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@Mordikan@kbin.earth

2026-10-27 19:33 UTC

I work in data and the issue here isn't AI. Nobody in data engineering cares enough about AI to make anti-AI memes like I've seen in comments. The problem here is this tool is only viable for the non-technical aspect of the interview process. In your repo's gif image you mention you have PostgreSQL experience. Great! Show me. We aren't going to take your word for it, you're going to be asked to whiteboard queries based on a test setup we provide in a live environment that we provide. Even if your AI agent is locally running, we are going to be watching it in real time. Even if your AI agent is running, we are going to be looking for things you likely didn't include in the prompt. Did you ask it to write the query or write the query in an optimized manner? Those are two different things (and a very important distinction when working with large data sets). Specific to AI: We don't have any testing specific to how you use AI agents, but I have seen dev groups which have dedicated environments they build with throw-away API keys that will test how you use AI in code authoring. So that is something to consider depending on what role you'd be interviewing for. In the end, at least on the technical side, we don't really care what your CV says. We're going to put you through the same test process regardless.

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  • @TrollAccount69@lemmy.ml 2026-10-27 20:03

    The point of a tool like this is the non-technical part of the interview process. It’s not a problem that it only applies to that component. That’s like saying the problem with a Phillips head screwdriver is that it doesn’t turn torx head bolts. Of course it doesn’t. It’s not meant to do that. My Phillips driver isn’t deficient because it can’t remove the torx bolts that hold my nvme tray to the frame of my laptop, its job is to get me past the Phillips head screws securing the bottom cover in place so I can access those Torx bolts with the correct tool.

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  • @PSYEONE@lemmy.world 2026-10-27 20:29

    Thanks for the detailed reply, that’s fair. It’s really aimed at the screening and behavioural rounds, especially the ones run by an AI, not a live technical test. Agree with you on AI interviewers too, that’s what pushed me to build it. Also the CV in the demo is just a sample one, not mine :)

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