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> Interviews should be consistent with what day to day work actually looks like, which today means constantly using LLMs in some form or another.

Consider that this may not be typical.

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> 70% of all respondents are using or are planning to use AI tools in their development process this year. Those learning to code are more likely than professional developers to be using or use AI tools (82% vs. 70%).

Source: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#ai-sentiment-and-usage

To be fair, the number of "Yes" was "just" 43% but that's still a very large amount of developers, not including those who plan to use it.

I know a high amount of people have ever tried it, but my primary reason for responding was the “constantly” qualifier, which admittedly I could’ve made clearer. I would’ve answered yes to that survey question, but I wouldn’t say I use AI tools constantly or that it is typically how I solve a problem at work.

Consider... it might be. Seriously, I work for a company very protective of its IP.

And I can still use ChatGPT and similar tools for some of what I do. It is a huge force multiplier.

I wouldn't want to get hired by a company which refuses to pay for Copilot.

Not to worry, a company that refuses to pay for Copilot surely wouldn’t want to hire someone for whom that’s a dealbreaker. You can have short interviews.

Perfect. Both sides happy.

Yes, that was my point.

Do you consider it typical for development to look things up on google, documentation websites, or stack overflow?

Consider that it definitely is not atypical.

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