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If face to face, it is on a white piece of paper. If it is on skype, I just ask them to open up any code/text editor they want. Also, I allow them to use whatev
by SMFloris 8y ago
If face to face, it is on a white piece of paper. If it is on skype, I just ask them to open up any code/text editor they want. Also, I allow them to use whatever resource they want. And yes, in both cases I would be watching them, the reason being I want to see the way they think and how they reason.
- arethuza 8y agoPersonally I don't think that kind of approach is a great idea as coding isn't really a performance activity - I prefer letting people work on a task in isolation then discussing what they have done afterwards. YMMV. Edit: Also, and I do mean this constructively, some people can be pretty intimidating on a 1 to 1 basis without knowing it. I only realised this when I was in a CTO position and had some training where I was videoed in meetings and I realised that a lot of what I was doing was actually pretty rough on people....
- SMFloris 8y agoInteresting point. I never thought of this. I'll give it a shot in the next 10 interviews.