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What's wrong with tech interviews? They have flaws, but I think they do a decent job of filtering out bad candidates. If you can solve basic problems under adverse conditions, you probably grasp the basics well enough for the job. That's better than someone who doesn't grasp the basics.

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Before ChatGPT: There are many good programmers who do not do well under pressure, which is an issue if the job doesn't require work under pressure.

With ChatGPT: The whole notion of doing work under pressure changes when you have a super smart AI assistant to help you.

With or without ChatGPT, my impression has always been that technical interviews focus more on communication than a solved problem. They don't care if you use AI or StackOverflow to write your code, they want you to demonstrate a meaningful understanding of the problem and how to solve it. If you blindly copy and paste code that you can't explain, interviewers will know.

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