I failed my Anthropic interview and came to tell you all about it so you don't have to | Fail. Learn. Repeat.
Anthropic – those dudes behind Claude. It’s an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, backed by some seriously massive investments from Amazon. Rumor has it they’ve got a model even more powerful than OpenAI’s o3, but they’re so obsessed with safety (which is a great thing!) that they still keep it private. What I applied for: Research Fellowship. And here’s something unusual: they asked for reference contacts—the folks you’ve worked with who can give you feedback. Yup, now that’s not just an academic thing anymore!
Anthropic – those dudes behind Claude. It’s an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, backed by some seriously massive investments from Amazon. Rumor has it they’ve got a model even more powerful than OpenAI’s o3, but they’re so obsessed with safety (which is a great thing!) that they still keep it private. What I applied for: Research Fellowship. And here’s something unusual: they asked for reference contacts—the folks you’ve worked with who can give you feedback. Yup, now that’s not just an academic thing anymore! The interview was split into several stages: 1. Online Coding (1.5 hours).…
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