Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by nabla9 on Friday August 01, 2025 @09:33AM
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No. More like the ability to be around new people, have their work evaluated, getting frank feedback, being honest about their mistakes, defending their positions.
If interview feels like life and death, maybe you are not the right hire.
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by Paul-Craft on Friday August 01, 2025 @09:36AM
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Interviews are not valid tests of those things due to the stress involved.
If you don't understand how not having a job in a place like the US is life or death, you're not the right interviewer.
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by ongy on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:04AM
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You are making two assumptions that are generally not true
* In the US * Interviewee is currently unemployed
Even then, the general candidate we interview for Tech positions can usually survive quite well on a couple months.
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by cestith on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:55AM
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A couple of months is one thing, but a typical time back to work after a tech layoff is currently more like six or eight months.
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by Paul-Craft on Saturday August 02, 2025 @01:05AM
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I'm speaking to what I know. Sue me.
I suppose if by "outside their comfort zone," you mean in a potentially literal life or death situation (because, face it, most people can't live long without a job in the US), under an arbitrary and very short deadline, possibly using unfamiliar tools, and simultaneously having to explain every little thing they do, then yes, I would agree with this. I don't believe the sentence after this follows logically from it, though.