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Brian discusses the flaws in technical interviews with ML student Fardeen Khimani and the impact of AI on the hiring process.

Brian sits down with Fardeen Khimani, a 21-year-old Georgia Tech ML student and co-founder of Rounds, to talk about why technical interviews are broken and why AI just made it worse. They cover why LeetCode is dying, why companies have no idea how to respond, and what skills actually matter now. Fardeen's take: if AI can pass an interview that maps to the real job, just hire the AI. Find Fardeen: linkedin.com/in/fardeenkhimani

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