Anthropic Software Engineer Interview Questions

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What's your approach to prompt engineering?
a month ago
Design a scalable system for a token-generation service used by an LLM that needs to handle up to 100,000 requests per second.
2 months ago1 answer
Tell me about a time you had a moral conflict with work you are assigned to do.
9 months ago
What are the ethical risks of deploying agentic AI systems in high-stakes environments?
2 months ago1 answer
Given profiler samples from running code, find the slowest part in the code.
8 months ago
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Write a program that scans the file system to identify and report duplicate files, handling real files, extensions, and file reading operations.
4 months ago
Tell me about a time you led a cross-functional team.
+15 months ago3 answers
Tell me about a time you were confident in a solution and later realized it was wrong.
8 months ago
Write a function that converts stack samples into a trace, given example inputs and outputs, in a Google Colab environment.
3 months ago
Describe an experience working in a cross-functional team. Has video answer
+824 days ago
What are the risks of assuming LLMs think or feel like humans?
a year ago
Design a key-value store. Has video answer
+64 months ago2 answers
Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult person at work.
+47 months ago2 answers
Tell me about a time when you took on something significant that was out of your area of responsibility. Why was it important and what was the outcome?
8 months ago2 answers
What are some new advancements in AI you find interesting?
3 months ago1 answer
Tell me about a time you had to build something that conflicted with your personal values.
8 months ago
Describe a challenging project you worked on and what made it difficult.
+53 months ago8 answers
Describe the most technically complex project you have worked on and explain why it was complex.
+43 months ago2 answers
How do you motivate your team to perform better?
+48 months ago6 answers
Do you have any critique or concerns about Anthropic's approach or direction?
8 months ago

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Anthropic Software Engineer Interview Questions

What's your approach to prompt engineering?

Design a scalable system for a token-generation service used by an LLM that needs to handle up to 100,000 requests per second.

Tell me about a time you had a moral conflict with work you are assigned to do.

What are the ethical risks of deploying agentic AI systems in high-stakes environments?

Given profiler samples from running code, find the slowest part in the code.

Write a program that scans the file system to identify and report duplicate files, handling real files, extensions, and file reading operations.

Tell me about a time you led a cross-functional team.

Tell me about a time you were confident in a solution and later realized it was wrong.

Write a function that converts stack samples into a trace, given example inputs and outputs, in a Google Colab environment.

Describe an experience working in a cross-functional team. Has video answer

What are the risks of assuming LLMs think or feel like humans?

Design a key-value store. Has video answer

Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult person at work.

Tell me about a time when you took on something significant that was out of your area of responsibility. Why was it important and what was the outcome?

What are some new advancements in AI you find interesting?

Tell me about a time you had to build something that conflicted with your personal values.

Describe a challenging project you worked on and what made it difficult.

Describe the most technically complex project you have worked on and explain why it was complex.

How do you motivate your team to perform better?

Do you have any critique or concerns about Anthropic's approach or direction?

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