Lessons learned when hiring engineers in the age of AI

The author describes how their company restructured engineering hiring around AI: the AI app-building round is now mainly a screen, take-homes were dropped due to candidate churn and a desperation filter, and traditional no-AI problem-solving and system-design interviews remain the core test of engineering judgment. They also note that many candidates have limited AI budgets at their current employers, that AI fluency can mask shallow engineering depth, and that they look for a "spark" of exceptional upside in every hire.