Mercor is embracing old-school Big Tech interview strategies that even Google and Microsoft are ditching
THE SO WHAT
Reverting to in-person, AI-resistant interview formats is an early sign that talent assessment is decoupling from everyday tool use—firms want to measure raw reasoning, not prompt skill. If you hire technical talent, you need a clear stance: either design processes that assume AI assistance or explicitly test without it, but don’t sit in the muddled middle.
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