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Ask HN: How do you differentiate with AI coding interviews?
Hacker News · April 29, 2026
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- •A discussion asks how technical interviews can differentiate candidates when both interviewers and candidates have access to AI coding tools like Claude and Codex.
- •Traditionally, coding interviews gave candidates 20 to 50 minutes (or multiple hours for take-home problems) to write code on a problem statement, with interviewer judgment of code quality creating differentiation between candidates.
- •With AI tools, the poster notes that all candidates can submit the same prompt to the same LLM and ask the same follow-up questions, raising the question of whether interviews still differentiate beyond a basic floor.
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