Anthropic Manager Removes Traditional Coding Interview From His Team
Felix Rieseberg said Claude now outperforms candidates on React and assembly tasks, questioning whether coding test scores predict job performance.
Anthropic engineering manager Felix Rieseberg said his team has removed the traditional coding interview from its hiring process starting this month, according to Business Insider.
Rieseberg argued that simple React coding tasks or assembly language questions are no longer valid measures, because Anthropic's Claude model performs both tasks better. He added that strong coding test scores do not necessarily correlate with high work performance.
The change applies only to Rieseberg's team. Anthropic's official hiring guidance still states that technical candidates undergo interviews using live coding tools, so the company has not abolished coding interviews company-wide.
Rieseberg said he has not yet found the answer to how to evaluate talent that achieves results using AI. He now looks in resumes and portfolios for prototypes that demonstrate empathy for users, product sense and principled thinking, and said that in the AI era the drive to find problems and realize solutions matters more than career length.
Rieseberg announced the change through a blog and posts on X. In October 2025, he pointed to two engineers who had joined Anthropic relatively recently: they built a graphical interface prototype for Claude Code over a weekend, and the first public version shipped about 8 days later.
Quick answers
Did Anthropic stop coding interviews for all candidates?
No. The change applies only to Felix Rieseberg's team, and Anthropic's official hiring guidance still states that technical candidates are interviewed using live coding tools.
Why did Rieseberg's team drop the coding test?
Rieseberg said Claude performs simple React tasks and assembly language questions better than candidates, and that coding test scores do not necessarily correlate with work performance.
What does Rieseberg look for in applicants instead?
He looks in resumes and portfolios for prototypes showing empathy for users, product sense and principled thinking.