Live Coding on a Shared Screen in Online Interviews
40 min · Intermediate
In an online live-coding round you solve a problem while the interviewer watches your screen, either in a shared editor in the browser or in your own IDE through screen sharing. You can usually run code, so the round rewards a calm routine: a ready setup, small steps, frequent runs and clear talk when something breaks.
Topics in this lesson
- Before the call: setup checklist and a blank template
- Shared editors vs sharing your own IDE
- Step by step during the round
- When it breaks: errors, debugging and asking for a hint
- Etiquette, proctoring and connection problems
Interview questions this lesson answers
- How do you prepare your setup for an online coding round?
- What do you ask at the start of a shared-editor round?
- What is different about coding in a shared editor without autocomplete?
- Would you rather use your own IDE or the shared editor?
- How do you structure your work during the round?
- Why run code often instead of once at the end?
- How do you think aloud without slowing down?
- How do you read a compiler error?
- How do you read a runtime stack trace?
- How do you debug during a live round?
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