I meant more that in the real world you are not only expected but often required to work with your peers.
> In the same vein, I also find interviewing by nitpicking to be poorly reflective of real world work -- when you are actually programming, you have access to tools like linters and google to help you when you are chasing down a bug (and its not entirely clear how asking very subtle issues in a stressful situation like an interview represents the realities of working for the company)
In my recent interviews I've been encouraged to google in front of my interviewers if I didn't know something because they considered it crucial. So perhaps this is changing?
> In the same vein, I also find interviewing by nitpicking to be poorly reflective of real world work -- when you are actually programming, you have access to tools like linters and google to help you when you are chasing down a bug (and its not entirely clear how asking very subtle issues in a stressful situation like an interview represents the realities of working for the company)
In my recent interviews I've been encouraged to google in front of my interviewers if I didn't know something because they considered it crucial. So perhaps this is changing?