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Re:The Problems with Live Coding Interviews by robin_reala on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @12:20PM (#35702599)
They’re only objectively the strong candidate if that’s the sole thing the company values. It’s unusual for that to be the case.
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Re:The Problems with Live Coding Interviews by hnfong on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @03:22PM (#35705358)
With the "all things equal" qualifier, it's sufficient that completing the task faster is a positive signal rather than a negative one.

I mean, this is very elementary.

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