Anthropic drops coding tests in job interviews: what's the reason?
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The company behind the Claude chatbot has decided to give up the most difficult part of job interviews: the traditional coding test. The report has sparked debate in the tech world, including in Israel, about the way companies choose their employees.
For decades, job interviews in the tech field relied on what are called "whiteboard questions" and algorithmics. The candidate was required to write a function, or solve a mathematical or logical problem, usually without help and within a short time. The goal was to test the candidate's thinking and programming knowledge.
In the age of artificial intelligence, the situation has changed. Tools like Claude can write code quickly and solve many of the questions asked in interviews. Therefore, there is a question of whether such tests still show well what a candidate is actually able to do in everyday work. Many experts emphasize that companies need to rethink the way they assess skills.
This change may also affect tech companies in Israel, which employ thousands of programmers and generally use similar tests. It is still not clear which methods will replace the old tests, but the topic remains important to employees and employers alike.
Sources: היום
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