Akshay Saini@akshaymarch7
From May 2026 onwards, interview process in big tech (FAANG) companies is changing completely.
This major change is because of the insane amount of cheating happening in interviews lately.
Here’s what’s coming:
0. No DSA questions will be asked - With AI doing most of the work, it hardly matters if you can invert a binary tree anymore.
1. All interviews will be recorded - Mandatory camera ON. Facial recognition will be used to validate your identity. No more “my mic wasn’t working” excuses.
2. No resume required while applying - Instead, you’ll give an AI-proctored test. Your resume is now replaced by how you actually perform.
3. Live screen monitoring with AI detection - If your eyes move suspiciously or you keep looking somewhere else… instant RED flag 🚩
4. “Explain your code” round becomes the hardest round - You can use AI to write code. But now you’ll be grilled on every single line you submit.
5. One round where AI is allowed - Yes. You’ll be given access to claude code max subscription and evaluated on how effectively you use them to solve real-world problems.
6. Mandatory “build something” round - No more theoretical answers. You’ll be asked to build a small working feature live.
7. Background noise analysis using AI - That means if someone whispers “bhai answer yeh hai…” in the background… you’re out 😄
8. Random surprise round - Mid interview, a new interviewer joins and asks you to debug a completely different codebase.
9. “Why should we not replace you with AI?” round - No right answers here. This is a survival round.
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