> I was going for some Leetcode based exercise Oh no! Please! It helps neither the candidate nor the company. Will any of the leetcode exercises map to the job the candidate will be interviewing for? My preferred way is this: 1. Introducing the candidate to all the team members with whom the candidate is going to work, if selected. 2. Pair programming with few of them on actual task or some similar task. 3. Solo prog…
This is a great process! Just be sure you’re not missing out on shy folks who take a while to warm up. They might be a great communicator but struggle at the whiteboard in front of strangers.
That is why the first step is introduction to the team members, and then next is pair programming with few of them on the team. This will "warm up" the shy candidate. I myself fall into this category, hence I came up with that sequence of steps :)