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by minimaxir 3714 days ago
...and can you reason though all of this in 15 minutes with 1-2 people staring at you?
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Why not?

(I get that some people have legitimate anxiety issues when placed in a situation where they're being judged and have to perform rationally under pressure. Hell, I face this every day when I think about getting customers and delivering to them. But these are worth working through on their own: there are many situations besides interviews where you will be forced to make clear & correct decisions under time pressure and are being judged on the results. The key is to focus on the thought process, not the judgment: the interviewer is irrelevant, if he doesn't like what you do go off and find another interviewer.)

It is a 1 minute question, to be honest. Even FizzBuzz requires more thinking.