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I agree that live coding is very hard on a lot of candidates. How do you feel about asking candidates to read code and explain it? I had that only once and I thought it was genuinely innovative. Even if I couldn't understand all of it, we can discuss various points about it.



I think if that's prompted well and designed well it might work. But if not careful it might just be a signal that reflects your own taste.




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