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Asking them to solve a problem step by step is great to learn whether that person is good at explaining the solution step by step. It is not about internal thought process you use to come up with solution.
I strongly disagree. If that happens then the interviewer is not doing their job. You don't ask the applicant to solve and then explain, you ask them to solve and think aloud while they do it. If this doesn't come naturally to the candidate, which is totally fine, you must ask questions, suggest doubts, propose alternatives or request clarifications to encourage thinking aloud. If you realize the candidate already kn…
Sounds totally reasonable because 95% of the time software developers simultaneously write code and speak loudly about what they're doing at each step, while some timer is ticking in the background. Oh, wait...