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The thing is though, we "all" are using AI in the work place to help us with coding. It's a thing. It's the new Stack Overflow. So why shouldn't someone use
by pugworthy 2y ago
The thing is though, we "all" are using AI in the work place to help us with coding. It's a thing. It's the new Stack Overflow. So why shouldn't someone use it in an interview? Of course the main thing is whether they deceptively use it or openly use it.
If an applicant is very open about how they use AI in the interview process with full disclosure, and do very good work, maybe they are a good hire? If I asked a question and someone wrote a very good prompt, got results, took the results and cleaned it up and confirmed it wasn't hallucinating, maybe they are a person I want to hire?
I think in a lot of ways the new technical interview would revolve around showing the applicant a simulated AI prompt, and a response that included various mistakes and hallucinations. Then let the applicant tell me what's wrong with the code, and how the prompt could be improved or a followup prompt could be used to fix the issues.
Getting AI to do what you want is a skill, and one you want in an applicant. Knowing when AI is wrong and being able to correct it is also something you want in an applicant.
- kenschu 2y agoIn the future we'll be essentially testing how well candidates can steer these models anyway
- typs 2y agoTrue, though the lack of Stack Overflow / internet use during interviews has always been a critique as they've never seemed fully tied to the experience of the job.
- ajcp 2y agoOne thing I look for during an interview is does the candidate use Google as part of their answer workflow. While having a candidate who just "knows" the answer might be great, eventually they wont, and what then? I'd rather see how a candidate goes about finding an answer to a problem, and part of that is looking it up. Why would LLM be any different? The real test is: do they know the difference between a right answer and a wrong one. That's what I'm interviewing for.
- klipklop 2y agoIronically all the top tech companies instead require you to have the answers for ~50 leetcode questions/concepts already memorized. You then pretend this is the first time you ever saw a problem like this and "work your way" to the optimal solution.