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Isn't that one of the reasons to ask follow-up questions like "why did you decide to use data structure X here instead of Y"? If the candidate didn't write the
by toomanyrichies 8y ago
Isn't that one of the reasons to ask follow-up questions like "why did you decide to use data structure X here instead of Y"? If the candidate didn't write the code, their lack of coherent answers should make that obvious pretty quickly.
- mcv 8y agoExactly. That's why you let them show their code to the other devs who get to ask questions. I don't believe someone who can't code can explain someone else's code in a convincing way.