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It shocks me that anyone supposedly good enough for anthropic would subject themselves to such a one sided waste of time.
by zeroCalories 9mo ago
It shocks me that anyone supposedly good enough for anthropic would subject themselves to such a one sided waste of time.
- mips_avatar 9mo agoIt’s kind of an interesting problem.
- browningstreet 9mo agoI’ve been sent the Anthropic interview assignments a few times. I’m not a developer so I don’t bother. At least at the time they didn’t seem to have technical but not-dev screenings. Maybe they do now.
- throwa356262 9mo agoCare to elaborate the first part? Did you apply for a position? Did they send you the assignment without prior discussion?
- sealeck 9mo agoWhy is writing code to execute a program using the fewest instructions possible on a virtual machine a waste of time?
- pclmulqdq 9mo agoI generally have a policy of "over 4 hours and I charge for my time." I did this in the 4-hour window, and it was a lot of fun. Much better than many other take-home assignments.
- whateveracct 9mo ago4 hours continuous or no? I can't imagine finding 4 hours of straight focus.
- ryanjshaw 9mo agoThese kinds of roles are for youngsters with minimal commitments who are looking for their shot to break into a wild industry. It’s not for the middle aged single parent with FTE and just enough free time to do an extra load of laundry.
- saagarjha 9mo agoContinuous
- whateveracct 9mo agodamn that sucks i guess that ensures you either hire the childless or those with children who are fine with be not present for that long willingly (so they are probably gonna be job-obsessed enough) or they are currently unemployed so they won't have an existing job as anchoring leverage well played, anthropic
- saagarjha 9mo agoI’m trying to imagine what would make it impossible to not pay attention to your children for four hours and the only thing I can think of that can’t be scheduled around is…a very young newborn, maybe? If they’re prone to waking up constantly?
- whateveracct 9mo agoBabies and toddlers need parental care and attention too.
- saagarjha 8mo ago
- djmips 9mo agoIf you look at it as a puzzle game then it's not any different than the time you use to play other games.
- aleph_minus_one 9mo ago> it's not any different than the time you use to play other games. This assumes that the candidate has a lot of time for playing other games.