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Anthropic Interview Questions
99 real questions reported from Anthropic interviews · updated Oct 2026.
- Questions
- 99
- Experiences
- 198
- Open roles
- 506
About Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI safety company building the Claude family of frontier models and enterprise AI products, pairing safety research with a rapidly growing product and API business. Interviews favor realistic engineering work and judgment over puzzle-style algorithms.
- Industry
- Artificial intelligence
- Founded
- 2021
- Size
- 2,000+ employees
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- Website
- anthropic.com
Company research
Read itAnthropic is an AI safety company building the Claude family of frontier models and enterprise AI products, pairing safety research with a rapidly growing product and API business. Interviews favor realistic engineering work and judgment over puzzle-style algorithms.
- Artificial intelligence
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded 2021
Covered in the research, each with its source
- Recent moves
Anthropic hiring insights
Computed from candidates’ write-ups and our Anthropic questions.
Reported outcomes
3%
of the 68 decided loops shared here ended in an offer.
Outcome mix
- Offer1%(2)
- Rejected33%(66)
- Still waiting66%(130)
Across the 198 of 198 shared loops that stated an outcome.
- Median rounds
- 1
- Last 12 months
- 162 loops
- Most recent
- Oct 2026
Self-reported by candidates who shared a Anthropic write-up. It describes those loops, not an application-to-offer rate. Read them.
What they ask
Topic mix
- Hashing24%(8)
- Graphs15%(5)
- Sorting9%(3)
- Tries9%(3)
- Other (12 topics)44%(15)
Across the 34 of 99 Anthropic questions tagged with a topic.
Difficulty mix
- Easy10%(8)
- Medium62%(48)
- Hard28%(22)
Across the 78 of 99 questions with a difficulty rating.
Interview guides5
Start hereAnthropic AI Engineer Interview ProcessData & AIFreeRead
Anthropic Infrastructure Engineer Interview Process
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SoftwareFreeView interview guideAnthropic Machine Learning Engineer Interview Process
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Data & AIFreeView interview guideAnthropic Software Engineer Interview Process
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SoftwareFreeView interview guide
Open roles at Anthropic506
- Applied AI Architect, PartnershipsParis, France · Seattle, WA · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Paris, Île-de-France, France · Munich, Bavaria, GermanyNov 3
- Account Executive, AI NativeNew York, NY · San Francisco, CANov 3
- Technical Program Manager, Hardware SystemsSan Francisco, CA · New York City, NY · San Francisco, CA · New York, NYNov 3
- Engineering Manager, Research ProductivitySan Francisco, CA · New York, NYNov 3
- US Public Sector Compliance, Security GRCSan Francisco, CA · New York City, NY · New York City, NY · San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA · New York, NYNov 3
Interview experiences198
View all- Anthropic Software Engineer Phone Screen Interview Experience (2026)SoftwareFeb 20263 roundsPending
- Anthropic Senior Software Engineer Interview ExperienceSoftwareOct 20268 roundsPending
- Anthropic Software Engineer Interview Experience (United States, 2026)SoftwareSep 20262 roundsRejected
- Anthropic Software Engineer Interview Experience (Pinellas Park, FL)SoftwareJul 20263 roundsRejected
- Anthropic Data Scientist Interview Experience (United States, 2026)Data & AIJun 20262 roundsRejected
Interview questions99
Filter & trackFilterOOP26Algorithm25Study21System Design14AI Coding12SQL1OA16Phone Screen45Take-Home2Onsite55Easy8Medium48Hard22
- Web CrawlerAlgorithmFreeMedium
- Infection Spread SimulationAlgorithmFreeMedium
- Design AI Prompt PlaygroundSystem DesignMembersMedium
- Implement an LRU Cache (HashMap + Doubly Linked List) and Debug an Existing ImplementationOOPMembersMedium
- Culture & Behavioral Interview QuestionsStudyFree
Frequently asked: Anthropic interviews
- What interview questions does Anthropic ask?
- Candidates have reported 99 questions from Anthropic interviews to TrueInterview: 26 object-oriented programming, 25 algorithm, 21 study and 14 system design. Each one is filed under the round it came up in, with the month it was reported where a candidate gave one, and opens in the workspace that format calls for — an editor judged against hidden tests for coding and SQL, a whiteboard for system design.
- How recent are these Anthropic interview questions?
- The most recent Anthropic question on this page was reported in October 2026. A question shows the month a candidate reported it whenever that is known, so an entry that has gone stale is visible as one rather than presented as current.
- Which Anthropic interview rounds do these questions come from?
- The reported Anthropic questions on this page are filed under 4 rounds: Online Assessment, Phone Screen, Take-Home and Onsite. Filtering by a round gives you the questions candidates were asked at that stage rather than the whole bank at once.
- How hard are Anthropic's interview questions?
- Of the 78 rated Anthropic questions on this page, the spread is 8 easy, 48 medium and 22 hard. Difficulty is the rating on the question itself, not a prediction of how a particular loop will go.
- Where do these Anthropic interview questions come from?
- From candidates who sat the interview. Some send us their questions by email or upload; the rest we summarize from interview experiences, on the public board or published elsewhere, then verify and file by company, format and round. Nothing covered by an NDA is accepted, and the sourcing rules are published in full at /methodology.
- Has anyone written up their Anthropic interview?
- Yes — 198 candidates have published an account of a Anthropic loop, covering the rounds they sat, what they were asked and how it ended. Each write-up has its own page and links to the questions it mentions.
- Is there a guide to the Anthropic interview process?
- There are 5 guides filed under Anthropic on this page, written round by round: what each stage covers, what it is assessing, and what to practise before it.
- Do I need an account to practise Anthropic questions?
- Browsing this page needs no account, and 37 of the 99 Anthropic questions listed here open in full for free. The rest are part of a paid plan, and every row says which it is before you click it.
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