AI killed the tech interview. Now what? (News)

人工智能终结了技术面试。接下来怎么办?(新闻)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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2025-02-25

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Kane Narraway thinks through the radical change AI tools have brought to the technical interview process, Rhys Kentish built an app that makes him touch grass, Microsoft announced their progress on quantum computing, Chris Horsley learns about software estimations by yak shaving a washing machine install & Andreas Gohr built StumbleUpon for the IndieWeb.
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  • Foreign I'm Jared and this is Changelog News for the week of Monday, February 24, 2025.

  • My fellow severance fans must know

  • that Apple TV has published eight hours of music for us to refine

  • to they call the Odessa set Perfect for your innies work day.

  • Okay, let's get into this week's news.

  • AI Killed the Tech Interview now what?

  • Cain Narroway thinks through the radical change AI tools have brought

  • to the already fraught technical interview process,

  • he says HackerRank is pretty much broken.

  • Comp Sci fundamentals and coding interviews are also out,

  • but architectural interviews still work, at least for now.

  • Quote from talking to people who have run these it's evident when someone is using AI they often stop

  • with long pauses,

  • do not quite explain things succinctly,

  • and do not understand the questions well enough to prompt the correct answer.

  • As AI gets better and faster, this will likely follow the same fate as the rest,

  • but I would give it some years yet.

  • Kane suggests five options of how we can adapt, some of which are better than others.

  • One Stop remote tech interviews,

  • two Require some Pearson Vue type spyware three Bury our heads in the sand,