Anthropic's Felix Rieseberg ends coding interviews, citing Claude

Felix Rieseberg frames his decision as a logical consequence of how good Claude has become at coding tasks. He draws a direct parallel between a small React challenge and quizzing someone about assembly, saying Claude is now better at both. That comparison suggests the skills these interviews test may no longer differentiate candidates in the way they once did.

The advice he gives juniors reinforces the shift. Instead of polishing interview performance, he points to building a working prototype over a weekend, focusing on one good idea, and leaning into a fresh perspective on users. A 2011 line from Patrick McKenzie, that engineers are hired to create business value rather than to program things, is cited as background for that view.

It remains to be seen whether other hiring managers follow Rieseberg's lead, but his account offers a concrete example of how AI capability is being used to rethink traditional hiring filters at a major AI company.