Ask HN: How do you interview devs in a post-AI world?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Or just give up and expect everyone is going to use Claude Code no matter what?
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