Anthropic Software Engineer interview experience

I went through a coding round that focused on file system problems. The interviewer was quiet and gave almost no feedback—just brief acknowledgments like “ok” or “good”—so I had to rely on my own debugging and explanation to stay aligned. After that, I moved into system design where the energy changed completely: the interviewer was enthusiastic, smiled a lot, and actively took notes while I walked through my design.

The culture part didn’t look like a typical behavioral checklist. It was more casual conversation, but the questions still landed on my personal motivations and how I’d handle