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Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by somanyphotons »

commandersaki wrote: post #216
jp57 wrote: post #68

One great piece of advice an informal mentor gave me long ago is that there is no information in a rejection . That is to say that you cannot draw any conclusions about yourself or your interviewing technique or your skills or anything from the single accept==0 bit that you typically get back. There are so many reasons that a candidate might get rejected that have nothing to do with one's individual performance in th…

That is to say that you cannot draw any conclusions about yourself or your interviewing technique or your skills or anything from the single accept==0 bit that you typically get back. There are so many reasons that a candidate might get rejected that have nothing to do with one's individual performance in the interview or application process. Best to ask for feedback but of course they won't give it to you. I thought…

> So I submitted a privacy request to the privacy and legal team about all and any data pertaining to the hiring process and interview

I'm rather surprised this worked, is there any reason to not do this for every interview?

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by commandersaki »

somanyphotons wrote: post #221
commandersaki wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is to say that you cannot draw any conclusions about yourself or your interviewing technique or your skills or anything from the single accept==0 bit that you typically get back. There are so many reasons that a candidate might get rejected that have nothing to do with one's individual performance in the interview or application process. Best to ask for feedback but of course they won't give it to you. I thought…

> So I submitted a privacy request to the privacy and legal team about all and any data pertaining to the hiring process and interview I'm rather surprised this worked, is there any reason to not do this for every interview?

No, at least the privacy officer I spoke to says it doesn't negative impact how you are considered by the company, and that the requests are handled by the applicable data protection law.

I wouldn't do it for a tiny company / startup where such a request can easily be exposed to recruiter and interviewers, but in those cases you're very likely to receive candid feedback by just asking anyway.

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by analyte123 »

jp57 wrote: post #68

One great piece of advice an informal mentor gave me long ago is that there is no information in a rejection . That is to say that you cannot draw any conclusions about yourself or your interviewing technique or your skills or anything from the single accept==0 bit that you typically get back. There are so many reasons that a candidate might get rejected that have nothing to do with one's individual performance in th…

I once interviewed a very good candidate - good skills, interest in the business, a few years of experience, could definitely do the job I thought I was interviewing him for - only to find out after the fact that we actually only wanted an industry veteran with very specific, particular domain knowledge, and neither the recruiters nor me and my immediate manager had really caught up to that requirement.

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by jasonb05 »

Great post.

My gut reaction is something like: "don't wait around to be picked, get out there and do great stuff"

Want to help the world get the most out of claude? Go out there and do it at an ability and velocity beyond what others think is possible. Go so hard friends think you're mad. That devs consuming your stuff think you're mad.

Create so much amazingly useful/helpful content and help so many people in so many ways that looking back in 1-2 years at the idea of working for anthropic would seem insane to you.

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by PNewling »

commandersaki wrote: post #216
jp57 wrote: post #68

One great piece of advice an informal mentor gave me long ago is that there is no information in a rejection . That is to say that you cannot draw any conclusions about yourself or your interviewing technique or your skills or anything from the single accept==0 bit that you typically get back. There are so many reasons that a candidate might get rejected that have nothing to do with one's individual performance in th…

That is to say that you cannot draw any conclusions about yourself or your interviewing technique or your skills or anything from the single accept==0 bit that you typically get back. There are so many reasons that a candidate might get rejected that have nothing to do with one's individual performance in the interview or application process. Best to ask for feedback but of course they won't give it to you. I thought…

Tell me more about this privacy request you submitted. I wasn’t aware this was a thing.

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by anoojb »

The best sales people don't get crushed by rejection. They are clear eyed about what is in their control, what can be learned, and what must be improved in the future.

Then they do this magical thing called — moving on. It's an incredible skill to cultivate.

You're amongst many of us who have also faced rejection.

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by tdaltonc »

jp57 wrote: post #68

One great piece of advice an informal mentor gave me long ago is that there is no information in a rejection . That is to say that you cannot draw any conclusions about yourself or your interviewing technique or your skills or anything from the single accept==0 bit that you typically get back. There are so many reasons that a candidate might get rejected that have nothing to do with one's individual performance in th…

Same with fundraising.

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by commandersaki »

KerryJones wrote: post #100

I recently interviewed for Anthropic, 6 rounds, recruiter was great, said they were putting together an offer letter. I met one of the managers, then another came back from vacation... and then they decided not to give me an offer. I asked for feedback, and the recruiter sounded frustrated (about the internal process), because they had a moving bar on what was wanted from the hiring managers. I know I hadn't complete…

I posted about this in another thread of this comment section; submit a data privacy request for all and any data pertaining to the hiring process and interview, it won't negatively impact your chances in the future.

Re: Flunking my Anthropic interview again

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Post by Joel_Mckay »

theteapot wrote: post #213
Joel_Mckay wrote: post #135

Anthropic from a technology perspective does interesting work, but from a business perspective its long-term viability is unclear. LLM generated slop will unlikely make it through the valley of despair in the Gartner hype cycle. Rule #3: popularity is not an indication of utility. Rule #23: Don't compete to be at the bottom, as you just might actually win. The fact is all employees that produce intangible assets look…

Where are these rules from (I asked Claude but it doesn't know either)?

Rule #6: Perspective is earned, and cannot be given freely.

If I recall, it was mostly gleaned from meetings with startup CEO/CTO after years in operation. Mostly just documents the various cons pulled on technical people... like illegally farming CVs for LLM products, and cheap work Visas. =3

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