I was given a take-home assignment with a completion time of 24 hrs. It was about building a file storage vault. AI tools were allowed, but they did not provide any. I had to buy my own.
Expectation was also there to record a video on how I used AI tools to develop the task.
They rejected me without giving any feedback. Very bad experience
I applied online. I interviewed at Abnormal AI (Bengaluru) in Jun 2026
Interview
Round 0: Recruiter screen where we discussed about what Abnormal does and what the interview process is going to look like. This was followed by Round 1 scheduled after 10 days, it was an AI assisted coding interview where given a large codebase and a feature requirement, you need to implement that feature by prompting claude code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the architecture of the codebase, explain the feature which I have added and how will you make sure it works
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Abnormal AI in Apr 2026
Interview
Wasted my time interviewing here; the AI coding round is stupid.
The interviewer was constantly nudging me to keep speaking. It was so hard to understand how they want me to use an AI agent to code that relatively easy problem. I was constantly fighting with the auto-complete of cursor and couldn't focus on the problem. I would rather have done it without the AI constantly trying to erase my implementation.
Absolute waste of time and my confidence. Nothing but template rejection at the end.