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Anthropic’s Felix Rieseberg drops traditional coding tests for his team

Anthropic’s Felix Rieseberg has removed traditional coding tests from his team’s hiring process. He argues that Claude’s ability to solve coding challenges means such tests reveal more about AI than candidates’ judgment, product taste or collaboration. He also encourages junior engineers to use AI to build working business prototypes and seek organizational backing through results.

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Anthropic’s Felix Rieseberg drops traditional coding tests for his team
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What to know

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    Rieseberg says Claude can handle small React challenges and even low-level assembly problems.

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    He advises junior engineers to use AI over a weekend to build a narrowly focused, working prototype addressing a specific business goal, then use the result to seek organizational support.

Why it matters

This team-level hiring change highlights the question of whether coding tests reflect the abilities needed in real work.

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