News Summary

• Mercor's interview process is less vibe coding, more whiteboarding.
• Whiteboard interviews, where candidates draw and explain their thinking process, became an industry gold standard in the 2010s.
• Big Tech companies such as Google, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, and Cisco are changing their interview to allow candidates to use AI.
• "I guess this is like asking a kid to take a math test without a calculator," said Emily Cohen, who heads people and operations at AI coding startup Cognition.
• "For the bulk of building something similar to what you would do on the role, you can and should use AI tools," she said.