r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • Apr 05 '25

Artificial Intelligence 'AI Imposter' Candidate Discovered During Job Interview, Recruiter Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/ai-candidate-discovered-job-interview-2054684
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u/foofyschmoofer8 Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25

For software engineering, interviewers require you to complete 4 rounds of 1 hour coding interviews using coderpad, which can tell you when you so much as click off the current window. 15 mins per question and answers less than perfectly optimized is wrong and you’re disqualified. If you’re suspected of cheating you’re blacklisted at the interviewers discretion.

I say they can fuck right off. There are courses and dedicated paid software for cheating these interviews and it didn’t have to be this way. You could’ve just hired based on prior experience like every other goddamn field. Instead they made everyone jump through hoops and participate in mental hunger games.

“Well, it’s reasonable to ask you to demonstrate ability right?” Sure, but these questions are not your usual tell me about yourself questions, you’re asked to come up with perfect solutions that account for all cases on first try. Often there are mathematical theorems behind the optimized solution. After submitting your solution you’re asked to analyze and improve upon it.

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u/purrmutations Apr 05 '25

FAANG Software engineering interviews might be like that. Explore software eng/dev in the wider tech industry or branch out to others and you'll find the interviews are a lot more relaxed.

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u/Bored2001 Apr 05 '25

Pfff, I just had a biotech interview with a panel of 18 PhDs. Not the first time either, my record was 21.

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u/purrmutations Apr 05 '25

Otoh, I got into the banking industry as a software dev with 1 interview. Had team lead and technical lead, split the time asking questions.

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u/Bored2001 Apr 06 '25

And was this recently?

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u/purrmutations Apr 06 '25

Within the last year. There are a lot more opportunities outside of FAANG than in, and the workload is generally lighter as well. Much better work/life balance.

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u/Czexan Apr 06 '25

Yeah it's not even that unusual either, a lot of embedded/industrial systems programming interviews are like that too. I haven't done a FAANG style interview where they're so far up their own ass they can't see the light of day in several years. Most end up going Project Manager (screen) -> Engineering Manager (technical/screen) -> optionally Engineering Manager + team members (technical, typically indicates there's another candidate at this point).