Coding interviews have rapidly gained popularity in recent years. Although Joel Spolsky advocated for them in 2000, they have really gained traction in the past several years. As coding interviews have gained in popularity, they’ve also attracted some criticism. One argument against coding interviews is that they are not like an actual job. That’s absolutely correct. In one coding interview, I was given an old laptop without a mouse or trackpad. It just had a trackpoint, the red dot you