An Anthropic engineering manager has halted traditional coding interviews, citing AI's superior performance on such challenges. He believes AI, like Claude, now excels at these tasks more than human candidates. The manager suggests that successful engineers are not defined by their ability to pass these tests. He anticipates the demise of the coding interview, seeing it as a sign of software engineering's increasing abstraction. However, he admits uncertainty about what will replace these interviews in assessing candidates who collaborate effectively with AI. He is currently looking for portfolios demonstrating taste, empathy, and principled thinking. A Google principal engineer expressed interest in interviewing candidates on their use of coding agents as a measure of skill. Despite this shift at Anthropic, the tech industry generally still widely employs skills assessments. A recent survey indicates the Information sector leads in requiring formal skill tests for initial applications. This change might signify a move towards prioritizing soft skills over purely technical ones as AI handles coding. While AI can code, it lacks critical thinking, a skill employers find increasingly absent in candidates.