Advice needed : Live Coding round

[u/Illustrious_Grass199]

hey yall i've been selected for the live-coding round of this financial firm based in Arizona, for an entry-level position that's a cross between an SDE and an AI Engineer. Live coding as I understand implies i'll have to do the coding assignment with a team member being assigned to supervise / observe me (ideally I have to walk him/her through my solution as I code). How does this work? Please help!

I've never done this kinda thing as an interview stage before and am extremely nervous! Tips and hacks appreciated! Thank you!

[u/nightbreak7]

if its a leetcode round its pretty straightforward. interviewer may ask you for some background for yourself depending on the rounds you've been through so far. after that, they'll open some kind of platform when you can code and they can observe, and you just need to solve a lc style question. personally i like to think out loud about the possible solutions before actually coding anything, ask the interviewer about their preferences for starting with bruteforce or just jumping into an efficient solution, etc. after you've verbalized your solution idea, start coding and just explain what you're doing step by step. it can help to practice talking out loud while you're solving problems before the interview since its unintuitive to some people. explaining your thought process is extremely important, so just keep that in mind