Similarly, it took a few months of learning to read Haskell before I felt comfortable writing more than just a couple lines. I like the idea of code reviews in

Similarly, it took a few months of learning to read Haskell before I felt comfortable writing more than just a couple lines. I like the idea of code reviews in an interview though! Seeing how someone approaches a new code base would be a really pragmatic way to evaluate them. Having them make a targeted change to a smallish unfamiliar program would be informative as well.