The AI-native interview | Sierra

We removed our coding and algorithms interviews and replaced them with an AI-native onsite: Plan: A working session with the candidate to define a product to build. The candidate drives ideation, while interviewers ask questions to strengthen it. We focus on an idea in the candidate’s domain so we see their product thinking in action. Build: The interviewer steps out and the candidate brings the idea to life over 2 hours, using the AI tooling and frameworks of their choice. They have complete freedom to pivot or adjust scope as they go. Review: The candidate demos what they’ve built. We debate the key product flows and choices they made; review the code to understand their technical judgment (data model, abstractions, extensibility, etc.); and discuss the path to production. We also dig into how they used AI along the way.