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How to prepare for an interview with a hiring manager at Anthropic?

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Senior Software Engineer at Taro Community7 months ago

I cleared the programming round for Anthropic. I have a call with the hiring manager next week. I was wondering how I should prepare for this round. I am planning to have the following items ready before the interview.

  1. a good self intro
  2. a quick summary of what I do at my current job
  3. summary of 2-3 high-impact projects from my career
  4. try to come up with matching examples (from past experience) for each item listed under the "Responsibilities" section of the job description
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    Tech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
    7 months ago

    Congrats on passing the programming round! What have you gotten from the recruiter about what's going to be on the round? I talk about this tactic in our job searching course here: https://www.jointaro.com/course/ace-your-tech-interview-and-get-a-job-as-a-software-engineer/talk-to-your-recruiter/

    Looking at your post, it seems like you passed a phone screen type of round and not the onsite? The hiring manager round is very different depending on the stage: https://www.jointaro.com/course/ace-your-tech-interview-and-get-a-job-as-a-software-engineer/hiring-manager-round-separate/

    If it's not after the big final onsite round, hiring manager round should be a behavioral round. I think your preparation is good, but when it comes to behavioral in particular, I think doing mock interviews is the most helpful. Behavioral interviews are a format where the delivery is just as important as the content.

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      Senior Software Engineer [OP]
      Taro Community
      7 months ago

      Thanks for the links. I will check them. Yes, this is a pre-onsite round following the recruiter screen. The recruiter mentioned it as a "Hiring Manager Screen" round and didn't provide much details. I can get more details.

      Btw, I live alone and I don't have any friends and family nearby. So what is the best way to do mock interviews? Recording myself answering pre-defined questions?

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      Tech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
      7 months ago

      I recommend finding a buddy through Taro Networking! https://www.jointaro.com/networking/?selectedServices=Mock+Interviews

      The Taro Premium Slack (specifically the #job-searchers-accountability-group channel) is another place to look.

      If you can't find a mock, the recording yourself and then watching the videos with a critical, objective-as-possible mindset is indeed the way to go.