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“So far so good. Yet to complete, so cannot answer this one fully, but the HR asked me what salary you are expecting, which was slightly off-putting. I did not want to give a figure and box myself. ”
“The interviewer seems pretty busy with his work, so the interview went straight into the question. It was fine, and he seems kind.”
“The process was more rigorous than anything I'd done at other big tech companies, but the recruiter was actually accurate and helpful on what to prepare, which is rare, and I really appreciated that. A few things caught me off guard: one round included a coding test unlike anything I’d seen before. They asked me to create a voice agent with sub-500ms latency.”
“The interviews are easy/medium difficulty for an experienced engineer. The first coding round includes Java-related questions before moving on to an easy LeetCode-style problem. There is no virtual onsite; candidates are required to go to the office in San Francisco, and there are four rounds in total. The interviews are very friendly and feature relatively easy-to-solve problems.”
“The process was good but thorough. They were very responsive and punctual. The coding questions were easy, but can be hard under pressure.”
“After the recruiter call, the recruiter shared my profile to hiring managers who had headcounts. I talked to one hiring manager, I was asked about my recent projects and some behavioral questions. Overall, very common questions about historical projects and behavior questions.”
“The process was fast, recruiter communicated via emails. A technical round with some easy to medium SQL questions and a case study. The final round has 3 case studies and 1 behavioral question round.”
“Everything was very straightforward and smooth. I had a clear idea of the process because the recruiter was very helpful and walked me through what to expect from the beginning.”
“The process was very clear and the recruiter guided me through each step with helpful advice. Everyone was easy to talk to and the questions were straightforward.”
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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.”
