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I wonder how much Live Coding he had to do. I've been interviewing like crazy lately, and I've learned I hate live coding, and "thinking out loud". You're in a

I wonder how much Live Coding he had to do. I've been interviewing like crazy lately, and I've learned I hate live coding, and "thinking out loud". You're in a room with your laptop hooked up to the monitor, and 2 people are watching you code. Any small typing mistake or mouse movements can be a negative on your review. Live coding should die.

seangrogg 10y ago
I've done this twice and both times it was a pretty positive experience on the whole, but I made sure to be really open about stuff and ask questions where I thought they were appropriate. I would imagine the experience really comes down to the company, the interviewers, etc - but I figure if they're going to be watching me code it's now pair programming and I treat it as such. That being said, tech interviewing in almost all current forms sucks and we need a better method. As has been said for years now.
evonsdesigns 10y ago
I disagree. Companies need to know these people can walk the walk. Sure, I don't expect you to know all the spec details. Googling the spec or asking questions is fine. I had one interviewee that went through a similar boot camp. The discussion portion of the interview went exceptionally well; he knew all the topics and had opinions on using certain technologies over others. It seemed like a good fit, until we got him in front of code. He struggled to do a simple object assignment in JavaScript. To your point, any small typing mistake or mouse movements shouldn't be judged. Interviewers know you will be nervous during the interview. If they are discrediting candidates over that, they shouldn't be interviewing.
- ryanmccullagh 10y ago
  Define the object assignment? Was it really just an assignment statement? I was rejected with almost no feedback from a company this month. I feel I solved their live coding thing correctly using a recursive approach. However, I was told they didn't like my coding style, so they didn't move me forward. They also said I moved the mouse too much.
  - evonsdesigns 10y ago
    The structure has the test pre-written and the actual code empty for the interviewee to fill in. As simple as setting person.name = 'Jeff', a trivial test to anyone with even basic JavaScript experience. I'm sorry about your poor experience interviewing. Barring a lack of understanding of any styles, coding style should not matter, that's what linting rules are for. Hopefully future companies you interview with will have a more reasonable interviewing process.

seangrogg 10y ago

I've done this twice and both times it was a pretty positive experience on the whole, but I made sure to be really open about stuff and ask questions where I thought they were appropriate. I would imagine the experience really comes down to the company, the interviewers, etc - but I figure if they're going to be watching me code it's now pair programming and I treat it as such. That being said, tech interviewing in almost all current forms sucks and we need a better method. As has been said for years now.

evonsdesigns 10y ago

I disagree. Companies need to know these people can walk the walk. Sure, I don't expect you to know all the spec details. Googling the spec or asking questions is fine. I had one interviewee that went through a similar boot camp. The discussion portion of the interview went exceptionally well; he knew all the topics and had opinions on using certain technologies over others. It seemed like a good fit, until we got him in front of code. He struggled to do a simple object assignment in JavaScript. To your point, any small typing mistake or mouse movements shouldn't be judged. Interviewers know you will be nervous during the interview. If they are discrediting candidates over that, they shouldn't be interviewing.

ryanmccullagh 10y ago
Define the object assignment? Was it really just an assignment statement? I was rejected with almost no feedback from a company this month. I feel I solved their live coding thing correctly using a recursive approach. However, I was told they didn't like my coding style, so they didn't move me forward. They also said I moved the mouse too much.
- evonsdesigns 10y ago
  The structure has the test pre-written and the actual code empty for the interviewee to fill in. As simple as setting person.name = 'Jeff', a trivial test to anyone with even basic JavaScript experience. I'm sorry about your poor experience interviewing. Barring a lack of understanding of any styles, coding style should not matter, that's what linting rules are for. Hopefully future companies you interview with will have a more reasonable interviewing process.