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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by ilamont on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @07:04AM (#43620303)
> I interviewed someone for an internship who was getting directions from someone whispering to them. I managed to hear it when they forgot to mute the mic a couple times.

What do you do when something like this happens in an interview? Do you ignore it, call out the interviewee, make a joke about it?

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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by dpb001 on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @08:31AM (#43620952)
I would tell the interviewee that I want to continue the interview with the other person since their answers indicate they’d be a good fit for the position.
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Re:Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI by whstl on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @11:07AM (#43622656)
I ignore and cut the interview short in a subtle way, then ask HR to reject the candidate.

I'm not cold blooded enough to joke about this hahahaha

I do tend to give immediate feedback to most candidates, but I try to make it strictly technical and very matter-of-fact. A suspicion of cheating is not really something that I'd give feedback on. :/

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