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vikramshahJun 6, 2026

Anthropic 5 rounds done - culture is the wild card

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oliviachenJun 6, 2026

The 1-2 day turnaround is accurate in my experience. Hope you get good news.

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jacoblee02Jun 6, 2026

Culture round at Anthropic is really hard to read. I've seen people who felt confident about it get rejected and people who felt uncertain pass.

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User-1nf2vJun 6, 2026

Q2 Prompt Playground gets a lot of people because they come in prepped for whiteboards and diagrams and there's literally none of that.

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User-ydjqeJun 6, 2026

I made the mistake of starting with diagrams for Q2. Interviewer kept asking 'what's the user flow' until I finally got the hint.

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shouman733Jun 9, 2026

Thanks for the post! was all questions from hack2hire or how best did u prepare? i have 1 coming next week

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User-teasbJun 6, 2026

How did you handle the 'what could Anthropic do better' question? That one makes me nervous every time I think about it.

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vikramshahJun 6, 2026

I said their deployment pace is too cautious relative to capability advances and that it creates internal tension. Just gave an honest take.

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noahkimJun 6, 2026

What background are you coming from? ML side or pure SWE?

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vikramshahJun 7, 2026

Pure SWE, 5 YOE, applying for an infra role.

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