AI coding assistants are now a standard part of many developers’ workflows. So why ban them in interviews?
That’s the question Meta’s hiring team is answering with a pilot program for AI-enabled coding interviews. With CoderPad’s platform, Meta is equipping candidates with the same AI tools they’d use on the job—encouraging brainstorming, iteration, and practical problem-solving instead of memorization.
It’s not ‘cheating,’ it’s how the job is evolving.
Meta’s approach is a strong example of skills-first, realistic assessment in action:
- Reflect the real role. Software engineers at Meta already use AI assistants daily. Interviews now mirror that reality.
- Focus on how candidates think. Giving candidates AI tools shows how they debug, iterate, and explore solutions—key aspects of strong engineering.
- Support equity and access. Removing artificial constraints helps level the playing field, especially for those who thrive in collaborative, modern environments.
This new format enables engineers to actually execute their code, dive deeper into real practical problems, and leverage AI to brainstorm and iterate.
AI has fundamentally changed the way software is developed… Our modernized AI-enabled interview is a better representation of our work and of our mission.
Meta’s pilot isn’t about testing AI for the sake of novelty—it’s about removing friction between the interview and the job. That’s what we at CoderPad mean when we talk about fair, real-world assessments.
We’re proud to partner with Meta to build the future of technical interviews—one where practical skills, not trivia, take center stage.
Want to hear directly from Meta’s team? Check out their original announcement on LinkedIn to read what inspired the pilot and how their engineers are thinking about AI in technical interviews.