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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.

Preparation

  • In terminal, clone the following repo to a convenient location on your computer:

    git clone https://github.com/jim-clark/tech-interview-coding-challenge.git

  • Then move into the newly created folder and open in VS Code:

    cd tech-interview-coding-challenge
code .

  • You will find two files containing a code challenge (one for each Candidate)...

As Pairs in Breakout Rooms...

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

  • The Candidate (Partner A) will share their screen
  • Candidate will solve challenge1.js
  • 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 will solve challenge2.js
  • 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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