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4 experiencesDifficulty 4.8/5Technology / AI Research
Policy Analyst
virtual
· Difficulty 4/5
Recruiter screen, hiring manager video, written policy brief (take-home, 4-6 hours), behavioral with policy + research stakeholders, and values interview. Policy at Anthropic is engaged with frontier AI governance.
Walk me through a policy brief you authored.
Tell me about advising stakeholders on a contested decision.
Describe partnering with research on a technical-policy question.
How do you stay neutral on highly partisan AI policy questions?
Product Manager
virtual
· Difficulty 5/5
Recruiter screen, hiring manager call, product-sense round on Claude UX, analytical, cross-functional with research, and values interview. Consumer Claude PM works the chat surface against ChatGPT.
Walk me through a launch that moved chat-product engagement.
Tell me about handling a launch where safety constraints conflicted with user delight.
Describe partnering with research on a Claude capability rollout.
How do you build trust with users on AI behavior?
Software Engineer
virtual
· Difficulty 5/5
Recruiter screen, technical phone, take-home coding project, virtual onsite with system design (inference at scale), coding rounds, deep-dive, and values interview. The take-home is multi-hour and substantial.
Walk me through scaling an inference service through 10x growth.
Tell me about a production incident you handled.
Describe partnering with research on a productionization challenge.
How do you balance shipping pace with safety review processes?