A small set of named companies allow or expect it: Canva, Meta in one onsite round, Shopify, Rippling as an option, Rootly, Speak, Superhuman, Tolan, Zapier and a Google pilot. Others ban it by default, including Amazon, Anthropic, Deloitte UK and Cursor's first screen. Big tech changed least: none of 52 interviewers surveyed there in 2025 said algorithm questions were dropped.
Who allows or expects AI, and where?
| Company | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Canva | Expected in the AI Assisted Coding interview | Company's own words |
| Meta | One of two onsite coding rounds | Prep sites |
| Shopify | Encouraged in remote interviews | Interview with its head of engineering |
| Rippling | Optional, with a different rubric | Prep site |
| Rootly | Expected on the take home, transcripts submitted | Company's own words |
| Speak | Expected on an open ended take home | Press report |
| Superhuman | Used in the technical round, prompts watched | Press report |
| Tolan | Encouraged in the onsite build | Company's own words |
| Zapier | Observed live in skills tests | Company's own words |
| Pilot code comprehension round, second half of 2026 | Press report |
The basis column matters. Canva, Rootly, Tolan and Zapier describe their process in their own words. Shopify's position comes from an interview with its head of engineering, Speak's and Superhuman's from LeadDev, Google's from Business Insider, and Meta's and Rippling's from interview prep sites. Each company page lists its sources and the date we checked them.
Who bans it, and who moved interviews back in person?
| Company | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Not allowed unless explicitly permitted | Press report |
| Anthropic | Not allowed unless stated; one take home allows it | Company's own words |
| Deloitte UK | Not allowed in assessments or interviews | Company's own words |
| Cursor | Not allowed in the first technical screen | Press report |
Several employers responded to hidden AI help by moving rounds back into the room. Computerworld named Google, Cisco and McKinsey in August 2025, and HR Leader reported in September 2024 that Deloitte UK was bringing back in person interviews for its graduate recruitment. Cisco is also reported to be moving towards project based exercises that show how candidates work in AI enabled workflows.
How common is the change?
Less common than the headlines suggest. interviewing.io surveyed 67 interviewers in 2025, 52 of them at large tech companies. None of the 52 said their company had moved away from algorithm questions, while 67% of the startup respondents said AI had meaningfully changed their process. Among the big tech interviewers, 58% said they had changed the kind of algorithm questions they ask and 21% said they deliberately ask harder ones.
So the AI allowed round is mostly a startup and scale up format, plus one round at Meta and a pilot at Google. Most loops at the largest employers still look the way they did in 2024.
What do AI allowed rounds have in common?
Three things. The task is realistic and a little ambiguous, often a small project with several files rather than a single function. Existing code plays a large part: Meta's round starts with a bug fix and Google's pilot is about reading, debugging and optimising. And the interviewer watches how you check the AI's work, not only the final result.
What is graded has changed less than the format. Meta reportedly keeps the same four competencies as its classic round. Canva lists judgment about when to use AI, breaking down ambiguous requirements and fixing problems in AI generated code. Rootly reads transcripts for decomposition and course correction. Our practice rubric draws these together.
How reliable is this list?
It is as reliable as its sources, which is why each entry names them. Policies change quickly, prep site reports can lag, and a company can run different rules for different teams or levels. Before any interview, ask your recruiter which rounds allow AI and which tools, and treat that answer as the one that counts. We check the sources again before each update and show the date on every page.