Comment by andyjohnson0
10 months ago
Some of us find the prospect of pairing with an unknown person in an unknown environment, and against the clock, to be very stressful.
10 months ago
Some of us find the prospect of pairing with an unknown person in an unknown environment, and against the clock, to be very stressful.
Anecdote:
I've been interviewing recently and got through to the last round (of five...) with an interesting company. I knew the interview involved pairing, but I didn't expect: two people sitting behind me while I sat on a wobbly stool at a standing desk, trying to use a sticky wired mouse and a non-UK keyboard, and a very bright monitor (I normally use dark mode). They had a screen recorder running, and a radio was on in the next room.
I totally bombed it. I suspect just the two people behind me would have been enough though.
I would find trying to solve such problems with known people in known environments to be somewhat stressful too.
I've had a great career and very positive feedback from every employer. I would do absolutely terrible in this kind of interview.