I build developer tools and services at Microsoft (currently Codespaces, Live Share, IntelliCode) and maintain some OSS projects (CodeTour, GistPad, CodeSwing, WikiLens)
So the candidate would end up getting a feel for both the projects they’d be working on, as well as the actual team practices/tools? I love that! Also, since you have a mix of coding from both the interviewer and candidate, you’d need a tool that supported bi-directional control?
Out of curiosity: does you team practice TDD and/or pair programming full-time?
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So the candidate would end up getting a feel for both the projects they’d be working on, as well as the actual team practices/tools? I love that! Also, since you have a mix of coding from both the interviewer and candidate, you’d need a tool that supported bi-directional control?
Out of curiosity: does you team practice TDD and/or pair programming full-time?