It's all done live! The first time we hear about what they're working on is during the interview, and we never keep any of the code. It's great to see how they can articulate what they're working on, combined with actually working on it.
We sometimes might make suggestions, but rarely for the sake of code quality. We'll once in a while ask for something unique just to get them out of a rut, and see if they can improvise. Otherwise, we're here to learn and listen, not teach :)
We sometimes might make suggestions, but rarely for the sake of code quality. We'll once in a while ask for something unique just to get them out of a rut, and see if they can improvise. Otherwise, we're here to learn and listen, not teach :)