> A live coding interview has (almost) nothing to do with the "quality" of your code, and doesn't necessarily even demand complete correctness. It's about obser

> A live coding interview has (almost) nothing to do with the "quality" of your code, and doesn't necessarily even demand complete correctness. It's about observing your process, and trying to simulate what it would be like to work with you I frequently hear people say things like this. Now maybe you do think this way and I'm not saying you don't, but I think that makes you exceptional. In about 80% of interviews I've done where I successfully completed the problem, I got an offer; and in 100% of interviews where I did not complete the problem, I did not get an offer. That seems to indicate pretty strongly that solving the problem is by far the most important thing for most interviewers.