Anthropic interview notes, page 20 of 32

“Pretty standard opener but I fumbled it a bit.” 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.

“This is the kind of problem that looks like a prompt engineering task on the surface but probably isn't just that.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Anthropic, Take-home Assignment round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the core question and it ate the whole session.” 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.

“Tricky one to prep for because it sits between technical and product thinking.” 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.

“Not what I prepared for.” 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.

“The parsing part is what trips people up first.” 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.

“My first instinct was a plain sorted list and I started coding that up before catching myself.” 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 went in with a story about joining a team that moved way faster than my previous org and how I shadowed people before pushing my own opinions.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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 core staircase part was fine, took maybe five minutes.” 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.

“First instinct was a simple cron job sweeping for expired tasks, which works but they pushed back pretty fast on scale.” 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.