Anthropic interview notes, page 1 of 32

“This one sprawled fast.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Two problems duct-taped together, which I did not see coming.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent too long on the model side before realizing they explicitly didn't care about that.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Anthropic, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic question but I still fumbled the doubly linked list part for a minute.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had a story ready but partway through telling it I realized my example wasn't actually that good.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I pulled from a real situation where I had to cut scope and reprioritize without much guidance from above.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The scheduled payment part was actually easier than a similar version I'd practiced before, so that was fine.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one tripped me up a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew what hallucinations were but fumbled explaining it in a way that felt PM-relevant rather than just textbook.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Anthropic, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The initial implementation felt straightforward, HashMap keyed by id for O(1) lookup, then just iterate and apply predicates for filtering.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.