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Re: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

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Post by paxys »

shihab wrote: post #164

To get an idea of just how advanced cheating tools has become, take a look here: https://leetcodewizard.io/ I think every interviewer, hiring manager ought to know or be trained on these tools, your intuition about candidate's behaviour isn't enough. Otherwise, we will soon reach a tipping point where honest candidates will be at a severe disadvantage.

Tbh I’m very happy these tools exist. If your company wants to ask dumb formulaic leetcode questions and doesn’t care about the candidate’s actual ability then this is what you deserve. If they can automate the interview so well then they should also be able to automate the job right? Or are your interview questions not representative of what the job actually entails?

Re: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

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Post by emseetech »

datavirtue wrote: post #156
emseetech wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The industry (all industries really) might want to reconsider online applications, or at least privilege in-person resume drop-offs because the escalating ai application/evaluation war that's happening doesn't seem to be helping anyone.

No it's because AI shifted power over to the applicant.

How so? Tons of companies are moving to AI automated intake systems because they're getting flooded with low-quality AI generated resumes. Of course, the original online applications systems were terrible already which is what encouraged people towards low effort in their applications so it's become a stale-mate.

Re: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

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Post by crooked-v »

shihab wrote: post #164

To get an idea of just how advanced cheating tools has become, take a look here: https://leetcodewizard.io/ I think every interviewer, hiring manager ought to know or be trained on these tools, your intuition about candidate's behaviour isn't enough. Otherwise, we will soon reach a tipping point where honest candidates will be at a severe disadvantage.

I think this is the first interview cheating tool I've seen that feels morally justified to me. I wonder if it will actually change company behavior at all.

Re: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

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Post by paxys »

twoparachute45 wrote: post #70

My company, a very very large company, is transitioning back to only in-person interviews due to the rampant amount of cheating happening during interviews. As an interviewer, it's wild to me how many candidates think they can get away with it, when you can very obviously hear them typing, then watching their eyes move as they read an answer from another screen. And the majority of the time the answer is incorrect an…

> it's wild to me how many candidates think they can get away with it

Remember that you are only catching the candidates who are bad at cheating.

Re: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

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Post by bdangubic »

datavirtue wrote: post #156
emseetech wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The industry (all industries really) might want to reconsider online applications, or at least privilege in-person resume drop-offs because the escalating ai application/evaluation war that's happening doesn't seem to be helping anyone.

No it's because AI shifted power over to the applicant.

this is very strange statement. in what world did AI possibly shift power to the applicant?? applicants have almost never been in shittier position than they are now and things are getting much, much worse by the day

Re: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

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Post by gigatexal »

It has always been more about the application of facts or knowledge than the retrieval of facts that makes for a really good interview.

It’s better to know when to use a Linked list than how to make one (because I’d just use the one in the library).

So the candidate can prompt well good. But how much of the knowledge can they apply to a problem or are they just masters of hacker rank (sic).

But more often than not most interviewers are lazy and just use canned hacker rank style questions or if it’s not laziness it’s being too overworked to craft a really good interview.

Re: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI?

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Post by dahart »

wsintra2022 wrote: post #146
twoparachute45 wrote: post #70

My company, a very very large company, is transitioning back to only in-person interviews due to the rampant amount of cheating happening during interviews. As an interviewer, it's wild to me how many candidates think they can get away with it, when you can very obviously hear them typing, then watching their eyes move as they read an answer from another screen. And the majority of the time the answer is incorrect an…

Is it cheating if I can solve the problem using the tools of AI, or is it just solving the problem?

Interviews aren’t about solving problems. The interviewer isn’t interested in a problem’s solution, they’re interested in seeing how you get to the answer. They’re about trying to find out if you’ll be a good hire, which notably includes whether you’re willing and interested in spending effort learning. They already know how to use AI, they don’t need you for that. They want to know that you’ll contribute to the team. Wanting to use AI probably sends the wrong message, and is more likely to get you left out of the next round of interviews than it is to get you called back.

Imagine you need to hire some people, and think about what you’d want. That’ll answer your question. Do you want people who don’t know but think AI will solve the problems, or do you want people who are capable of thinking through it and coming up with new solutions, or of knowing when and why the AI answer won’t work?

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