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Why are interviews harder than the job?

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56 points mooreds | 1 comments | 29 Sep 25 12:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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billy99k ◴[29 Sep 25 13:07 UTC] No.45413237[source]▶
I prefer take home, and then having a conversation about what is done, reasoning, etc.
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galdor ◴[29 Sep 25 13:09 UTC] No.45413260[source]▶
It feels like the age of AI has made take home coding exercises obsolete. I still have not found a good replacement.
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1. palebluedot ◴[29 Sep 25 13:42 UTC] No.45413707[source]▶
We were worried about that as well. But we have found that most people are not doing well on our take home. If we get to the point that most people are crushing it, then we may need to think more about AI and take homes (maybe tweak the it with the explicit expectation that they may use AI, etc.)

They also need to be able to reason well about why they made the choices they did. Something useful when talking to them can be asking questions like "If X changed, how would that impact your design?". If they were reliant on AI for vibing (rather than just using it as a tool), then those can be more difficult questions to answer well.