Five Onsite Rounds and Feedback for Leaning Too Much on AI

I just got done with my onsite interview at Hex, so I wanted to contribute this data point. For the full stack track, I went through quite a few rounds: web dev, system design, product taste, behavioral, and a CTO round. The feedback I ended up getting was that the web dev round relied too much on AI... Personally, I think the line for this kind of AI-native interview format is actually pretty ha…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.