AI Interview Index

Which companies let you use AI in their coding interviews, which ban it, and which built the interview around it. Anyone can edit; every change is public and revertible.

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AngelListCandidates work in a real codebase and ship a pull request.San Francisco
AnthropicSplit by stage rather than company-wide: live interviews are AI-free unless stated, and some take-homes explicitly allow it.San Francisco
ArcaNo coding interview in the traditional sense. Paid contracting on real work, then a work trial, then an offer.New York
AugustusNo coding interview at all, in practice.New York
AutomatticNo whiteboard at all: a take-home on a near-real codebase with your own tools, then a paid trial of two to eight weeks at $25/hour.Remote
CanvaAI tools are permitted in interviews. Candidates are expected to explain and defend what the tools produced.Sydney
CerebrasAI use is expected rather than tolerated.Sunnyvale
CognitionSelf-serve CoderPad assessment as step one, roughly 1-1.5 hours, no AI allowed.San Francisco
CoinbaseRebuilt its question bank after the old ones turned out to be solvable with AI switched on.Remote
ConvexKeeps AI out deliberately, on the argument that interviews should measure thinking rather than simulate the job.San Francisco
CrosbyTwo separate coding rounds on the same day: a 1h "Backend Build" in CoderPad with AI switched off, and a 1h "AI-Assisted Interview".New York
CursorNo non-AI coding round in the loop.San Francisco
DatadogLive coding is AI-free by default, but some engineering roles get a designated AI-assisted round.New York
DigitalOceanReplaced the phone screen, take-home and algorithm onsite with a three-hour on-site build using any AI tools.New York
GitLabThe handbook states plainly that AI use is encouraged in the interview process.Remote
Kogan.comExplicitly asks candidates to bring Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot, whatever is already in their workflow.Melbourne
LonglakeOne round where AI is allowed and a separate round where it is not, deliberately run as two different signals.New York
MiraklAI use is prohibited by default in technical assessments, per their published careers policy.Paris
OmneaPair programming on a realistic problem, with any AI tooling allowed and none required.London
OpenEvidenceOne-hour LeetCode-style coding interview after the recruiter call.Boston
PaceLeetCode-style screen. No AI assistance.New York
PlasmidsaurusA one-hour realistic build on a stubbed codebase, with AI, Google and pairing with the interviewer all encouraged.South San Francisco
PoeticA 45-minute practical programming problem, explicitly not algorithmic, in any language.New York
PostHogSplits the signal: a paid SuperDay project with AI allowed, and a separate 45-minute debugging round where it is not.Remote
QualifiedCandidates are handed an agent and a real system and told to make it work, using AI however they see fit.San Francisco
RampFull-stack coding screen plus questions on graph algorithms and HTTP fundamentals. No AI assistance.New York
SageOxNo technical interviews at all. Candidates do a three to five day in-person work trial on real work.Seattle
SendbirdAI use is prohibited by default in technical assessments, per their published candidate policy.San Francisco
SierraReplaced coding and algorithm rounds with an AI-native onsite.San Francisco
SonarPublished per-round rules: AI is banned in some rounds and expected in others.Geneva
WarpOne hour building a real feature in the Warp product, with Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT or any agent fair game.New York
WrikeSplit by design: a whiteboard conversation with no AI, then an implementation round with any AI.San Diego
ZapierAn AI-fluency bar applies at application, screen, skills test and executive interview.Remote