They sent me an automated CodeSignal test before I ever spoke to a human, which consisted of 4 stages of the same problem with each stage getting progressively more complex. Did not progress beyond this stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They sent me an automated CodeSignal test before I ever spoke to a human, which consisted of 4 stages of the same problem with each stage getting progressively more complex. Did not progress beyond this stage.
Received online coding assessment which has 4 parts that need to be completed in 90 mins. I could not pass all the tests (3 remaining) and received a high score (but not full score). They sent another email for one more coding assessment. Different question with 4 parts. I could not complete the 3rd part. Received a rejection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Design a file store system (set, get, filter, backup, restore etc)
2. Design a factory worker timesheet management system
The interview loop at Anthropic is completely different from the standard FAANG pipeline. They do not care about your ability to speed run algorithms. The entire process is built around "First Principles" thinking and writing extremely robust and safe code. After the recruiter screen, I had a deep dive pair programming session with an engineer. It felt much more like a collaborative work session than a test. They want to see how you handle edge cases and system failures in real time. I was asked to build a reliable message ingestion component that could handle streaming data with unpredictable latency spikes.
Applied online, had an initial recruiter screen and a few technical rounds. Did not make it to onsite. Questions were pretty difficult and thoughtful, different than typical coding and system designs online.
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