Coding Interview

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. An interview that assesses coding skill through live exercises, take-home tasks, debugging, or code discussion. In developer culture coding interviews are both standard practice and a frequent source of frustration and reform efforts.

    In plain English: An interview that tests someone's coding ability.

    Example: "The company reworked its coding interview after candidates kept saying the old whiteboard format felt more like a memory contest than a realistic job preview."

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