Someone was accused of cheating because they were able to solve a difficult problem very quickly. Not for playing with AI. Not for copying from a screen. Just for excelling at it.
The theater everyone agreed to perform
There's a survival strategy floating around interview forums that broke my brain a little. You see the issue right away. How do you react to that? You act as if you don't. One applicant nailed it: feign "you've never encountered that problem before," provide "the wrong answer or method" initially, then "come upon the best answer."
Yes, just let that sink in for a moment. The most successful strategy would be to pretend to be inept in a way that is believable. We created an interview process in which having the right answer would actually be a disadvantage. That's not a talent filter. That's an acting workshop filter. 🎭
Pattern recognition is the actual job
