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Most tech jobs aren't like that. If the job you're hiring for is one of the few that involves high-pressure coding in front of strangers, then by all means test for that.


If you are coding 'in front of customers on the spot' - you at the wrong company :)

Coding under pressure is quite different from coding on a white-board in an interview, often on an arcane CS problem.


> If you are coding 'in front of customers on the spot' - you at the wrong company :)

Or a procrastinator ;)

"Hi, one coffee please."

"Sure, just one minute. Ok, first I'll pip install stripe…"




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