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Pairing interview

How the loop runs

“Pairing interview: May include coding challenges, system design or architectural discussions.”

Thoughtworks CareersCareers: Our process (India site)

Thoughtworks · Undated, checked 11 November 2026

The pairing interview

Practise a review round: approve or block an AI draft with evidence a teammate can use.

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Review and debug code

“Onboarding the new interviewer to the current problem solution context is much more important than showing and presenting him/her code.”

Jonathan Fernández and Raul OliverThoughtworks careers blog authors

Thoughtworks · 2020-06-09

Context over code

Practise reading a one-line AI draft and finding the input that breaks it.

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What they assess

“Your interviewer will act most of the time more like a coworker than like an interviewer.”

Jonathan Fernández and Raul OliverThoughtworks careers blog authors

Thoughtworks · 2020-06-09

An interviewer like a coworker

Practise choosing the check that matches the actual failure.

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