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digitalocean.com ↗AI-native interviews The interview is built around it.
Replaced the phone screen and algorithm onsite with a three-hour build using any AI.
Candidates pick a prompt, then design, build and deploy a working prototype, followed by a walkthrough of trade-offs, scale and business constraints. Documented for a Seattle cohort that hired 33 engineers in two weeks, described as one they plan to repeat rather than a company-wide default.
Source: Engineering blog, Jun 2026
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- What we learned hiring 33 engineers in two weeksdigitalocean.com
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