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Re:The Problems with Live Coding Interviews by tomjakubowski on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @01:35PM (#35703881)
a single example of a one minute difference in solving a problem that takes ~10 minutes is noise
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Re:The Problems with Live Coding Interviews by hnfong on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @03:14PM (#35705254)
Yes, so given that all things are equal, are you going to hire the slower person then?

Or are you going to, as I mentioned in sibling comments, give them a take home task that takes two weeks to complete, just to be sure?

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