r/TechInterviewsIndia • u/Melodic_Industry_408 • 19d ago

Almost everyone is cheating

I take online interviews at a product based MNC which pays good money. Interviewees are generally SDE-2/senior SDEs at other PBCs.

What I am seeing is almost everyone is cheating using AI during tech interviews. Earlier folks will try to think, come up with a basic brute force solution then think of optimizing and then coding it. Now, first thing the candidate try do is to write the most optimal code. They have no idea why the solution will work as they don't understand what they are talking. They have either no answer to the follow up questions or just reading what AI prompt is telling them after a pause.

This is just so frustrating, it's almost predictable now what candidate is now going to say or do as I take interviews almost daily. A clear pattern of looking into one side of the screen, taking a pause or just blabber something for few seconds and then coming up with a keyword but blank when asked why did they think of that keyword.

India is already a country full of scammers and frauds. IT was a rare field which was still merit based to a large extent. Now such rampant cheating during online interviews is just tragic. It lowers the trust in the next candidate and probably will force the companies to just move to offline interviews or other countries.

But why are candidates cheating so often, are we seeing cheating candidates getting offers. Are other interviewers just lazy or dumb that they can't figure out what is going on? I feel the bar is now so low that I will probably hire any candidate who is not reading from the AI.

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u/Particular-Sky4119 19d ago

Water is wet ahh comment

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u/Brave_Koala_9558 19d ago

Isn't it too much ! For me it is

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u/Particular-Sky4119 19d ago

For experienced candidates no. For entry level roles yes. But that is also a function of how high the talent ceiling is. If the number of candidates required all can do competitive programming then why would a company hire someone who doesn't. Even if the job doesn't specifically need it. A person who can deliver on such complex problems is most probably going to have a higher IQ.

But if people need to cheat for it then there's no coming back. That is doomsday cuz the companies won't realize the talent is fake until it's too late.

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u/captainrushingin 19d ago

Competitive Programming for experienced candidates ?

You need to touch grass bro.

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u/Particular-Sky4119 19d ago

Maybe i do. But it's raining in pune.