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by whimsicalism 228 days ago
for people who cheat, it is still the ideal time to look for a job before companies return to in-person hiring. i interview nowadays and it is crazy how ubiquitous these cheating tools are.
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We have proctored testing centers (Pearson Vue etc) if companies wanted trusted remote interviews.
We've decided to do onsites for all hires, in part to combat this.
Good - it costs the company more $$$ and cheating is still easy as hell.

We have proof that the "Anal beads chess cheating" accusations could have been legit (https://github.com/RonSijm/ButtFish). You think that people won't do even easier cheating for a chance at a 500K+ FAANG job?

Also, if you want the best jobs at Foundation model labs (1 million USD starting packages), they will reject you for not using AI.

> they will reject you for not using AI.

Well, I don't work for a foundation model lab. But actually, I'm happy for folks to use AI to augment their skills.

I also want to make sure that they can use it well and aren't just a mouthpiece for ChatGPT. Having them come in is one way to verify that.

low quality comment

> they will reject you for not using AI.

False - many biglabs will explicitly ask you to not use AI in portions of their interview loop.

> We have proof that the "Anal beads chess cheating" accusations could have been legit (https://github.com/RonSijm/ButtFish). You think that people won't do even easier cheating for a chance at a 500K+ FAANG job?

Just nonsense.

> 1 million USD starting packages

False.

Same, between the interview cheating and AI slop resumes... hiring has become a dreadful process.
Yeah, hiring was always hard but has just become mind bogglingly difficult.
why are the cheating tools even necessary?
say more in your question?