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. a good self intro a quick summary of what I do at my current job summary of 2-3 high-impact projects from my career try to come up with matching examples (from past experience) for each item listed under the "Responsibilities" section of the job description

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: 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: 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.

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

Senior Software Engineer at Taro Communitya month ago

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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.

a good self intro
a quick summary of what I do at my current job
summary of 2-3 high-impact projects from my career
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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Alex Chiou
•Tech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
a month 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
  a month 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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  Alex Chiou
  •Tech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
  a month 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.