I applied online. I interviewed at Anthropic (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2026
Interview
Company seems very busy hiring and stuff, recruiter screening was truly enjoyable, former Google recruiter, he had this very supportive attitude and gave a good overview of the role. When I went to the manager interview was when things got weird, i think the interview was done from the phone in a bit of a rush, no real rubric behind, just old fashioned “lemme try to corner you”. The beginning was fine but then the recruiter started asking very Anthropic specific questions about harness and other things, which was not a requirement neither a differentiator on the role description.
I’ve never got a feedback, maybe because it would be weird to say that they can’t hire me because I don’t know something they didn’t ask, but also left feeling bad, like, I had trained so much and ended up talking to this guy on his phone just because and couldn’t share what I know or like. It was weird, but, good that you get to meet the manager and find out you are not a fit early in the journey, I most definitely didn’t match with him and wouldn’t be a cheerful journey for us.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Anthropic, when is cache calculated, what’s model harness
you need to submit 3 references and an essay, 2 OAs, then review stage, then 2 technical takehomes with AI, followed by a 15 minute final round research discussion interview
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Anthropic in May 2026
Interview
Had great RPI. MPI was strange. HM was not very friendly, seemed smug and disengaged, and kept saying "well I think I have everything I need". I then waited 3 (!) weeks before I got an update and only because I probed and sent a follow-up myself. The recruiter told me in the rejection message that they couldn't share any feedback for me which is really frustrating.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a ____ metric. Why do you want to work at Anthropic/which of our cultural values resonated with you most.