Re:The Problems with Live Coding Interviews
by eesmith on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @11:53AM
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> be able to take a novel problem that they haven't seen before and break it down to solve it in a sensible way. ... A contrived live coding exercise gives you a strong signal on this
The author suggests take-home coding exercises with "maybe ... a live call to discuss their solution" as giving a stronger signal than a live coding exercise.
The author also suggested to "present them with a complex technical problem that requires architecture-level decisions across various parts of a technology stack, and have them talk through how they would approach it" as a better signal than a live coding interviews.
So even if what you say is true, you aren't presenting a devil's advocate position. Instead, it makes it seem like you think the alternative to live coding is no assessment, which the author very clearly argues is not true.
The author suggests take-home coding exercises with "maybe ... a live call to discuss their solution" as giving a stronger signal than a live coding exercise.
The author also suggested to "present them with a complex technical problem that requires architecture-level decisions across various parts of a technology stack, and have them talk through how they would approach it" as a better signal than a live coding interviews.
So even if what you say is true, you aren't presenting a devil's advocate position. Instead, it makes it seem like you think the alternative to live coding is no assessment, which the author very clearly argues is not true.