The biggest mistake people make when I give a coding question is not asking for help, even though I always tell them to treat the question as collaborative and

The biggest mistake people make when I give a coding question is not asking for help, even though I always tell them to treat the question as collaborative and use me as a resource. While I’ve been on interviews where the company expected me to code with no help, usually the culture at those places wasn’t a good fit anyway. All that to say I’d suggest candidates be more willing to ask for help. Interviewers are people too and if you can code a solution easily after getting unblocked they might forget you ever asked for help, or respect you more for it.