Overview

• On July 29 Meta confirmed a pilot allowing selected coding job candidates to use AI assistants during technical interviews.
• Internal communications reveal the company is recruiting employee volunteers as mock applicants to test and refine the AI-enabled interview format.
• Meta says the new approach better reflects future engineering workflows and aims to curb illicit use of large language models by evaluating candidates’ collaboration with AI agents.
• Interview questions remain under development and will be adjusted based on feedback and data from mock sessions before wider rollout.
• Meta also plans to automate recruitment tasks, including coding assessments and question generation, as part of its broader push to integrate AI into hiring.