Anthropic engineering manager Felix Rieseberg says his team has stopped using traditional coding interviews, arguing that AI systems can now handle the same kinds of test questions better than many candidates. In a blog post, he says there is “no more point” to giving short React or assembly-style challenges, and he suggests that the most impactful builders succeed regardless of performance on these exams.
Rieseberg does not present a fully formed replacement for interviews. Instead, he says he is looking for new ways to assess hiring signals, scanning resumes and portfolios for prototypes that demonstrate judgment and qualities such as “taste, empathy, and principled thinking.” Another engineer at Google, Jaana Dogan, responds that she is interested in how candidates use coding agents, which she says could provide useful signals about coding skills.
Coverage also notes that skills testing in hiring has not disappeared across the tech sector. A labor economist at ZipRecruiter says that, based on an October 2026 employer survey, the information sector is among the most likely to require formal skill tests on initial applications, suggesting that changes at Anthropic may not yet reflect a broader shift.
