[ubersoldat2k7]

I have had such hard times with this. I find it very hard to think about the problem and to think what to say to this person without fucking up the interview.

I mean, you don't want to say: "I'm going to trial & error this shit while the fucking compiler builds and the stupid tests say it works" which is how must programming is done anyway.

[mooreds]

I wouldn't use those exact words, no :).

But hopefully you have some ideas on what you want to try (and what your experience says you shouldn't, equally important) and talking about that thought process is exactly the kind of data I would want.

[clarry]

> I find it very hard to think about the problem and to think what to say to this person without fucking up the interview.

It doesn't even take an interview, we've quit pair sessions because it's sometimes fucking impossible to focus on deep stuff with another person competing for your attention.

Shut up, go away, let me focus and solve this is a perfectly good approach in real work.