It sounds like you want sympathy but it just shows that some people just don't understand the power dynamics of an interview.
I believe live coding is a scourge and we should get rid of it altogether.
Get a tiny open ended project, which requires more design/architecture skills than actually finishing the solution. You do it at your own time and shouldn't take more than 1-2h. You submit it and provide your mental process in writing.
We then hop on a call and we can dicuss it further, talking about possible issues and what to do to get it released if a requirement changed last minute.
If you can do that, come across amicable, knowledgeable and experienced enough given the seniority of the role, and feel like you are not reading from an hidden ai window then you pass.
"Exciting casts" are absolutely worthless in real life, everyone has to balance shipping vs code artistry.
I believe live coding is a scourge and we should get rid of it altogether.
Get a tiny open ended project, which requires more design/architecture skills than actually finishing the solution. You do it at your own time and shouldn't take more than 1-2h. You submit it and provide your mental process in writing.
We then hop on a call and we can dicuss it further, talking about possible issues and what to do to get it released if a requirement changed last minute.
If you can do that, come across amicable, knowledgeable and experienced enough given the seniority of the role, and feel like you are not reading from an hidden ai window then you pass.
"Exciting casts" are absolutely worthless in real life, everyone has to balance shipping vs code artistry.