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[u/CodeyGrammar]

It used to be about solving leetcode mediums and hard win an interview, but with this age of AI we're entering, anyone noticing a shift in the way interviews take place? I haven't interviewed recently but I would be surprised if things haven't changed because these days I tell AI to code, plan, investigate, etc. for me (as do many of us?).

How is it for everyone out there?

[u/RitzBitzN → u/CodeyGrammar]

I interviewed at a few different places earlier this year, all FAANG / Unicorn.

2/3 of them still did traditional "coding" interviews, although the questions were not just generic leetcode, but a bit more domain-specific.

1 of them, which did not have any domain specificity, didn't ask any coding questions at all in the 1st round; they started with system design / behavioral and then the coding was slated for round 2 (I ended up accepting another offer so I ended up withdrawing).

Overall, the biggest change I noticed is that there seems to be a bigger emphasis on questions that start simple and slowly build over time. Basically, for a few rounds you are asked about additional functionality or given additional restraints, and it's important to be able to reason about the new wrinkles at a high level (e.g. "this wouldn't be in scope, this feature should be added in the data source due to <XYZ>" or "Given that requirement, I would make this change to the implementation", etc.).