[fookyong]

I'm in a management position at a large ecommerce site.

I still code every day.

I expect to see code from candidates.

They can either send in code beforehand or walk me through some code they have written. Either way, I need to see some code, ask them questions about it, and see how well they can explain the decisions they made when writing the code.

Someone who cannot talk naturally, authoritatively and objectively about code they have written is not someone we need on the team.

Also, as someone else has said in the thread:

"It tests ... whether they have a passion for the field outside of the standard 9-5."

This is a great point. If a candidate for a programming job tells me they have zero code to show (because of NDA or whatever) then I instantly know that programming is just a job to them. Again, not the kind of person we want on a tight, motivated team.

[SHOwnsYou]

I am a consultant and I work 12 hour days pretty frequently. When I get home at night I want to spend time with my gf, work out, play with the dog, etc.

After work, the last thing I want to do is bang out more code.