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What about a company that asked you to solve a couple of these on your own time and then talk about your solutions in a phone interview?

I'm curious because this is what we do and I hadn't considered that we might miss some good people because of it.



It would be nice if you also provide hints to solve the problems as that might help candidates, and also somewhat would resemble phone screen. You might also want to emphasize more on writing code comments over getting the solution 100% correct. I literally hate platforms like codilty where getting solution 100% correct in the defined time is the main motive, rather than understanding the candidates thought process.


The part about talking through your solutions over the phone is key - that's the human factor.




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