“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interviews”

Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by hiq on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:15AM (#25300805)

The timebox has to be enforced on the company side, meaning that you have e.g. 2h to submit your answer once you've opened their link (which you should be free to open at any time, so that you're sure you have the time allotted).

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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by ornornor on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:38AM (#25300930)

I don’t know about you but I suck the most when coding in a <textarea> HTML element instead of my editor and with a gun to my head.

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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by hiq on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:56AM (#25301026)

I think the <textarea> problem can be solved if the interviewer gives enough information so that the interviewee can have their IDE working correctly by the time they get started.

The pressure problem can be solved by giving more time than what would be expected in a work setting. If you expect a task to be completed in 1h, just give 2h. Of course that implies that you don't give a task which would take an expected 6h to complete.

Of course these are things to consider from the company side, if they think they want to hire people who can program under high pressure, they should probably keep that as part of the interview, for both the company's and interviewee's sake.

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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by pseudalopex on Friday December 04, 2020 @01:14PM (#25305718)

Giving twice as long doesn't solve stage fright.

Interview pressures and job pressures are completely different.

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