Ask HN: What do your job interviews look like? (August 2026)

For those who have recently (Summer 2026) gone through software engineering job interviews, have you noticed any changes in the interview process?

Is it still the usual Leetcode, system design, behavioral and leadership questions, and maybe technology specific questions (e.g., Spring for Java devs, borrow checker details for Rust devs, etc.)?

Or have you noticed something completely different because of the AI agentic era, with companies taking a fundamentally different approach to interviewing engineers? If so, could you share some of the more unique or unusual things you've seen?

18 points | by Hixon10 8 hours ago

5 comments

  • asmyshlyaev177 1 hour ago
    Yes, something different. 5 stages interviews are more common now, technical questions during first HR interview (they record and use transcript), personal projects don't matter, recommendation don't matter.

    Thinking about which profession to choose next, cause I'm not passing so many gates so far.

  • bimmpoke 1 hour ago
    Interview first task, help this laptop (windows) install ai agent (Openclaw or Hermes). that's what happen in my last interview.
  • ale-xyz 2 hours ago
    now more like IA interviews, in order to speak with ppl at least you need to speak with a couple of machines.
  • jurgw 1 hour ago
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  • ls-a 6 hours ago
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