hot take: When I'm interviewing candidates for a job, using #ChatGPT or #Claude during coding interviews is not cheating. I expect them to use the tooling, environment, tricks, and techniques they'd use during their job.

I only care about their thought process and their answers.

I expect them to understand their code, but whether they come up with all of it themselves, or use something they got from an #llm or #google...I don't care as long as they understand it and can explain it to me.

One reasonable exception: If the job or company prohibits usage of such a tool during the course of their work.