automated CodeSignal test before I ever spoke to a human, which consisted of 4 stages of the same problem with each stage getting progressively more complex. Did not progress beyond this stage.
HORRIBLE interview process. After completing 6 interviews I was told I cleared the technical interview and was moved to the reference checks step. I was then GHOSTED by the recruitment team for 12 DAYS. I reached out three separate times and got no response. Finally after cc'ing another recruiter, maybe out of embarrassment, I received a generic response that they moved forward with another candidate.
I was told by the hiring manager there were multiple roles I was eligible for. Did they all get filled while my reference checks were in progress for 12 days? I reached out asking the recruiter if I was still eligible for these roles, instead of answering my question, they said they could meet on zoom (weird). After proposing a few time slots, they again ghosted me for 4 days!
Truly a unbelievably bad experience, its one thing to fail an interview and be rejected, but to be told you cleared it, that there are multiple openings you would be a good fit for, then be GHOSTED, is just shameful.
The interview loop at Anthropic is completely different from the standard FAANG pipeline. They do not care about your ability to speed run algorithms. The entire process is built around "First Principles" thinking and writing extremely robust and safe code. After the recruiter screen, I had a deep dive pair programming session with an engineer. It felt much more like a collaborative work session than a test. They want to see how you handle edge cases and system failures in real time. I was asked to build a reliable message ingestion component that could handle streaming data with unpredictable latency spikes.
Applied online, had an initial recruiter screen and a few technical rounds. Did not make it to onsite. Questions were pretty difficult and thoughtful, different than typical coding and system designs online.
