[southphillyman]

Maybe I misunderstand what you're talking about, but wouldn't this manifest when you ask questions and talk about your approach?

Comunication while coding seems to be a big deal during interviews now so if you just started coded after hearing the problem I could see that being a negative.

[unhired]

It wasn’t a LeetCode problem. I had to implement an API where each call would change the state of the application on certain conditions. I heard the problem and clarified it on the whiteboard. I coded each function while talking and ask for clarifications.

[ju-st]

The problem sounds like they wanted you to implement a state machine, and to draw a state diagram before that.