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I failed my Anthropic interview, came to tell you about it, so you don't have to

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Re: I failed my Anthropic interview, came to tell you about it, so you don't have to

#31

This would be a more compelling post if it wasn't written in Linkedin Standard English.

I found OP's English to be fine and the article sounded authentic. Nothing like "LinkedIn fluff".

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Re: I failed my Anthropic interview, came to tell you about it, so you don't have to

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Sure. From the employers perspective, I get the appeal of references. As a candidate I find them to be a huge overstep and will almost never provide them. No, I’m sorry. I’m not going to pester my friends and colleagues to “hop on a quick call” or fill out a 2 page survey every time I interview somewhere. Quite frankly, I really don’t need or want my friends to be intimately involved in my job search. This poor guy h…

So references are popular again? Interesting.

Re: I failed my Anthropic interview, came to tell you about it, so you don't have to

#33

Seems like you dodged a bullet.

I would rather take the "bullet" but it wasn't my day xD Tbh, I don't think there was anything substantially wrong with the process. They have a ton of CVs from thousands of the smartest people out there. They have to filter somehow. I'm certainly sad I did not make the cut, but it's not like the guy next in line is any worse then me.
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