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“The overall process was spread across months making it challenging to keep up with constant preparation. I was able to ace the product design, analytics and execution questions. I could have done better in the cross functional round.”
“Regular case questions, but took too long. Made final round and then team matching went on for months, until I finally pulled out.”
“It was okayish, however would have been better if I was better prepared for ML sys design fo NLP. I was good for CV projects and I filled out I want to go for CV but they gave me a NLP problem and was stumped there.”
“The interview was not too bad, two mediums and two hards. I just don't enjoy coding that much so it went downhill.”
“I went through 5 rounds for a Senior PM role: a recruiter screen, a hiring manager call, then three virtual on-sites covering Product Sense, Analytical/Metrics, and Googleyness/Leadership, followed by a cross-functional interview with an engineering partner. The whole process took about 5 weeks from initial outreach to offer. What went well: The recruiter was communicative throughout and gave clear prep guidance before each round, which helped me calibrate expectations. The Product Sense interview felt collaborative — the interviewer built on my ideas rather than just grading me, and I appreciated that the analytical round used a real, de-identified product problem rather than an abstract puzzle. What didn't go well: Scheduling took longer than expected between the hiring manager call and the on-site loop (about 10 days), which created some uncertainty. I also found the case interview time pressure tight — 45 minutes wasn't quite enough to fully structure and solve the prompt, so I'd have appreciated a few extra minutes to synthesize a recommendation at the end.”
“My process started with a talent screen with the recruiter and quickly moved to a hiring manager interview. They then scheduled me for a full loop on a tight timeline as I was far along with another offer. I had 4 interviews in the full loop and after those 4 rounds I was notified by the recruiter that I'd passed and was going for review with a hiring committee, a week later I was told I was going to get the offer. ”
“What went well was my effort and organization. What didn't go well was time management. Next time, I would start earlier and ask for help sooner if I needed it. What stands out to me is how well this role matches my background and goals. The interview has also given me a good sense of a professional and supportive team culture.”
“It was a very long process. Got to Team matching phase, but wasn't able to match after several tentatives. The rounds after the full loop (where I got mixed rating) were harder than the techinical ones.”
“The process started with a resume screen followed by a recruiter call. There is a hiring assessment that they send you as a first step (behavioral questions). This was followed by the first technical round consisting of sql questions. Subsequent rounds included questions on Googleyness and role related questions followed by a final round with the director.”
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“The weirdest Anthropic round was the company values interview. It was almost like a therapy session, and honestly if you went to a therapist at some point, you will pass that round much more easily.”
“What was very unusual is they didn’t give me any tooling to draw the system design, so I just sketched it on a piece of paper and talked them through it, then we got into this oddly deep debate about whether hover-over history should count as a recommendation signal.”
