
The Most Important Part of Your Interview - Checking In
White-board coding is a staple of software engineering interviews. Typically the engineering candidate is given a coding challenge and asked to share their solution on a white-board. I’ve observed dozens of these and two stand out. The first: A senior software engineer was interviewing a candidate with about 5 years of experience. Before the coding challenge I witnessed a slightly awkward verbal exchange; the candidate was trying too hard. He answered quickly, but wasn’t