{
  "id": 16893927,
  "title": "Anthropic manager says the 'coding interview is dead' — here's his advice for junior developers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/anthropic-manager-says-the-coding-interview-is-dead-heres-his-advice",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-28T10:56:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/coding-interview-dead-ai-junior-developer-hiring-tips-anthropic-claude-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anthropic's engineering manager Felix Rieseberg claims that coding tests are no longer a reliable indicator of success in the era of artificial intelligence. According to him, Claude, Anthropic's AI model, has surpassed traditional coding interviews as a hiring signal. To junior developers, Rieseberg advises targeting business problems and creating a focused prototype within a weekend. Big tech companies such as Google and Amazon are also adjusting their hiring practices to prioritize AI fluency and impact over traditional coding skills. Rieseberg suggests that junior engineers should identify business challenges their company is trying to solve, come up with a bold idea to address those issues, and build a working prototype over a weekend.",
  "summary": "Felix Rieseberg says AI has made coding tests obsolete. He urged junior engineers to instead show business impact through focused prototypes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}