Ask HN: How do you interview devs in a post-AI world?
Hacker News users debate how to interview developers when most candidates now direct AI coding agents instead of writing code themselves.
An Ask HN thread by user mdwelsh notes that roughly 80% of developer candidates interviewed since the rise of AI coding assistants say they now direct agents rather than write much code themselves. The poster asks whether conventional leetcode and system design interviews still make sense, or whether hiring should assume candidates will use tools like Claude Code regardless. The thread is a community discussion with limited traction, drawing 22 points and 10 comments.
- Poster reports ~80% of interviewed candidates rely primarily on AI coding agents
- Thread questions the continued relevance of leetcode and design interviews
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| 22 points by mdwelsh 3 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments | ||
Since the rise of AI coding assistants, about 80% of the dev candidates that I interview tell me that they aren't writing much code themselves anymore - they are directing agents instead. This makes me deeply uncomfortable (although maybe I'm just being old-fashioned). I still want to know that devs on my team can actually write code themselves, and have some idea of what they are doing when it comes to system design. This is increasingly challenging given how rapidly the AI tools are evolving. I'm curious what other folks are seeing in a post-AI hiring landscape and how you are approaching candidates that tell you they are fully agent-pilled when it comes to their development process. Should I keep doing the conventional leetcode and design interviews? Or just give up and expect everyone is going to use Claude Code no matter what? | ||
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