Comment by acjohnson55
2 days ago
That's a different thing than what these interviews effectively test for. You're typical live coding asks the candidate to do an unfamiliar task under observation, on their own, and generally without the typical resources at hand.
Even if it were a good proxy for the sort of stress that occurs episodically in the real world, I would argue that the extent to which that skillset is helpful, it is grossly overrepresented in the interview process.
The skillset can be learned in a couple of weeks of training and is just the conversation starter in what should be other, deeper dives into the candidate's knowledge. It is not a particularly high bar to clear for a profession that's extremely lax in credentials for well-compensated jobs.