<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>codesolara — writing on AI and technical hiring</title><description>What to allow in a technical interview now that every candidate has an assistant, what to grade instead of the finished code, and what the session leaves behind as evidence.</description><link>https://codesolara.com/</link><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://codesolara.com/blog/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Can you detect AI use in a coding interview?</title><link>https://codesolara.com/blog/can-you-detect-ai-use-in-a-coding-interview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://codesolara.com/blog/can-you-detect-ai-use-in-a-coding-interview/</guid><description>Not reliably. And a detector that worked perfectly would still answer the wrong question — here is what the false-positive maths does to honest candidates.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>hiring</category><category>interviews</category><category>ai</category></item><item><title>When is an AI-free assessment the right call?</title><link>https://codesolara.com/blog/when-is-an-ai-free-assessment-the-right-call/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://codesolara.com/blog/when-is-an-ai-free-assessment-the-right-call/</guid><description>We sell the opposite, and we still think some rounds should exclude AI. The three cases where it works, the one condition it needs, and when it is a trap.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>hiring</category><category>interviews</category><category>ai</category></item><item><title>Who checks the evidence behind an AI score?</title><link>https://codesolara.com/blog/who-checks-the-evidence-behind-a-score/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://codesolara.com/blog/who-checks-the-evidence-behind-a-score/</guid><description>A score that cites its evidence beats a feeling. But a citation can be invented, so something has to re-check it — and withdraw the score when it fails.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>scorecards</category><category>hiring</category><category>ai</category></item><item><title>How do you assess an engineer who uses AI?</title><link>https://codesolara.com/blog/how-to-assess-an-engineer-who-uses-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://codesolara.com/blog/how-to-assess-an-engineer-who-uses-ai/</guid><description>Four things to grade once the finished code stops being the signal, what each one looks like in a real session, and why a score has to point at something.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>hiring</category><category>scorecards</category><category>ai</category></item><item><title>Should candidates use AI in a technical interview?</title><link>https://codesolara.com/blog/should-candidates-use-ai-in-interviews/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://codesolara.com/blog/should-candidates-use-ai-in-interviews/</guid><description>Yes — and the company that builds the model reached the same answer for its own hiring. The argument, and what changes about the interview once you allow it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>hiring</category><category>interviews</category><category>ai</category></item></channel></rss>