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AI-assisted technical interviews

How the loop runs

“To be clear, we haven't abandoned traditional interviews entirely — we still have dedicated sessions focusing on core CS fundamentals without AI assistance.”

John WangCo-Founder and CTO, Assembled (engineering blog)

Assembled · 2025-04-08

Fundamentals without AI

Practise a review round: approve or block an AI draft with evidence a teammate can use.

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Review and debug code

“Strong engineers don't blindly trust AI output but rather methodically evaluate, debug, and verify the generated solutions.”

John WangCo-Founder and CTO, Assembled (engineering blog)

Assembled · 2025-04-08

Evaluate, debug and verify

Practise reading a one-line AI draft and finding the input that breaks it.

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What they assess

“They often treat AI as a magic solution generator by feeding in prompts and accepting whatever comes back without much scrutiny.”

John WangCo-Founder and CTO, Assembled (engineering blog)

Assembled · 2025-04-08

What weaker candidates do

Practise choosing the check that matches the actual failure.

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AI while applying and interviewing

“At Assembled, we actively encourage AI tools in certain technical interviews. Candidates have really enjoyed these interviews as they offer an authentic preview of our work environment.”

John WangCo-Founder and CTO, Assembled (engineering blog)

Assembled · 2025-04-08

AI encouraged in some interviews

Practise reading an interview’s AI rules and saying what each stage allows.

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