[titanomachy]

You can do this at smaller companies if you’re a strong candidate. Startups understand that they need to offer something that Google/Meta/whoever can’t, and they often will be very flexible during the interview/courtship process.

I interviewed with the CTO at a series A, and he was enthusiastically talking about how good their CI and developer productivity was. I asked him to show me, and he happily solved an actual UI bug in front of me to show off the system. Left a very positive impression.

Hiring managers at big companies probably wouldn’t risk doing this, because they don’t know whether it’s allowed. Although maybe they would if it’s something they’re proud of and they have a bit of an anti-establishment streak.