AI is changing this job so fast the interview process can’t keep up | CNN Business

It’s a tough job market for software engineering hopefuls. Tens of thousands of jobs cuts across the industry have increased competition for open spots. The rise of AI has spurred fears of cheating during interviews, and company priorities are changing as the tech evolves almost daily. But hiring managers have a bigger concern: Now that AI can write code, how can you figure out who – or even what skillset – makes a good software engineer? The interview process hasn’t kept up with the way AI has changed programmers’ daily responsibilities, career experts and software engineers told CNN. That’s made the hiring process more challenging for both job seekers and hiring managers. “I would say AI has hit engineering interviewing like an atomic bomb,” said Stefan Mai, a former engineer for Meta and Amazon and cofounder of tech interview coaching service Hello Interview. Software engineering has been among the first industries to be noticeably impacted by AI. A report from Google’s research division last year found that 90% of tech workers use AI for tasks like writing and modifying code, up 14% from the previous year. The field has been closely watched as a bellwether as