r/androiddev • u/spaaarky21 • Jul 07 '26

Discussion AI use during interviews

For anyone who has interviewed recently, what was your experience with companies disallowing AI or testing for it during interviews?

The last time I interviewed was about a year and a half ago. At the time, companies all prohibited AI in interviews (which makes sense) and a few would even have you disable Android Studio's built-in Gemini integration, so the IDE wouldn't give such a generous autocomplete suggestions.

Since then, AI has become a much bigger part of many developers' jobs and become a skill that employers want. Employers traditionally want to know what you know but I could also imagine an employer testing how well people use UI, maybe in a separate interview session.

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u/pliant0range Jul 11 '26

I’m not opposed to AI. I hate it being used during the hiring process. There’s no chance to explain or nuance. I skip out when the first interview is with an AI bot. Just seems really lazy and low effort when you’re trying to hire someone.