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Rejected

Software Engineer at Anthropic

Difficulty
Level
Staff
Process took
2 weeks

How it went

The candidate interviewed for a Staff-level Infrastructure Software Engineer position at Anthropic. The interview process included a recruiter screen, a live coding phone screen, and two onsite loops covering system design, coding, culture, and a technical project deep dive. While the phone screen contained a familiar question, the remaining interviews focused on novel topics related to GPU infrastructure and Anthropic's safety principles, with the culture interview being particularly challenging.

What came up

Data ModelingMachine LearningConceptStatistics & ExperimentationData AnalysisCodingSQLData Structures & AlgorithmsPeople ManagementProject ManagementProgram SenseCross FunctionalSystem DesignProduct DesignEstimationProduct StrategyAnalyticalTechnicalExecutionBehavioralCustomer InteractionApp CritiqueData Pipeline DesignArtificial IntelligencePresentationPortfolio ReviewDebuggingCode ReviewProject Discussion

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