I haven't had the 'pleasure' of that kind of technical interview, so I can't speak to that. To the point of #3 I'm believing it more and more. I'm writing less

I haven't had the 'pleasure' of that kind of technical interview, so I can't speak to that. To the point of #3 I'm believing it more and more. I'm writing less code as I go on, but spending more time talking to people trying to tease out why people want things the way they say they want them.