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Live Coding Challenge Practice Guide

This guide contains instructions for the Live Coding Practice session of the Technical Interviewing Basics webinar.

As Pairs in Breakout Rooms...

Coding Challenge for Candidate (Partner A) (15 minutes)

  • The Candidate (Partner A) will share their screen
  • Fork this Repl (easily log in using your GitHub credentials)
  • Solve the code challenge

The Interviewer (Partner B) will provide feedback (up to 5 minutes)

  • Did the candidate clarify and/or confirm their understanding of the problem?
  • Did they verbalize their approach?
  • Did they verbalize their thought process while coding?
  • Did the Candidate finish strong? (Summarize / Optimize / Ask for Feedback)

Switch Roles (Partner B is now the Candidate)

  • Candidate shares their screen
  • Candidate forks this Repl
  • Candidate has 15 minutes to solve the challenge
  • Interviewer will provide up to 5 minutes of feedback afterwards (use the above questions as a guide)
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