Re:Ask HN: Company is asking for unplanned interview stage? ...
by drewcoo on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:35AM
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Let's consider those.
> 1 - Uncertain about something about you (I imagine technical aptitude), and want to rule out their concern
They've already done live coding with you but they're not sure about your technical aptitude. So they're going to do more of the same thing that didn't work for them before. This says a lot about the company's habits.
> 2 - There are 2 close candidates
There are two close candidates. They're especially close in "live coding" ability. Let's have an async code-off! Why is live coding so important to the company? Is the other candidate going through this, too? Is the point of this really just to see which of you will swallow more BS? This also says a lot about how the company works.
> 1 - Uncertain about something about you (I imagine technical aptitude), and want to rule out their concern
They've already done live coding with you but they're not sure about your technical aptitude. So they're going to do more of the same thing that didn't work for them before. This says a lot about the company's habits.
> 2 - There are 2 close candidates
There are two close candidates. They're especially close in "live coding" ability. Let's have an async code-off! Why is live coding so important to the company? Is the other candidate going through this, too? Is the point of this really just to see which of you will swallow more BS? This also says a lot about how the company works.