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Hacker News · 2026-10-23
How should interviews change in the AI era? Hiring teams are searching for answers
AI 时代公司面试怎么改?招聘方在找新的筛选办法
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- WhoHacker News · 2026-10-23 · 12 replies
- The askHow should interviews change in the AI era? Hiring teams are searching for answers
- The openingAn interview-kit product for the AI era: live code-reading question banks, AI-collaborative interview templates, scoring rubrics. Team subscription for HR and eng leads.
What was actually said
“Ask HN: How has your company adapted interviews in the AI world? Comments: formal-methods people get called first; others emphasize reading code live, asking for optimizations, spotting flaws in AI-generated code.”
— Hacker News · 2026-10-23 · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50204108…
Background and pain
The pain
AI-written take-homes and whiteboard answers have broken traditional screening; teams lack a replacement process and mis-hire costs compound.
A buildable angle
The opening
An interview-kit product for the AI era: live code-reading question banks, AI-collaborative interview templates, scoring rubrics. Team subscription for HR and eng leads.
How to validate it
- Read the whole thread and note the recurring scenarios — repetition is the density of the need.
- Search existing tools around "hiring / interviews" and check which single step they actually cover.
- Put up a one-line landing page, share it back to Hacker News, and see whether anyone asks about pricing.
Existing options
CoderPad/HackerRank