It was a very tough experience. I had a recruiter screen, and one of the main questions the recruiter asked me was why I wanted to join Anthropic. I tried to answer honestly, but in retrospect, I don’t think my response came across as strong, specific, or sincere enough. Shortly after the interview, I received a rejection, which made me feel like that answer may have been a key reason things did not move forward. It was disappointing, especially because I was genuinely interested in the company and the role, but I also see it as a learning experience. Going forward, I want to be much more thoughtful and prepared when explaining not just why I am interested in a company, but why that company’s mission, work, and values genuinely resonate with me.

Applied online and was sent an automated email asking me to complete an online assessment. As part of the online assessment, the software used generates test cases in a read-only file. You have to pass all of the tests in order to progress to the next level. I passed 2/4 levels quickly but for the 3rd level, the read-only test cases failed to build. I was using Golang and the test case (clearly generated by AI) had code for "variable := []undefined{}" which is not valid Golang. There was no way for me to edit this test code since it was read-only and provided by the platform. I reported this feedback to the platform itself but because I was never contacted by a recruiter, I could not tell Anthropic that the platform had an error that prevented me from completing the assignment. As a result, I received a low score on the assessment (since there was no way to pass the level if the test code did not build) and I received an rejection from Anthropic a few days later from a no-reply email. This was a really frustrating experience.