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“In the phone screen the interviewer is very technical, supposedly should be AWS LP, behavioural and some technical questions. The interviewer says casual conversation but wants me to design the system but doesn't want me to draw diagram but keeps upgrading function or non-functional requirements and expects me to answer asap. And also as detailed as the formula for certain evaluation metrics.”
“Interviewers were supporting, he was happy to repeat/rephase questions. Some of the questions I was blank even the question was super easy but I was not able to answer”
“Phone screen was an hour long followed by 5 member loop. I also had to do a presentation as well.The focus are on technical breadth, technical depth and then leadership principles like learn and be curious, disagree and commit, Bias for action, ownership”
“The recruiter was exceptionally transparent and provided an accurate roadmap of what to expect. Their preparation tips were spot-on, which is a rare find in high-stakes tech recruiting. What didnt go well? The process was significantly more demanding than other major tech companies, leading to a bit of "interview fatigue" by the final stage.”
“The process was rigorous and I was tested to my limits during the loop. I would suggest asking hr to split the loop into two otherwise you have to be able to interview for 4-5 hours in a row”
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“The weirdest Anthropic round was the company values interview. It was almost like a therapy session, and honestly if you went to a therapist at some point, you will pass that round much more easily.”
“What was very unusual is they didn’t give me any tooling to draw the system design, so I just sketched it on a piece of paper and talked them through it, then we got into this oddly deep debate about whether hover-over history should count as a recommendation signal.”
