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Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills by tayo42 on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:14AM (#44757154)
These physical jobs have alot of process in place to assure some one can't do a bad job and if they do you can hold them accountable.

There's no code to match for software like there is construction. Auditors don't know anything. Managers and abibey are often to disconnected from work to know what's good and bad.

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Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills by sarchertech on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:26AM (#44757290)
Outside of new grads, Capital E Engineers don’t do whiteboard interviews. Teachers don’t teach mock classes etc…
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Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills by gjm11 on Friday August 01, 2025 @02:42PM (#44760738)
I don't know whether it's different in the US, but here in the UK it's pretty common for teachers to teach part or all of an actual lesson as part of the application process. Experienced teachers as well as new graduates.
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Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills by sarchertech on Saturday August 02, 2025 @04:56PM (#44771397)
I’ve never heard of an experienced teacher doing that in the US and I have plenty of friends who are teachers.
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Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills by zwnow on Friday August 01, 2025 @01:38PM (#44759861)
Maybe its time for standards then?
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