Coding Interview
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
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."