When I went through my interview loops, the rules were simple. No AI, no Googling the answer, just you, an editor, and an interviewer.
That’s no longer universally true. Some companies now allow AI assistants in certain rounds, and they’ve said so publicly. Others have gone the opposite direction and moved more rounds back to live, on-site, or tightly proctored formats because take-homes became too easy to outsource to a model.
So the interview landscape has split. I’ve been talking to a lot of candidates and hiring managers about this, and here’s what I’m seeing and how I’d adjust my prep for both sides.
What’s actually changing
1. Some rounds now allow (or expect) AI
Canva has publicly written about allowing candidates to use AI tools in some technical interviews, and Meta has reportedly been piloting AI-assisted coding rounds. Smaller companies and startups are often even further along, because their engineers use AI tools all day and they want the interview to reflect the job.
I’d expect more companies to experiment with this. But formats vary a lot between companies and even between teams,... premium content.
