The Interview That Ships to Production
Summary
AngelList describes a production-focused interview process that replaces traditional whiteboard puzzles with a take-home coding task tied to real infrastructure. Candidates work on implementing a three-tier venture fund distribution waterfall in JavaScript, using an AI assistant during the exercise, and then ship real improvements via PRs in a production-like environment. The article highlights several examples of candidate-driven improvements and argues this approach better reveals practical engineering skills and collaboration tendencies.