The Great Tech Interview Bias: Why Are We Still Ignoring AI in Hiring?

Job hunting in tech in 2025 is a bizarre experience. I’ve been leading multi-role teams for years, constantly switching between different languages and technologies. Thanks to LLMs, I can now jump between Python, TypeScript, Terraform, Bash, Go, SQL (PostgreSQL, Snowflake, KSQL), PySpark, and Pandas without the cognitive overload that used to burn me out. But interviews? They’re stuck in the past. It’s already hard to find good developers, yet hiring processes make it even harder. If a company wants a “React+TypeScript dev” or a “Spark engineer,” they set up trivia or highly specific interviews. A developer with an engineering mindset doesn’t necessarily work with a single technology every month — this is more characteristic of a programmer whose sole role is to master one technology. There’s no problem with that, but depending on the person, switching technologies might take a few minutes to recall details, and more importantly, requires a calm and appropriate environment for the transition — not a high-pressure interview where they are being questioned in a capricious manner.

Feb 26, 2025 - 20:44

The Great Tech Interview Bias: Why Are We Still Ignoring AI in Hiring?

Job hunting in tech in 2025 is a bizarre experience. I’ve been leading multi-role teams for years, constantly switching between different languages and technologies. Thanks to LLMs, I can now jump between Python, TypeScript, Terraform, Bash, Go, SQL (PostgreSQL, Snowflake, KSQL), PySpark, and Pandas without the cognitive overload that used to burn me out. But interviews? They’re stuck in the past.

It’s already hard to find good developers, yet hiring processes make it even harder. If a company wants a “React+TypeScript dev” or a “Spark engineer,” they set up trivia or highly specific interviews. A developer with an engineering mindset doesn’t necessarily work with a single technology every month — this is more characteristic of a programmer whose sole role is to master one technology. There’s no problem with that, but depending on the person, switching technologies might take a few minutes to recall details, and more importantly, requires a calm and appropriate environment for the transition — not a high-pressure interview where they are being questioned in a capricious manner.