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		whatwasmypwd on March 15, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hiring without whiteboards Is pair programming really that different from whiteboarding?

pmiller2 on March 15, 2017 [–]

More specifically, I would say "interview pair programming" isn't really "pair programming." When pair programming, it's not one person evaluating the other, under an artificial time constraint.

whatwasmypwd on March 15, 2017 | [–]

Can you really have any other kind of pair programming in interview context?

pmiller2 on March 15, 2017 | | [–]

Precisely.

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