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Part of the value of a real pair programming session is brainstorming and discovering together. That part can't happen in a known problem for the interviewer. H

Part of the value of a real pair programming session is brainstorming and discovering together. That part can't happen in a known problem for the interviewer. How does that part play in on the interview? I like how you use a reproducible problem for comparison, a lot of advocates ignore that.

swish_bob 8y ago
When I do this, I'm pretty upfront that it's not going to be "real" pair programming, but you can come up with a pretty close approximation. As you do it more, with the same problem, you start to understand what questions to use to keep things from stalling, and when to make suggestions. It's not easy, but none of interviewing is easy, really. It's another skill you have to learn.