“We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills.”
In a statement to Fortune, an Anthropic spokesperson said they’re open to updating this policy as AI tools quickly advance. But for now, the rule stands as it is.
“We want to be able to assess people’s genuine interest and motivations for working at Anthropic,” the spokesperson said. “By asking for candidates to not use AI to answer key questions, we’re looking for signals on what candidates value and their unique answers to why they want to work here.”
The jobs vary widely in scope and how deep into the tech they are, but they all share one thing in common: no AI is allowed in the application process.
Yet AI has become deeply ingrained in people’s personal and work lives—even Anthropic conceded that the tech is revolutionary for its workers. They just first need to get over the human hurdles in hiring.
