[MarkMarine]

As an interviewer, if your code is great, solves the problem concisely and is easy to understand, you don’t need refined English language skills. Respond honestly to my questions and I don’t care one but if the English isn’t perfect, you can say umm and mmaaa all you want.

I’ve given technical interviews to people in China who barely speak english, just understand a bit, and I can’t speak one word of Mandarin. But we could communicate through a live coderpad and it actually worked.

[madeofpalk]

The more senior (in responsibility) the developer, the more they’re expected to communicate their work.

That said, in my experience, many ESL are a lot more overly-critical of their English speaking ability than they need to be.