HN discussion: has programming interviews in the AI era already changed?
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A senior Rails/React developer with more than 13 years of experience posted on Hacker News, asking whether programming interviews in the AI era have already changed. He said that over the past year he has hardly written code by hand, mainly relying on writing prompts and doing code reviews, so he is unsure whether he should go back to hand-writing components to regain his feel, or whether interviews have shifted to more macro-level architecture assessment. The post currently presents one developer's personal question; the report does not provide conclusions on whether interview formats have changed or how recruiters have adjusted.
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A senior Rails/React developer with 13+ years of experience, facing job search after AI-driven layoffs, says they have barely hand-written code in the past year, relying instead on prompt writing and patient code review with re-prompting for bad architectural decisions. They ask whether they should rebuild muscle memory by studying and writing components by hand, or whether programming interviews have changed to be broader and more architectural.
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