> If I started a coding exercise in an interview, and the interviewer was sitting far away looking at a laptop screen and typing I would take a deep breath and

> If I started a coding exercise in an interview, and the interviewer was sitting far away looking at a laptop screen and typing I would take a deep breath and go at it, thankful that this unfriendly person isn't breathing down my neck while I'm solving the problem. Although that hardly constitutes a test of how someone will work in a collaborative environment.