> Depends on the job. It doesn't. > I'm currently hiring and the live coding exercise is a must for the position It's not. > because I want to see how the p

> Depends on the job. It doesn't. > I'm currently hiring and the live coding exercise is a must for the position It's not. > because I want to see how the person problem solves while under stress Why, it's a totally bullshit proposition. The stress of not having memorized some algorithm is not the same kind of stress as a live system going down. You do it this way because you aren't able to come up with anything better.