Tech IndustryNov 3, 2019
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stupid question, but is coderpad execution normally disabled in FB interview?

I had interview last week for FB, and I’m at the stage where I keep overthinking everything. I did really well and talked through working solutions for mediums in under 15 mins each. Gave correct time complexities too. However, come to think of it, I never ran any code? It said “execution disabled” on coderpad and I told the interviewer this but they said just talk through solution. Is this standard procedure for phone interview? I’m just nervous because while I believe my solutions were correct, there might have been an error I couldnt catch due to not being able to run code. Thanks

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Roku cruella Nov 3, 2019

It's an absolutely good question. Nothing stupid about it

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.json OP Nov 3, 2019

thx cru 🙏

Darkstore grayworm Nov 3, 2019

If you didn’t notice any errors perhaps the interviewer didn’t as well. I wouldn’t worry

Facebook OJob49 Nov 3, 2019

Yes, its disabled on default. The interviewer can enable it. I wouldn't worry too much about it though

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thank you :) she seemed pretty strict about not using execution, i’m gonna assume she was satisfied w my solutions. you made me feel better.

American Express gandalf$$ Nov 3, 2019

Nothing is stopping you from copying it to another editor that lets you execute lol. They can’t see what you’re doing.

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.json OP Nov 3, 2019

it wouldn’t let me copy , markup was making it copy line numbers as well (so annoying)

American Express gandalf$$ Nov 3, 2019

Have a key stroke program running in the background to duplicate code elsewhere? View the page html source and copy it? Facebook would appreciate such hacks given their “hacker” culture lol

Facebook isthisuser Nov 3, 2019

Usually don’t care about it unless it’s that bad. As long as the level of badness is not too high, what matters is your thinking and how you transform it (with coffee if needed) to code.

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🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Nov 4, 2019

It should be in the email from your recruiter. The execution is disabled, similar to how you can't run code on the whiteboard. You didn't mess up, it's standard procedure